Lumber Prices - 50 Year Historical Chart
Interactive chart of historical daily lumber prices back to 1972. The price shown is in U.S. Dollars per thousand board feet. The current price of lumber as of January 01, 1970 is $0.00 per thousand board feet.
| Lumber Prices - Historical Annual Data | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Average Closing Price |
Year Open | Year High | Year Low | Year Close | Annual % Change |
| 2023 | $4.1943 | $3.7070 | $5.8100 | $3.3650 | $4.9750 | 29.62% |
| 2022 | $7.2468 | $11.1430 | $13.2900 | $3.7250 | $3.8380 | -66.45% |
| 2021 | $8.7289 | $7.0060 | $16.7050 | $4.5420 | $11.4390 | 52.90% |
| 2020 | $5.0471 | $4.3180 | $8.8460 | $2.5980 | $7.4814 | 77.28% |
| 2019 | $3.7188 | $3.3320 | $4.3950 | $3.0180 | $4.2202 | 25.56% |
| 2018 | $4.5657 | $4.4950 | $6.3900 | $3.0376 | $3.3610 | -24.15% |
| 2017 | $3.8432 | $3.2910 | $4.5960 | $3.2080 | $4.4312 | 35.58% |
| 2016 | $3.0143 | $2.5300 | $3.4310 | $2.3330 | $3.2684 | 27.47% |
| 2015 | $2.6775 | $3.2760 | $3.2760 | $2.1620 | $2.5640 | -22.01% |
| 2014 | $3.3699 | $3.6130 | $3.6980 | $2.9700 | $3.2878 | -10.47% |
| 2013 | $3.4688 | $3.7860 | $4.0680 | $2.7740 | $3.6722 | -2.04% |
| 2012 | $2.8730 | $2.6330 | $3.9130 | $2.3530 | $3.7486 | 45.13% |
| 2011 | $2.5721 | $3.3000 | $3.3010 | $2.1110 | $2.5830 | -18.36% |
| 2010 | $2.4875 | $2.3050 | $3.2680 | $1.7790 | $3.1640 | 38.41% |
| 2009 | $1.8592 | $1.8700 | $2.4620 | $1.3810 | $2.2860 | 24.16% |
| 2008 | $2.2507 | $2.5210 | $2.7010 | $1.6680 | $1.8412 | -26.87% |
| 2007 | $2.6031 | $2.8520 | $3.0920 | $2.2450 | $2.5178 | -9.82% |
| 2006 | $2.9975 | $3.7580 | $3.8750 | $2.3450 | $2.7920 | -23.54% |
| 2005 | $3.4070 | $3.6800 | $4.1160 | $2.6950 | $3.6516 | 1.77% |
| 2004 | $3.6987 | $3.2830 | $4.5200 | $2.9150 | $3.5880 | 10.84% |
| 2003 | $2.7702 | $2.2250 | $3.4090 | $2.2250 | $3.2372 | 44.25% |
| 2002 | $2.6129 | $2.6180 | $3.2400 | $2.1530 | $2.2442 | -13.36% |
| 2001 | $2.6277 | $2.1620 | $3.7200 | $1.9450 | $2.5902 | 17.58% |
| 2000 | $2.7582 | $3.4550 | $3.5720 | $2.0580 | $2.2030 | -36.14% |
| 1999 | $3.4299 | $3.0700 | $4.1236 | $2.8610 | $3.4500 | 11.84% |
| 1998 | $2.9382 | $2.9970 | $3.3800 | $2.5580 | $3.0848 | 4.86% |
| 1997 | $3.5939 | $4.2730 | $4.3570 | $2.9232 | $2.9418 | -29.75% |
| 1996 | $3.4782 | $2.9100 | $4.2540 | $2.6920 | $4.1878 | 43.82% |
| 1995 | $2.7659 | $3.3220 | $3.3680 | $2.1460 | $2.9118 | -9.17% |
| 1994 | $3.6008 | $4.5390 | $4.5390 | $2.8200 | $3.2056 | -31.35% |
| 1993 | $3.3693 | $2.7510 | $4.6896 | $2.4470 | $4.6692 | 71.10% |
| 1992 | $2.3266 | $2.1760 | $2.7340 | $2.0830 | $2.7290 | 27.54% |
| 1991 | $1.9636 | $1.7020 | $2.4560 | $1.6080 | $2.1398 | 24.10% |
| 1990 | $1.9194 | $1.9090 | $2.0940 | $1.5310 | $1.7242 | -10.23% |
| 1989 | $1.8448 | $1.8520 | $1.9280 | $1.7180 | $1.9206 | 3.48% |
| 1988 | $1.8514 | $1.9020 | $2.0820 | $1.7050 | $1.8560 | -0.65% |
| 1987 | $1.8728 | $1.6140 | $2.1470 | $1.6140 | $1.8682 | 15.51% |
| 1986 | $1.6809 | $1.4950 | $1.9430 | $1.3680 | $1.6174 | 6.41% |
| 1985 | $1.4452 | $1.6030 | $1.6880 | $1.2270 | $1.5200 | -6.93% |
| 1984 | $1.5260 | $1.7820 | $2.0190 | $1.1650 | $1.6332 | -8.19% |
| 1983 | $1.9122 | $1.8340 | $2.4820 | $1.6180 | $1.7788 | -0.77% |
| 1982 | $1.4406 | $1.5780 | $1.7926 | $1.2530 | $1.7926 | 11.94% |
| 1981 | $1.6699 | $1.8550 | $1.9670 | $1.2750 | $1.6014 | -9.36% |
| 1980 | $1.9168 | $2.1420 | $2.3880 | $1.4900 | $1.7668 | -17.25% |
| 1979 | $2.3151 | $2.2250 | $2.8490 | $2.0540 | $2.1350 | -5.51% |
| 1978 | $2.1137 | $2.1330 | $2.3680 | $1.9580 | $2.2594 | 5.58% |
| 1977 | $1.8909 | $1.9590 | $2.2800 | $1.7300 | $2.1400 | 10.95% |
| 1976 | $1.6244 | $1.5720 | $1.9288 | $1.4650 | $1.9288 | 24.01% |
| 1975 | $1.3617 | $1.2300 | $1.6610 | $1.1400 | $1.5554 | 29.49% |
| 1974 | $1.3218 | $1.2430 | $1.7790 | $0.9650 | $1.2012 | -6.01% |
| 1973 | $1.4221 | $1.4400 | $1.7150 | $1.1650 | $1.2780 | -11.25% |
