Oregon timber prices
What your standing timber is worth in Oregon — 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 Oregon — what a landowner is paid for timber standing on the stump, before it is cut. The most recent published figure for douglas-fir is $400–$700 per thousand board feet, reported by Oregon Department of Forestry timber sale results for 2026 sales. 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 253 Oregon 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 Oregon 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 douglas-fir in Oregon is $400–$700 per thousand board feet, reported by Oregon Department of Forestry timber sale results for 2026 sales. 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.
Oregon stumpage prices by species
Oregon Department of Forestry timber sale results, 2026 sales
| Timber | per thousand board feet |
|---|---|
| Douglas-fir | $400–$700 |
| Western hemlock | $46–$302 |
| True firs | $46–$302 |
Source: Oregon Department of Forestry timber sale results, 2026 sales. These are stumpage prices — what a landowner is paid for standing timber.
What is an acre of timber worth in Oregon?
At these prices, one mature, normally stocked acre of mostly large trees, sold in one harvest, works out to roughly $6,200 to $16,430 for pine and other softwood. 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 Oregon?
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.
Our free timber value calculator asks those three questions and works an estimate from Oregon'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 Oregon market
Oregon requires a Notification of Operation filed 15 days before harvest starts.
How much forest Oregon has, and who owns it
Oregon has 29.7 million acres of forest land. Small private landowners hold 3.5 million acres — 12% of Oregon's forestland; federal management is 60%.
The wood itself: Douglas-fir in western Oregon, ponderosa pine in eastern Oregon, mixed conifers in the southwest. Species is one of the three things that decide what your acre is worth, and it is the one you cannot change.
Oregon's Small Tract Forestland option flips the timing of the tax bill — an owner with 10 to 4,999 acres pays only 20% of the assessed value annually, and the state collects the rest as a severance tax when the timber is cut, so the tax arrives when the cash does.
Sources: oregonforests.org · oregon.gov
Do I need a permit to cut timber in Oregon?
Before any commercial forest operation on private land in Oregon, the landowner or operator must file a Notification of Operation with the Department of Forestry — at least 15 days before the operation starts.
Failing to file is itself a violation of the Forest Practices Act. Operations near streams, on steep slopes or at sensitive sites additionally require a written plan.
Source: oregon.gov
Property tax on Oregon timberland
Under Small Tract Forestland the owner pays only 20% of the specially assessed value each year, with the rest deferred and recovered through a severance tax when timber is actually harvested.
Two things to check before you apply: it takes 10 to 5,000 acres for Small Tract Forestland; 2 contiguous acres for Designated Forestland. Programmes like this usually carry a claw-back — take the land out of forest use early and the state wants the deferred tax back — so read the terms before you sign rather than after you have cut.
Source: oregon.gov
What the Oregon Department of Forestry will do for you, free
Stewardship foresters give free technical assistance to private and small woodland owners — help planning an operation, developing a management plan, understanding the Forest Practices Act, reforestation, and getting into cost-share programs. There is also a Small Forestland Owner Office.
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: oregon.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.
Ask how the wood will be measured and how you will be able to check it. Whatever the unit, a sale you cannot verify afterwards is a sale you are taking 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 253 Oregon 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.
253 Oregon timber businesses
Foresters, buyers, loggers and mills, with the counties each one covers. Free and complete.
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Timber price questions in Oregon
What are timber prices in Oregon right now?
Oregon Department of Forestry timber sale results reports douglas-fir at $400–$700 per thousand board feet for 2026 sales. That is a stumpage price — what the landowner receives for standing timber. Prices for the other products in Oregon 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 Oregon?
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 Oregon'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 Oregon?
Before any commercial forest operation on private land in Oregon, the landowner or operator must file a Notification of Operation with the Department of Forestry — at least 15 days before the operation starts. Failing to file is itself a violation of the Forest Practices Act. Operations near streams, on steep slopes or at sensitive sites additionally require a written plan.
Is there a property tax break for timberland in Oregon?
Oregon runs Small Tract Forestland, or Designated Forestland. Under Small Tract Forestland the owner pays only 20% of the specially assessed value each year, with the rest deferred and recovered through a severance tax when timber is actually harvested. It takes 10 to 5,000 acres for Small Tract Forestland; 2 contiguous acres for Designated Forestland.
Who can help me manage my timber in Oregon for free?
The Oregon Department of Forestry. Stewardship foresters give free technical assistance to private and small woodland owners — help planning an operation, developing a management plan, understanding the Forest Practices Act, reforestation, and getting into cost-share programs. There is also a Small Forestland Owner Office.
How do I get the best price for my timber in Oregon?
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 253 Oregon businesses, free and complete, and has not vetted or endorsed any of them.