Madison’s Reporter: Usual Mid-Summer Torpor Arrived for Softwood Lumber Sales
Demand remained subdued after the holiday-shortened week. The dog days of summer had begun, even while the implementation of higher duties on Canadian softwood lumber was still to come.
In the week ending July 11, 2025, the price of benchmark softwood lumber item Western Spruce-Pine-Fir 2×4 #2&Btr KD (RL) was US$496 mfbm. This was up +$11, or +2%,from the previous week when it was $485, said weekly forest products industry price guide newsletter Madison’s Lumber Reporter.
That week’s price was up +$28, or +6%, from one month ago when it was $468.
Compared to the same week last year, when it was US$346 mfbm, that week’s price was up +$150, or +453%. Compared to two years ago when it was $446, that week’s price was up +$50 or +11%.
Demand remained subdued after the holiday-shortened week. The dog days of summer had begun, even while the implementation of higher duties on Canadian softwood lumber was still to come.
In the week ending July 11, 2025, the price of benchmark softwood lumber item Western Spruce-Pine-Fir 2×4 #2&Btr KD (RL) was US$496 mfbm. This was up +$11, or +2%,from the previous week when it was $485, said weekly forest products industry price guide newsletter Madison’s Lumber Reporter.
That week’s price was up +$28, or +6%, from one month ago when it was $468.
Compared to the same week last year, when it was US$346 mfbm, that week’s price was up +$150, or +453%. Compared to two years ago when it was $446, that week’s price was up +$50 or +11%.
Madison’s Benchmark Top-Six Softwood Lumber and Panel Prices: Monthly Averages
When compared to the same week last year, when it was $340, that week’s price was up +$45, or +13%. Compared to two years ago when it was $410, that week’s price was down -$25, or -6%.
About Madison’s Lumber Reporter
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Source: Madison’s Lumber Reporter
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