oak prices ?

[board]

Want to buy some white oak and red oak saw logs here in illinois.  I was going to put an add in the paper but I want to be fair about the pricing ,so I was wondering if anybody knew what to pay per mbf ?

[drobertson]

board, it will depend on the grade of the logs. around here the avg, is 300/ths.  Finding a logger is the trick, small orders will cost more, you will have to do some work to get them,  hope it works out for you,  david

[beenthere]

What grade of log are you looking for? Or what is your requirement for quality?
Maybe you want to buy veneer logs for sawing, or sawlogs with 1 to 4 clear faces (that would be four grades), or tie logs with limits on quality and size, or pallet logs.

[board]

Thanks David, thats about what I was thinking , I just wanted to make sure I was in the ballpark.

[hackberry jake]

Around here the big boys get em for bout 230/1000. These are tie grade logs mainly.

[board]

That does not sound to bad ,I was thinking about offering 300 to 350/1000 I am not looking at getting veneer logs.

[Banjo picker]

Around here its hard to get loggers to sell by the mbf.  Several buyers in the area that pay by the ton.  Makes it hard on the little guy with no scales.  Don't know how it is in your area.  Banjo

[board]

I dont  have scales but I was just wondering when you say they pay by the ton , dose that average out about the same as by the board foot.

[beenthere]

If buying by weight, best have a good handle on the bf scale of the logs purchased and keep track of the yield of lumber from these logs. That way one can better relate to the value of the purchase.
i.e buy a load of logs and scale each log before sawing, and tally the lumber after sawing.

Decide if weight-buying is fair to your operation, or not. Try to adjust as you go along, or at least figure out where you stand on the money side of things.

[drobertson]

best I can remember, 26 bucks a ton is around .15 a bdft,  the deviser is 12,   12lbs per bdft in the log.  Not a bad way to go except for junk centers on many of the logs,   david