I picked up a little over 400 bf, of cherry lumber, #1 common, 4/4, dried (steamed) for .75 a bf. I had been waiting for it to come down because of the economy and boy did it. A few years ago I bought it from the same place and paid 1.85 for it.
This is the first time I've used steamed cherry lumber. I think I'm going to like it. They (at the lumber company) showed me the difference in the pack of lumber I bought and just plain kiln dried. I had never seen the two side by side, it looks like the lumber I bought doesn't have any sap (for me thats a good thing).
If a person had a way to transport and with enough cash in hand, you could probably buy a lifetime supply of cherry at or probably below what I gave for it. Talking to some of the workers there it has been real slow since the elections, and they weren't shipping anything overseas. All there sales of late have been in the U.S. He also mentioned they had several workers laid off. It looked like they had thousands and thousands of board feet of cherry, walnut, white oak, poplar (one told me they had over a million board feet dried).
I hope this is okay, and I'm not affliated with the lumber company, but here's some info: Roy Anderson Lumber, Tompkinsville, KY 270-487-6590
p.s. I don't think they're interested in selling small amounts, probably 250 bf would be a minimum, as they are a big outfit and anything less would probably not be worth their time. I also don't know whether or not they would ship common carrier - might be worth a shot. One last note, they showed me their market report they rely on and it showed .90 - 1.00 per thousand on unbroken packs, but having cash on hand I was able to negotiate some...
Robert