In a time when literally no one knows what is happening with the North American construction framing dimension softwood lumber market — let alone what will happen to the end of 2019 — the price of most lumber items moderated downward over last month. For its part, benchmark softwood lumber item Western Spruce-Pine-Fir KD 2×4 #2&Btr actually gained over last week, up by +$2 to U.S. $370 mfbm, but did drop -$12 from one month ago when it was U.S. $382 mfbm.