Typical lumber recovery for a 1st quartile northern softwood sawmill with an average log top diameter of 6.0" (15 cm) would be 290 fbm/m3 or 8.2 fbm/ft3 or .57 m3/m3.

• Finished lumber (kds4s)      47%
• Chips                                34%
• Sawdust & chip fines           9%
• Shrinkage                           4%
• Shavings                             6%