Marché au Cadran d’Ussel — ventes de bois: physical commodity exchange in Ussel
The Marché au Cadran in Ussel hosts recurring grouped timber sales organised by forestry experts. Ussel, France.
AGR-351 · Physical commodity exchange · Ussel, France · EUR
The Marché au Cadran in Ussel hosts recurring grouped timber sales organised by forestry experts. FORESTRY France coordinated the edition described here, with results analysed by CNPF Nouvelle-Aquitaine. This directory entry covers the timber-sale series at the venue rather than every activity conducted in the building. That distinction helps a prospective customer identify the relevant forestry channel instead of assuming that all sales at the auction premises concern the same goods.
The sale of 4 December 2025 offered 47,200 cubic metres of timber en bloc, alongside separate lots measured in steres. Seventeen distinct buyers made purchases during the auction. These are one event's figures, not annual turnover. The separate stacked-wood units have not been added to cubic metres. The auction's location also does not mean that every parcel of timber was physically situated in Ussel.
The CNPF archive reports prices by species and average individual tree volume. Results include Douglas fir, spruces, firs, larch and hemlock. A dated Ussel report must be distinguished from other sales available on the same page. A EUR-per-cubic-metre comparison needs to preserve both the sale basis and the relevant measurement scope.
Buyers should obtain the catalogue, parcel map, species description, tree characteristics and working conditions. With standing timber, harvesting, extraction and haulage costs affect commercial value alongside the purchase price. Inspect access routes, slope, storage space and loading arrangements. Comparing a standing-timber bid directly with a quotation for finished sawn wood would omit substantial processing stages and costs. A useful assessment considers the expected saleable assortment and the practical ability to remove it within the agreed period.
Forest owners should establish with their expert how inventory will be prepared, lots defined, entries submitted and representation handled. Buyers should check quantity settlement, completion deadlines and responsibility for the site after operations. Before setting a budget, distinguish purchase of an identified block from payment based on quantities actually removed. For subsequent auctions, confirm the venue and participation format; a historical report is not an invitation to a new session. For both parties, a precise parcel description and agreed collection conditions are more useful than a species average alone. Retaining the catalogue and field observations with the eventual contract also supports meaningful comparisons with later purchases.
What is priced: Timber and forest products
Products and quotations
Douglas fir; Norway and Sitka spruce; firs; larch; hemlock; standing timber and product-unit lots
Sources
- Sale location and organiser — nouvelle-aquitaine.cnpf.fr
- Results and analysis, 4 Dec 2025 — nouvelle-aquitaine.cnpf.fr
- CNPF price archive — nouvelle-aquitaine.cnpf.fr
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