Lumber Prices Head Up Again but Without the Jet Propulsion If you were buying lumber, June 13 was a good day with spot prices and futures down to $528 per thousand board feet, the lowest they’ve been since early September 2021. But now they’ve headed back up. If you’re in construction or development, take a deep breath because the changes aren’t like they were in April 2021, when prices broke the $1,600 mark and left construction industry professionals feeling very broke. globest