Winter/Spring 2026 Issue Article
Lumber Market Update
by Frank Sanford, Sanford & Hawley, Inc. | Quality Building Materials Since 1884
What are the Trends in Lumber Prices?
Since my last column in September (I am writing this in February.) the markets have been relatively stable. Douglas Fir dropped 3.7% before bottoming in early December and has then risen 5.6% leaving it only 1.7% above its September price. Douglas Fir has gone up for the last nine weeks.
SPF has risen in almost a straight line since September and is up 7.3% and has gone up for the last 8 weeks without interruption.
Plywood dropped 3.3% until late January and has since turned upward for three weeks, rising 1%. It is still down 2.3% since September.
OSB has dropped 3.4% since September, hit its bottom in late November and has been unchanged for the past eleven weeks. This probably won’t last much longer as OSB is rising in regions other than the northeast.
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