Prices accepted in past IST Tenders, most at IST Geeveston
The prices shown below are based on prices accepted per cubic metre and indicate the range of offers expected for special timbers material offered for sale by tender. Of course each tender contains different material and competition for logs varies from tender to tender.
The price range of dollars per cubic metre shown for each material type approximates prices offered for the range of tendered logs, from smaller good quality logs up to the larger, highest quality pieces.
Eucalypt
Logs with fiddle-back grain - $300 - $500 / m3
Logs with burls or tear-drop figure - $250 - $900 / m3
Eucalypt burls
Burls with solid birds-eye grain - $2,000 + / m3
Burls with gum - $600 + / m3
Myrtle
Plain logs - $250 - $4,000 / m3 Old Downer logs - $200 - $950 / m3
Burled logs or stumps - $350 - $1750 / m3
Tiger figure in logs or shorts - $1,000 - $6,100 / m3
Celery-top pine
Logs - $400 - $1,800 / m3
Log shorts, 1.0 m - 1.5 m - $250 - $350 / m3
Pole size logs - $500 - $600 / m3
Blackwood
Logs, plain grain - $250 - $865 / m3
Log shorts, good+ quality, plain grain, $275 / m3
Logs with birds-eye figure - from $550 - $2,700/ m3
Stump sections with fiddle-back grain - $500 - $800 / m3
Logs with fiddle-back grain - up to $1900 / m3
Leatherwood
Logs (salvaged) plain to purple-heart - $250 - $1,750 / m3
Sassafras
Logs, black-heart stain - $500 - $5,200 / m3, average quality $1500+ / m3, exceptional logs sold to $5,200 / m3
Sassafras logs, spalted - $350 - $1,650 / m3
Sassafras logs, plain colour - $500 - $1,500 / m3
Huon Pine
Craft logs or pieces - from $550 - $7,600 / m3 depending on quality, grain and birds-eye figure
King Billy Pine craft pieces - $1,000 - $2,200 / m3
Silver Wattle logs
Plain - $160 - $465 / m
Log with figure $300 - $650 / m3
Banksia
Logs - $400 - $1,200 / m3
Ti tree (leptospermum)
$500 - $1,500 / m3 with red heart colour
Dorrell
Logs - $330 - $1,350 / m3
Satin wood
Log $380 / m3
Musk
Logs - log + burl $290 - $2650 / m3
Cheesewood
Logs $330 - $1000 / m3
Most Recent Tender Prices Accepted
IST Geeveston Tender Results, August 2024,
prices accepted in $/m3 at or rounded down to next $25 multiple.
Log 1, Sassafras - 300
Log 2, Sassafras, black-heart - 400
Log 3, Sassafras - 350
Log 4, Sassafras - 300
Log 5, Sassafras, small black-heart - 225
Log 6, Sassafras - 500
Log 7, Sassafras, twin heads - 400
Log 8, Sassafras - 300
Log 9, Ti tree, red-heart - 1250
Log 10, Ti tree, red-heart - 1250
Log 11, Ti tree, red-heart - 1250
Log 12, Ti tree, red-heart - 1250
Log 13, Ti tree, red-heart - 1250
Log 14, Ti tree, red-heart - 1250
Log 15, Silver wattle - 325
Log 16, Silver wattle - 175
Log 17, Silver wattle - 500
Log 18, Silver wattle - 450
Log 19, Silver wattle - 475
Log 20, Silver wattle - 350
Log 21, Silver wattle - 425
Log 22, Blackwood - 650
Log 23, Blackwood - 425
Log 24, Blackwood - 600
Log 25, Blackwood - 400
Log 26, Blackwood - 600
Log 27, Blackwood - 500
Log 28, Huon pine, craft grade - no bids
Log 29, Eucalypt, tear drop - 100
Log 32, Eucalypt, tear drop - 550
Log 33, Eucalypt, light tear drop - 100
Log 34, Myrtle, downer - 500
Log 35, Myrtle, downer - 450
Log 36, Myrtle, downer - 875
Log 37, Myrtle, downer - 500
Log 38, Myrtle, downer - 500
Log 39, Myrtle, downer - 300
Log 40, Myrtle, downer - 500
Lot 41, Tea tree boards - $120 for pack
Lot 42, Blackwood boards - $156 for pack
Lot 43, Myrtle boards - $975 for pack
Lot 44, Sassafras boards, some bh - no bids
Lot 45, Sassafras boards, no bh - no bids
Lot 46, Huon pine slabs/boards - $985 for pack
