Oklahoma timber prices
What your standing timber is worth in Oklahoma — published stumpage values by species, and a free calculator that turns them into a figure for your own land.
Quick answer
These are stumpage prices for Oklahoma — what a landowner is paid for timber standing on the stump, before it is cut. The most recent published figure for eastern redcedar sawtimber is $71.01 per ton, reported by Oklahoma State University Extension for 2024–2025. Delivered or mill log prices are a different and much higher number, because they include the cost of cutting and hauling the wood. TimberClear lists 102 Oklahoma foresters, buyers, loggers and mills who work this timber. What a particular stand brings is settled by a timber cruise, not by a price list.
If you own woodland in Oklahoma and you are wondering what it is worth, the number you want is the stumpage price — what a buyer pays you for timber while it is still standing. The most recent published figure for eastern redcedar sawtimber in Oklahoma is $71.01 per ton, reported by Oklahoma State University Extension for 2024–2025. The full table is below.
Two prices get quoted in this business and they are not the same. Stumpage is what reaches you. Delivered, sometimes called the mill or log price, is what a mill pays once the wood has been cut, limbed and hauled to the yard — and the difference between them is the cost of doing all that work. Delivered prices are easier to find online, they are a good deal higher, and a landowner who mistakes one for the other walks into a sale expecting money that was never on the table. Everything on this page is stumpage.
Oklahoma stumpage prices by species
Oklahoma State University Extension, 2024–2025
| Timber | per ton |
|---|---|
| Pine sawtimber | $28.24 |
| Pine chip-n-saw | $15.09 |
| Pine pulpwoodpulp | $8.92 |
| Hardwood sawtimber | $29.81 |
| Hardwood pulpwoodpulp | $12.4 |
| Eastern redcedar sawtimber | $71.01 |
Source: Oklahoma State University Extension, 2024–2025. These are stumpage prices — what a landowner is paid for standing timber.
Compare pine prices per ton across the Southern states
What is an acre of timber worth in Oklahoma?
At these prices, one mature, normally stocked acre of mostly large trees, sold in one harvest, works out to roughly $1,480 to $2,960 for pine and other softwood and $1,680 to $3,370 for hardwood. Smaller trees, a thinner stand or a partial cut bring less. It's a ballpark, not an appraisal.
What is your timber worth?
The table above is the price. The calculator turns it into a figure for your land — it asks your acreage, your species, how big the trees are and how thick they stand, then works the estimate from the prices above. About a minute, and no email needed to see it.
What are my trees worth in Oklahoma?
A price list cannot answer that on its own, and any site that tells you otherwise is guessing. Three things decide what an acre brings, and only you can see them: how big the trees are, how thickly they are growing, and what species they are.
Size matters more than anything else on that list. In Oklahoma the best sawtimber on this page tops out at $71.01 while pulpwood tops out at $12.4 — the same tree, grown on, is worth several times more. That is the whole argument for knowing what you have before anybody makes you an offer.
Our free timber value calculator asks those three questions and works an estimate from Oklahoma's own published prices, the ones in the table on this page. It gives you a range rather than a single figure, because a range is the honest shape of the answer. It takes about a minute and it does not ask for your email to show you the number.
Worth knowing about the Oklahoma market
Oklahoma's commercial timber is in the southeast corner of the state. Eastern redcedar, which most landowners treat as a nuisance, carries the highest per-ton price in the state's report.
How much forest Oklahoma has, and who owns it
Oklahoma has about 6.2 million acres suitable for commercial harvest, out of 11.7 million acres of forest land. Nonindustrial private landowners control 61% of the commercial resource.
Oklahoma law makes marking the boundary the timber owner's legal job — any established property line within 100 feet of the cut must be clearly marked, and where no line exists the neighbour gets certified-mail notice ten days out. That is an unusually specific pre-harvest duty for a state with no harvest permit.
Do I need a permit to cut timber in Oklahoma?
Oklahoma requires no state harvest permit or notice to a state agency. It does put a hard legal duty on the timber owner about boundaries before the saws start.
Any established property line within 100 feet of the cutting area must be clearly marked first. Where a line is not established, the timber owner must send written notice by certified mail to the adjoining owner at least 10 days before the operation begins.
Source: ag.ok.gov
What the Oklahoma Forestry Services will do for you, free
Foresters work directly with landowners who want to manage their timber and are available at no cost for tree planting and management questions. The agency also administers forest management cost-share grants and runs two nurseries selling over 30 varieties of low-cost seedlings.
Worth taking. A state service forester does not bid on your timber and does not take a commission, so the advice comes without a stake in the outcome. They will not run your sale for you — that is a consulting forester's job — but they will tell you what you have before anybody makes you an offer.
Source: ag.ok.gov
Getting the best price for your timber
The single biggest lever is competition. One buyer who turns up and makes an offer has no reason to bid against himself. A sealed-bid sale, run by a consulting forester who invites several buyers to price the same marked timber, routinely moves the final number by a wide margin — and it costs you a share of the sale rather than money up front.
Before any of that, have the timber cruised. A cruise is a forester walking your land and measuring what is actually standing, so you are selling a known quantity instead of taking somebody's word for it.
Because Oklahoma timber is sold by weight, the load tickets are your receipt. Every truck that leaves is weighed at the mill, and those tickets are what your payment is calculated from. Ask to receive copies as the job runs rather than a single figure at the end — a sale you cannot check is a sale you have to take on trust.
And put the terms in writing before anybody starts: what gets cut, what stays, what the land looks like when they leave, and when you get paid.
TimberClear lists 102 Oklahoma foresters, buyers, loggers and mills. Every listing is free and complete, including the phone number the business already publishes. We have not vetted, verified or endorsed any of them — the listing tells you who they are and what counties they cover, and the choosing is yours.
102 Oklahoma timber businesses
Foresters, buyers, loggers and mills, with the counties each one covers. Free and complete.
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Timber price questions in Oklahoma
What are timber prices in Oklahoma right now?
Oklahoma State University Extension reports eastern redcedar sawtimber at $71.01 per ton for 2024–2025. That is a stumpage price — what the landowner receives for standing timber. Prices for the other products in Oklahoma are listed on this page, and they move every quarter.
What is stumpage value?
Stumpage is the price paid for timber while it is still standing — the money that reaches the landowner. It is not the same as a delivered or mill log price, which is what a mill pays once the wood has been cut, limbed and hauled to the yard. The gap between the two is the cost of doing that work, and it is large. A delivered price quoted as though it were stumpage will make timber look worth far more than it is.
How much is an acre of timber worth in Oklahoma?
It depends on three things the price list cannot tell you: how big the trees are, how thickly they are growing, and whether they are sawtimber or pulpwood size. Sawtimber is worth several times what pulpwood is worth per ton. TimberClear's free timber value calculator asks those questions and works the estimate from Oklahoma's own published prices. It gives a range, never a single figure, because only a cruise settles what a stand is really worth.
Do I need a permit to cut timber in Oklahoma?
Oklahoma requires no state harvest permit or notice to a state agency. It does put a hard legal duty on the timber owner about boundaries before the saws start. Any established property line within 100 feet of the cutting area must be clearly marked first. Where a line is not established, the timber owner must send written notice by certified mail to the adjoining owner at least 10 days before the operation begins.
Who can help me manage my timber in Oklahoma for free?
The Oklahoma Forestry Services. Foresters work directly with landowners who want to manage their timber and are available at no cost for tree planting and management questions. The agency also administers forest management cost-share grants and runs two nurseries selling over 30 varieties of low-cost seedlings.
How do I get the best price for my timber in Oklahoma?
Get more than one offer. A sealed-bid sale run by a consulting forester puts buyers in competition with each other, and that is the single biggest lever a landowner has. Have the timber cruised first so you know what you are selling, and put the terms in writing before anybody starts cutting. TimberClear lists 102 Oklahoma businesses, free and complete, and has not vetted or endorsed any of them.