July 13, 2021 — Structural panel sales volumes moderated over the last few weeks as purchasers absorbed the duration of order files, as well as the new high in sales price hit for ½” CDX panels. Last week, ½” 4-ply CDX hit an all-time high...
June 28, 2021 — The commodity plywood and panel markets, in general, have remained slow on the sales side this past month. This general market stance has been largely precipitated by the weak dimension lumber markets of the past month....
June 14, 2021 — Structural panel sales volumes moderated over the last few weeks as purchasers absorbed the duration of order files, as well as the new high in sales price hit for ½” CDX panels. Last week, ½” 4-ply CDX hit an all-time high...
May 24, 2021 —The panel market and the plywood market, in particular, continues to roll along this month. As high as prices are, they continue to edge higher. Same tune as last month, though the scramble for quick shipping wood in May seems to have...
May 10, 2021— You know the world is upside down when you see memes about wood products prices and shortages all over Facebook. What was once considered a widely available commodity is now experiencing a nation-wide shortage. Sorry to pass on the bad news to...
April 21, 2021 — During the middle to end of March, our plywood sales pace slowed somewhat, but the April plywood sales pace has picked up considerably in the past three weeks, once again, enabling us to extend order files and raise prices....
April 12, 2021 —How do we see lower wood product prices? One year ago this month, we were experiencing the onset of COVID and the subsequent dramatic government mandated shutdowns that followed....
March 12, 2012— Plywood and veneer prices continue an unrelenting climb higher. While we are a local wood products producer, plywood and other structural panel products are globally traded commodities and our production levels rarely have much of an effect on the overall marketplace. Wood...
October 28, 2019 — The end of October brought a welcome week of strong sales for panel markets. All commodity panel markets had some level of participation–OSB, SYP and Western Plywood. A few things likely came together in the past week–10 days to make this...
September 30, 2019 — The commodity plywood markets level out, remaining largely unchanged over the past few weeks. Before, during, and after Hurricane Dorian ravaged the Bahamas and then raked the southeast coastline of the U.S., the sheathing markets firmed considerably in the South, and...