Timber Prices

Timber prices compiled by Teagasc & Department of agriculture food & marine.

Teagasc – the Agriculture and Food Development Authority – is the national body providing integrated research, advisory and training services to the agriculture and food industry and rural communities.

Table 1. Coillte Average Standing Timber Prices (EUR /m3) by tree size category (ITGA, 2025)
Raw material supplies (e.g. wood availability and cost and price trends) The total value of roundwood removals, which is wood in its natural state removed from Irish forests, was EUR 236 million in 2024, a 10% increase on the EUR 215 million figure in 2023 and a 7% decrease from EUR 253 million in 2022 (CSO, 2025a). The standing timber price is the price paid per cubic metre of timber by the purchaser, where the purchaser is responsible for harvesting. The figures quoted in Table 1 are for sales to the sawmill sector only and include all species and harvest types. Most prices quoted are for standing sales with retained pulpwood, i.e. there is no value for pulp included in these prices.

Please see tables below:
Timber prices supplied by Coillte –
Quarterly Contracted Standing Sales –
Annual Contracted Standing Sales Contracted Standing Sales (€/m3) by average tree size and per quarter.
Contracted Standing Sales (€/m3) by average tree size and per year.
Source: Coillte Sales & Marketing "The figures quoted above are for sales to the sawmill sector only and include all species and harvest types. Since the mix of species and harvest types can vary from quarter to quarter, this impacts on contracted prices in addition to the impact of other market factors. Most prices quoted are for standing sales with retained pulpwood, i.e. there is no value for pulp included in these prices. Coillte does not accept any responsibility for the uses to which its price data are put or any inconsistencies that may arise as a result."