Lumber prices may finally be nearing rock bottom after five years of declines. ENR's 20-city average price for three types of 2 × 4s held steady this month, with the average wholesale price to contractors ranging from 3% to 5% below a year ago. This is in contrast to year-to-year June declines of 2% in 2008 andrn10% in both 2007 and 2006. In May, mill prices for framing lumber tracked by Eugene, Ore.-based Random Lengths fell 4.8%, wiping out a modest increase in April. The Random Lengths framing-lumber mill price index in May was 29% lower than a year ago and 57% below may 2004's peak level.
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机译：经过五年的下跌，木材价格最终可能最终接近最低点。 ENR 20种城市的2×4s三种类型的平均价格本月保持稳定，承包商的平均批发价格比去年同期低3％至5％。与此形成鲜明对比的是，2008年6月同比下降了2％，2007年和2006年同期均下降了10％。5月，位于俄勒冈州尤金（Eugene）跟踪的木结构板材的工厂价格下跌了4.8％，这消除了四月份温和增长。 5月份的《 Random Lengths》框架木材厂价格指数比去年同期低29％，比2004年5月的峰值低57％。
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