Lumber Sales Improved As Spring Finally Arrived

Lumber Sales Improved As Spring Finally Arrived

The upward trend in demand for Southern Yellow Pine and Spruce-Pine-Fir commodities continued, while sales of panels still lagged. Eastern Canadian traders lamented persistently awful business in Southern Ontario.  In the week ending March 20, 2026, the price of benchmark softwood lumber item Western Spruce-Pine-Fir 2×4 #2&Btr KD (RL) was US$480 mfbm. This was up +$14, or +3%, from the previous week when it was $456, said weekly forest products …