February 16, 2026
South Carolina Hardwood Pulpwood Prices Show Mixed Trends In the fourth quarter of 2025, the average statewide stumpage prices for pine and hardwood pulpwood in South Carolina were $5.00 per ton and $6.30 per ton, respectively. Compared to the third quarter of 2025, pine pulpwood prices declined by approximately 10%, while hardwood pulpwood prices increased […]
November 10, 2025
South Carolina Hardwood Pulpwood Prices Continue Decline In the third quarter of 2025, the average statewide prices for pine and hardwood pulpwood in South Carolina were $5.70 per ton and $4.50 per ton, respectively. Compared to the first quarter of 2025, pine pulpwood prices have dropped by approximately 16%, while hardwood pulpwood prices have seen […]
August 7, 2025
South Carolina Pulpwood Prices Continue Downward Trend: In the second quarter of 2025, South Carolina’s statewide average prices for pine and hardwood pulpwood were $5.5 per ton and $6.3 per ton, respectively. Compared to the first quarter of 2025, these prices reflect declines of 18% for pine and 4% for hardwood pulpwood. The pine pulpwood […]
May 20, 2025
Pulpwood Stumpage Trends in Q1, 2025: In the first quarter of 2025, South Carolina’s statewide average prices for pine and hardwood pulpwood were $6.8 per ton and $6.5 per ton, respectively. Compared to the previous quarter (Q4 of 2024), these figures represent declines of 12% for pine and 32% for hardwood pulpwood. Pine pulpwood prices […]
February 24, 2025
Timber landowners like many other agricultural enterprises may encounter significant weather events like Hurricane Helene that destroy all or a portion of their planted trees. Naturally the question arises whether there are any tax breaks for these types of scenarios. First, it must be considered a casualty loss meaning it was an event that was […]
February 6, 2025
Pulpwood Stumpage Trends in Q4, 2024: South Carolina statewide average pine pulpwood prices were $7.7/ton, and the hardwood pulpwood prices were $10.1/ton in the 4th quarter of 2024. Compared to the pine and hardwood pulpwood prices in the previous quarter (Q3 of 2024), there is a 10% and 5% decline in both prices, respectively. The […]
October 10, 2024
Pulpwood Stumpage Trends in Q3, 2024: South Carolina statewide average pine pulpwood prices were $8.66/ton, and the hardwood pulpwood prices were $10.18/ton in the 3rd quarter of 2024. Compared to the pine and hardwood pulpwood prices in the previous quarter (Q2 of 2024), it is an increase of 14% and 2%, respectively. Pine pulpwood prices […]
January 12, 2024
Pulpwood Stumpage Trends in Q4, 2023: South Carolina statewide average pine pulpwood prices were $7.59/ton, and the hardwood pulpwood prices were $7.84/ton in the 4th quarter. Compared to pine and hardwood pulpwood prices in the previous quarter (3rd), it is an increase of 7% and 24%, respectively. Pulpwood prices were doing relatively better at the beginning […]
October 23, 2023
Pulpwood Stumpage Trends in Q2, 2023: In the second quarter of 2023, statewide pine pulpwood stumpage prices averaged $8.89/ton, while the average hardwood rates were $8.54/ton in South Carolina. It is a dramatic decline in pulpwood prices from the first quarter of 2022 when pine and hardwood pulpwood stumpages were above $14/ton. Sawtimber Stumpage Trends in […]
April 10, 2023
Pulpwood Stumpage Trends: In the first quarter of 2023, statewide pine pulpwood stumpage prices averaged $11.29/ton, while the average hardwood rates were $8.81/ton in South Carolina. It is a dramatic decline in pulpwood prices from the first quarter of last year – pine and hardwood pulpwood stumpages were selling above $14/ton in the first quarter […]
