The RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) for October dropped 11.2 percent, or $93.59 per thousand, as the markets finally began to cool off after a scorching summer of price increases. Although the decrease almost wiped out the 13.0 percent gain from September, the market has a long way to drop to catch up […]
Although the wood commodity markets continued to rise over the last 30 days, it was at a slower pace. While the last 30 days did not produce the record 47 percent increase seen in August, the RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) for September jumped 13 percent, or $95.72 per thousand, which is steep […]
The wood commodity markets have never risen so much and so fast in a 30-day period. From mid-July to mid-August, the RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) increased an astounding 47.7 percent to $737.08 per thousand. To put this in perspective, the average sheet of CDX pine plywood and OSB sheathing increased $7.10 per […]
Production delays and crew shortages for train deliveries caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are creating havoc in the wood commodity markets as sections of the country begin reopening. The RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) for July 2020 increased a whopping 25.8 percent to $498.91 per thousand as dimensional spruce and sheathing rose in […]
Although this month’s increase seems modest after last month’s price explosion in the wood commodity markets, it really is not. The RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) for June 2020 settled at $396.68, or 5.6 percent more than just 30 days ago. The biggest increase occurred in the dimensional lumber portion of the Index […]
By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) for April 2020 declined 17.9 percent to $301.10, or $65.78 per thousand, from last month. While the decline is significant, it is not catastrophic considering the United States economy in many sectors is shut down. Consider that one year ago the Index was $320.79 […]
By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) from Mid-February to March 20, 2020 declined 2.9 percent or $11.15 per thousand. Considering the recent events involving COVID-19 (coronavirus disease), some of you may have expected the drop to be more. You are correct—this month’s numbers are a little deceiving. Until the last […]
February 2020 RoMac Lumber and Commodity Report By Don Magruder I wrote the following in January’s report: The milder weather, strong economy, and continued demand suggest inflation in the short-term. Signs are pointing to a stronger price run-up than that in 2018. Some of this will be driven by mills and manufacturers who have […]
January 2020 RoMac Lumber and Commodity Report By Don Magruder Although it is mid-January in Florida, the weather feels like late spring. The good weather in Florida and milder temperatures in the South have not been enough to fire up the wood commodity markets. The RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) for January […]
