Market price for 5/4 cherry????

[NICK BARBOZA]

I found a guy locally who is unloading all of his tools/equipment and lumber.

He has about 168LF of 5/4x4. he was telling me that he wanted to sell it for about 75% of retail. so i was thinking roughly in the $4-4.50 /BF range would be a good price. he called me back today saying that he wanted $5.00 /LF!!!!!!!!!

I check a few sources on the internet and what i found was that between $5.50-5.75 is retail. but can anyone confirm that i am not being the ignorant one here.... i certianly am not going to pay $15/BF....

Nick

[Larry Crim]

No I think you are right that is a bit high I would expect to pay the $5 for a bf and even that would be a little high for my area.
Larry

[Rod Sheridan]

Hi Nick, my supplier charges $8.80 Canadian for 5/4 cherry.

That would be $3.66 per linear foot for 5/4 X4 cherry.

Regards, Rod.

[Derek Hansen]

Whoops nevermind I misread.

[Rob Russell]

Well, 5/4 FAS cherry in our area is going for that $7.50/board foot range.

The stock that guy has is not FAS, though. FAS has a minimum width of 6", so his stock is undersize. That will definitely cut the price.

[Peter Quadarella]

My guess is he doesn't understand the difference between a linear foot and a board foot, and maybe he saw the board foot price somewhere. That is way too high a price.

[Mark Engel]

Highland Hardwoods in Brentwood, NH has 5/4 fas rough @6.45/bf and 5/4 s2s @7.10/bf.

[Ben Cadotte]

$3.25 for 5/4 select and better airdried black cherry at 12% mc. That is where I get mine. 6/4 is $3.50 bf rough of course.

[Brian Hale]

In November last year I paid $4.35 BF (~135 bf)for 6/4 FAS from Hicksville Planning Mill in western Md

Brian

[Dave Hale]

Yeah, he's a little bit on the high side.

Funny, I was just comparing Jaeger Lumber in Madison, NJ to PALumber last night.

5/4x8" Cherry - $8.99 per LF from Jaeger
8/4x8" Cherry - $6.25 per BF from Mike Morgan

Waiting patiently for Mike's shipping calculator...........

[glenn bradley]

He's high. $4.60 - $5.10/BF for 4/4 to 6/4. $5/LF is Rockler or Woodcraft prices and they have free shipping right now but I wouldn't pay it.

[NICK BARBOZA]

Ok thanks. yea i am just going to walk if he doesnt budge....

Ben: where do get your air dried cherry in this area????

Dave H: thats funny because i grew up in chatham nj and shopped at jaeger some but much more at Dryers. small world....

Cheers,
Nick

[Mike Cutler]

Nick

he's pretty much out to lunch if he wants to sell it for that price by the linear ft.

Here is a link to a supplier about a mile from me,and he's a small operation. You can see his prices for Cherry on the sheet, and use them as a reference point.

http://www.gkwoodworking.com/Pricing%20page.htm

Someday, I should actually go check this guy out.