The first full back-to-work / school week for September 2019 did not bode well for North American construction framing softwood lumber prices.  While wholesaler prices of many wood home building materials stayed flat, and there were two panel mill and one sawmill curtailment announcement, overall demand was not encouraging for an improving market before winter sets in.  Due to production cuts, many operators — at sawmills and plywood and OSB producers as well — were able to get their order files to longer than one week.  This week benchmark lumber commodity Western Spruce ...