Lumber Price — Chart — Historical Data
What drives this market
Lumber futures reflect the price of random-length softwood framing lumber, a key input for residential construction and renovation. Prices are primarily driven by U.S. and Canadian housing starts, repair-and-remodel activity, sawmill capacity, and timber supply from Canadian provinces. Tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber imports are a recurring factor in North American pricing dynamics. The contract is quoted in U.S. dollars per thousand board feet on the CME Group exchange.
Market context
Lumber is trading at $518.50 per thousand board feet, fractionally higher today but down about 1.5% on the week. The commodity has declined roughly 10.4% over the past month and is off approximately 2.7% year-to-date, sitting about 15.0% below its level from one year ago.
as of Oct 09, 05:32 UTC — Alternative Markets.AI| %Chg | Weekly | Monthly | YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lumber | 1.83% | -1.52% | -10.45% | -2.72% | -15.00% |
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