Compare timber prices by state
Put any states' published stumpage prices side by side — what landowners are paid for standing timber, by species.
Quick answer
Compare published timber stumpage prices across any of the 50 states, side by side, by species and product. Figures come from each state's own forestry agency, extension service or tax department — 30 states publish their own series and the rest carry the nearest published market. All prices are stumpage, what the landowner is paid for standing timber, not delivered mill prices.
Every figure on this site is a stumpage price — the money that reaches the landowner for timber still standing on the stump. It is not the delivered or mill price, which is what a mill pays once the wood has been cut and hauled in, and which is a good deal higher. Mixing the two up is the most common and most expensive mistake a first-time seller makes.
Prices come from each state's own forestry agency, university extension service, or tax department — whoever actually publishes them. Where a state publishes nothing of its own, we say so and show the nearest published market instead, marked as a regional figure. We do not buy price data and we do not make it up.
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Timber prices by state
Every state, with the headline sawtimber price and who publishes it. Open a state for its full table, what the numbers mean, and a calculator that works out your own land.
| State | Headline price | Published by |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama559 businesses listed | $17–$21Pine sawtimber, per ton | Southern Ag Today (from Timber Mart-South), Q4 2025regional figure |
| Alaska26 businesses listed | $41Sawtimber, all species, federal sale average, per thousand board feet | Alaska Forest Association, undatedregional figure |
| Arizona23 businesses listed | $5–$23.49Ponderosa pine and mixed conifer sawtimber, per hundred cubic feet | USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, 2025regional figure |
| Arkansas359 businesses listed | $37.69Mixed hardwood sawtimber, per ton | University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension, Q1 2026 |
| California256 businesses listed | $10–$350Douglas-fir, per thousand board feet | California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, July–December 2026 |
| Colorado153 businesses listed | $5–$8.2Engelmann spruce, lodgepole and mixed conifer sawtimber, per hundred cubic feet | USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, 2025regional figure |
| Connecticut46 businesses listed | $200–$338Sugar maple, per thousand board feet | UMass Amherst MassWoods, with Massachusetts DCR, Q1 2026regional figure |
| Delaware14 businesses listed | $224Hardwood sawtimber, per thousand board feet | Virginia Tech's Forest Landowner Education Program, Q2 2026regional figure |
| Florida313 businesses listed | $29Pine sawtimber, per ton | UF/IFAS Florida Land Steward (summarising Timber Mart-South), Q1 2026 |
| Georgia1363 businesses listed | $26–$32Mixed hardwood sawtimber, per ton | University of Georgia Extension, Q3 2025 |
| Hawaii9 businesses listed | $4Milo, per board foot | Hawaii DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife, current list, effective December 2018 |
| Idaho95 businesses listed | $741–$893Cedar, per thousand board feet | Idaho State Tax Commission harvest values, 2026 |
| Illinois231 businesses listed | $590White oak sawlogs, per thousand board feet | Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Winter 2018/19 |
| Indiana254 businesses listed | $1,294Hardwood timber sale, high quality, per thousand board feet | Indiana Consulting Foresters, in the Indiana Woodland Steward, 2025 |
| Iowa271 businesses listed | $425White oak sawlogs, per thousand board feet | Missouri Department of Conservation, April–June 2026regional figure |
| Kansas96 businesses listed | $425White oak sawlogs, per thousand board feet | Missouri Department of Conservation, April–June 2026regional figure |
| Kentucky499 businesses listed | $425White oak sawlogs, per thousand board feet | Missouri Department of Conservation, Q2 2026regional figure |
| Louisiana228 businesses listed | $43.05Oak sawtimber, per ton | LSU AgCenter, Q4 2024 |
| Maine235 businesses listed | $293Red oak, per thousand board feet | Maine Forest Service, 2024 |
| Maryland180 businesses listed | $255–$848Black cherry, per thousand board feet | Penn State Extension, Q1 2026regional figure |
| Massachusetts184 businesses listed | $200–$338Sugar maple, per thousand board feet | UMass Amherst MassWoods, with Massachusetts DCR, Q1 2026 |
| Michigan314 businesses listed | $348Hard maple, per thousand board feet | Michigan DNR stumpage price report, October 2024 – September 2025 |
| Minnesota321 businesses listed | $149Red pine sawtimber, per thousand board feet | Minnesota DNR Public Agencies Stumpage Price Review, 2021 |
| Mississippi570 businesses listed | $57.35Oak sawtimber, per ton | Mississippi State University Extension, Q2 2026 |
| Missouri299 businesses listed | $425White oak sawlogs, per thousand board feet | Missouri Department of Conservation, April–June 2026 |
| Montana77 businesses listed | $4.11–$49.59Sawlogs, winning bids on state timber sales, per ton | Montana DNRC timber sale bid results, FY2027 sales |
| Nebraska40 businesses listed | $425White oak sawlogs, per thousand board feet | Missouri Department of Conservation, April–June 2026regional figure |
| Nevada3 businesses listed | $4.11–$49.59Sawlogs, winning bids on state timber sales, per ton | Montana DNRC timber sale bid results, FY2027regional figure |
| New Hampshire70 businesses listed | $200–$400Oak, per thousand board feet | New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration, April–September 2026 |
| New Jersey26 businesses listed | $637–$752White oak, per thousand board feet | Penn State Extension, Q1 2026regional figure |
| New Mexico23 businesses listed | $5–$23.49Ponderosa pine and mixed conifer sawtimber, per hundred cubic feet | USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, 2025regional figure |
| New York296 businesses listed | $550–$900Hard maple, per thousand board feet | New York State DEC stumpage price report, Winter 2025 |
| North Carolina770 businesses listed | $48.96Oak sawtimber, per ton | NC State Extension, Q2 2026 |
| North Dakota58 businesses listed | $141Sawtimber, all species, per thousand board feet | Minnesota DNR Public Agencies Stumpage Price Review, 2021regional figure |
| Ohio260 businesses listed | $700–$1,200White oak, per thousand board feet | Ohio State University Extension, with the Ohio Division of Forestry, March–May 2026 |
| Oklahoma102 businesses listed | $71.01Eastern redcedar sawtimber, per ton | Oklahoma State University Extension, 2024–2025 |
| Oregon253 businesses listed | $400–$700Douglas-fir, per thousand board feet | Oregon Department of Forestry timber sale results, 2026 sales |
| Pennsylvania338 businesses listed | $255–$848Black cherry, per thousand board feet | Penn State Extension, Q1 2026 |
| Rhode Island22 businesses listed | $300White oak, per thousand board feet | UMass Amherst MassWoods, with Massachusetts DCR, Q1 2026regional figure |
| South Carolina433 businesses listed | $21.91Pine sawtimber, per ton | South Carolina Forestry Commission (from Timber Mart-South), Q2 2026 |
| South Dakota18 businesses listed | $21.61–$23.49Ponderosa pine sawtimber, per hundred cubic feet | USDA Forest Service, Black Hills National Forest, 2025–2026regional figure |
| Tennessee414 businesses listed | $17–$21Pine sawtimber, per ton | Southern Ag Today (from Timber Mart-South), Q4 2025regional figure |
| Texas1019 businesses listed | $36.82–$38.98Mixed hardwood sawtimber, per ton | Texas A&M Forest Service, May–June 2026 |
| Utah53 businesses listed | $4.11–$49.59Sawlogs, winning bids on state timber sales, per ton | Montana DNRC timber sale bid results, FY2027regional figure |
| Vermont80 businesses listed | $260–$358White ash, per thousand board feet | Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, 2023 |
| Virginia508 businesses listed | $224Hardwood sawtimber, per thousand board feet | Virginia Tech's Forest Landowner Education Program, Q2 2026 |
| Washington271 businesses listed | $1,036–$1,051Western red cedar, per thousand board feet | Washington Department of Revenue stumpage value tables, January–June 2026 |
| West Virginia98 businesses listed | $441–$556White oak, per thousand board feet | West Virginia Division of Forestry, 2022 |
| Wisconsin225 businesses listed | $464White oak, per thousand board feet | Wisconsin DNR forest tax rates, November 2025 – October 2026 |
| Wyoming26 businesses listed | $23.49Ponderosa pine and other conifer sawtimber, per hundred cubic feet | USDA Forest Service Black Hills NF and BLM Wyoming, 2025–2026regional figure |
TimberClear lists 12381 timber businesses across 50 states, free and complete. We have not vetted, verified or endorsed any of them.
Questions about timber prices
Which states pay the most for timber?
It is not one league table, because the states are not selling the same product. Pacific Northwest Douglas-fir and Appalachian hardwood are measured in thousands of board feet and reach the highest per-unit figures. Southern pine sells by the ton at much lower per-unit prices but grows far faster and is cut on shorter rotations. Comparing the headline numbers without the units and the growth rates behind them will mislead you.
Can I compare timber prices between states directly?
Only within the same unit. The South mostly publishes dollars per ton; the Northeast, Lake States and West publish dollars per thousand board feet; a few publish per cord or per hundred cubic feet. Board feet are counted under different log rules — Doyle, Scribner and International quarter-inch — which give different counts for the same tree. Every figure on this site carries its unit, and its log rule where the source states one.
Where does this price data come from?
State forestry agencies, university extension services and state revenue departments — whoever actually publishes the figures. 30 states maintain a series of their own. The rest publish nothing, so the nearest published market is shown and labelled a regional figure. Every state names its publisher, the period covered and links to the source. None of it is bought and none of it is estimated.
Is this useful for buying timberland or expanding a mill?
It is a starting point, not a decision. The prices tell you what standing timber fetches in a state; they do not tell you how much of it is available, how many mills are already bidding, or what the haul distances look like. Use it to narrow the list, then look at the supply and the competition in the states that survive.