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ILLINOIS TIMBER BY THE NUMBERS
Quarter 4 2025
Total Board footage harvested
17,340,265
Top Species Reported Harvested
- Black Walnut
- White Oak
- Red Oak
- Hickory
- Ash
Average Sale Value
$25,696.07
Simple Illinois Composite Timber Index (SICTI)
0.9558
QUARTER 1 2026
Total Board footage harvested
10,720,239
Top Species Reported Harvested—# of times Reported
- Black Walnut
- White Oak
- Red Oak
- Hickory
- Cottonwood
Average Sale Value
$25,725.97
Simple Illinois Composite Timber Index (SICTI)
1.3243
QUARTER 2 2026
Total Board footage harvested
9,464,327
Top Species reported harvested – # of times reported
- Black Walnut
- White Oak
- Red Oak
- Hickory
- Maple (Soft & Hard)
Average Sale Value
$23,796.12
Simple Illinois Composite Timber Index (Sicti)
1.2923
Simple Illinois Composite Timber Index (SICTI) Explained:
The Simple Illinois Composite Timber Index (SICTI) will be used to assess trends in non-specific board foot values for reported timber purchases. The Simple Timber Index is derived from the sum of quarterly reported timber sales ($) / reported board footage harvested. This index does not take into account specific grades or species of lumber.
