Well, should we expect prices to climb as we move into the summer construction season , level out where they are at, or drop any amount from where they are at now ? I got a new chicken coup project on my list and feel maybe I should get the wood now before summer. Any thoughts or insider info ? -Thanks

I'm hoping it goes down. I have fly pens, brood pens and some more dome pens to build for my game chickens but i have been dragging my feet because of lumber prices. But i'll have to do it sooner or later regardless of the prices

I don't know where they're going but I know all sheet goods are back up to insanely high prices after a brief drop. Solid limber is still high too but not as crazy as sheet goods.

I suspect they are going higher. Although I fully support the freedom convoy, I’d bet there is little Canadian lumber crossing the border now. I’ve been waiting almost 3 weeks now for a Canadian trucker to back haul my logs to Quebec. I’m hearing crickets from Canadian dispatchers. This will add to the already supply chain issues.

For projects like chicken coops I’d look for local sawmills that sell rough cut lumber, but even those mills have raised prices.

If ya can go Screamish. If ya don’t talk my language that’s Amish.

Boss picked up 6 ,2x4x8 and 1 ,2x4x10 yesterday,$80 hope it don’t go up much.
That’s $2070 per thousand board feet, squash did you get a raise?

At Lowe's here, I've seen a steady climb in 2x4s. Around mid October, they were close to normal. Around $3.50 When I stopped in November, around $4. January $6.48, then last weekend, $7.09
In talking to a couple buddies in the construction trade recently, they are hearing rumblings of a continuous climb. In any event, if one has projects they need to get to this spring or summer, it may be wise to stock up now.

I believe Biden doubled the tariffs for lumber coming out of Canada.

A quick web search will give an indication of what prices have done, which is basically doubled since Dec. Seems no one really knows what to expect just yet.

Prices are going up right now. Lumber futures show the same exact thing happening this year as last year. Prices hit sky high around May and then begin to come down in June and July. By the end of August they are back down to normal. That's when you want to be framing

Maybe white17 can get us an official lumber market report? Where are you, Ken?

I'll see what I can find out

This is the stumpage price report from the NYSDEC for the Winter of 2021

https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/lands_forests_pdf/stumpagewinter21.pdf

05/07/21 was the peak last year. 08/17/21 was the low. This year will show similar trends

Thanks, Ken.

Lumber just went back up here.
OSB is back to around $40 a sheet.
Just nuts.
We have a plant near me here.
It costs around $3-5 dollars to make a sheet of chip board.

$13.18 for a sheet of 1/2 inch 4x8 Drywall.

I remember when that was $3.28 a Sheet.

New fox, the only increase I’ve seen in softwood logs, is White Pine. But, with that increase in W Pine logs , also comes with an increase in the stumpage price for those logs. So in reality it may put more money in the landowners pocket, it doesn’t put much more $ in the loggers pocket .
Add the huge increase in fuel , and oil prices,(Shell Rotella 15w40 around $800-900 a barrel ) it’s still a struggle.

The real kicker is spruce/fir logs shipped to Canadian stud mills, price has dropped but lumber cut from these logs has increased in price.

Just a thought for a fellow Hoosier, if it's practical for you. Find someone with an old coop, loafing shead, barn, garden shead, that needs removed offer to remove it for free. Careful when you take it apart. Clean and reuse the lumber. More work but free lumber. I've got three loafing sheds tore down stacked on a trailer I've been useing the old material to maintain the sheds still out there for 3 or 4 years. Even had offers to buy the treated 4x4's, no sale. Old barn wood is worth its weight in gold to some folks. Sold some to a fellow a few years ago for a fair price, he used it for his man cave walls. Old hand hewed beams with dowel holes are priceless.
Case.

My guess is 750.00 is the next low. From here on 1,000.00 is the norm.