pricing cedar lumber

[sawman]

 I'm sure i have read this somewhere but search is not returning any results.
We are sawing some cedar 1 1/8 x random width, and trying to determine what to price it.
I realize prices vary from area to area and other factors.
Just looking for some ideas.
We don't run across cedar very often.
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widths vary from 5 to 12 inch

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

I sale mine for $2.00 a board foot in my market.

[shelbycharger400]

5-7 or so,  $2 / bd foot
8-10  I get $2/ bd foot for mostly sap wood,  all red or nearly I get 3 and 4 in respect
10-12 mandates premium regardless, at $4,  unless its full of brown rot
I had some 16 in wide, but was full of brown rot, got 2-3 / bd foot

Lots of erc in your area market, less demand,  Not much around, brings a few dollars.

[WDH]

I sell it for $2.00/BF as well, but I don't get much of it.

[learner]

What does the wood look like sawman?  Can you post some pics?  This is what we saw and sell here.

  

 

I'm not settled on a price yet but $3bf is good.

[Okrafarmer]

I sell mine for $2-3 / bf, depending on quality. Hard to get cedar with no brown rot around here.

[sawman]

thanks for all the replies,
it will be next weekend before i can get any pics, due to work schedule

[123maxbars]

Up in Northeast TN I get 1.00 a bf. Sounds like I need to raise prices

[Okrafarmer]

Up in Northeast TN I get 1.00 a bf. Sounds like I need to raise prices

Yes, please, or I'm going to start buying lumber from you to sell.

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

They have a lot more Cedar up there than we do. Probably more competition in Cedar sales.

[Magicman]

'Bout can't give it away in my area.  It is just a matter of supply and demand, much supply and little demand. I have probably 50 logs stacked.  Fifty cents would be a good price.

[Okrafarmer]

We have a lot of demand here. Not for a huge commercial sawmill, necessarily, but for those of us who are niche marketers.

[Cedarman]

For commercial mills, cedar cants are 70 to 90 cents. Usually 4' or 8' long.  This is in quantity. For 4/4 boards that may have a little wane, but sound, $1.20 for 100 feet or more.
We ship 4000 square feet at a time into Tx S2S 3/8 for 90 cents per square foot and shipping is about $800.00
For local markets in areas where there is little cedar $2.00 to $3.00 seems reasonable since you will have to deal with low grade lumber with splits , rot, and ingrown bark. And do something with the slabs.
Big mills grind slabs into mulch. That helps.
We can ship 1000 feet of 4/4 about any where for $500 to $700 so that keeps the delivered price below $2.00 .

My extensive price list is at www.cedarusa.com
Giles and Kendall at Gainsville Mo buys a lot of cants to make cedar paneling.  They can quote you a price.

[Okrafarmer]

Part of the $2-3 price is because it is locally grown, locally milled. Still, I could probably buy it from 123maxbars for $1 / bf, and sell it here for $2. Just the trucking to contend with, but I think he is within 150 miles of me.

[sawman]

thanks again for all the responses,