Fuel-wood prices varied by region in 2009. According to Forest2Market's Delivered Price Benchmark, the only pricing service in the South and Pacific Northwest based on transaction data, prices for fuel-wood increased in the South and decreased in the Pacific Northwest.
Across the South, fuel-wood prices averaged $20.98 per green ton, up 3.6 percent from 2008's average of $20.25 per green ton.
In the Pacific Northwest, wood fuel prices averaged $44.08 per dry ton, down 4.71 percent from 2008's average of $46.26 per dry ton.