Timber Stumpage Values Mill Delivered Peices

摘要

Most landowners have heard the words "stumpage value" or "stumpage prices" but probably are not certain what the words mean to them. Basically, a timber buyer will offer landowners a price for trees standing "on the stump." Webster's dictionary defines stumpage as "standing timber with reference to its value," or "the value of such timber." The word is derived from stump + age, which means that older trees generally have more value over time, "on the stump." For example, pulpwood size trees (6-8" indiameter) generally have less value "on the stump," whereas larger trees (diameters greater than 10") such as saw logs, ply logs, and poles have higher values "on the stump" according to their quality. Of course, we all now know that trees blown down orbroken during storm events also have a residual value, although that value may be somewhat less than standing trees.