Selling Timber in Butler County, AL
Quick answer
There are 10 timber businesses listed for Butler County, Alabama: 5 consulting foresters and 5 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 8 of them have offices in the county. The rest are registered to work here and travel in, and every listing shows how far its office is from the county seat.
Timber prices for Butler County
No county publishes its own timber prices. These are Alabama's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Butler County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them. Alabama publishes no free, maintained timber price series of its own, and Timber Mart-South's Alabama report is paid, so there is no Alabama-only figure to quote. The range above is not an Alabama number: it is the range a regional report gave for Tennessee, South Carolina and Alabama together in Q4 2025, and only for pine sawtimber. Treat it as a rough regional marker, not as your county's price.
| Pine sawtimber | $17–$21 per ton |
Source: Southern Ag Today (from Timber Mart-South), Q4 2025. All Alabama timber prices
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A timber buyer's job is to buy your timber as cheaply as they can. A consulting forester works for you — they measure what's standing, tell you what it's worth, and run a competitive sale, usually for a percentage of the price. That makes their interests line up with yours. 5 of the 5 foresters covering Butler County offer the full set — appraisal, cruise, and running the sale itself. How to decide whether you need one
Consulting Foresters in Butler County (5)
These 5 foresters have offices right here in Butler County. A forester works for you, not for the buyer.
Georgiana Timber Co. appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Georgiana, in Butler County. The Commission compiles that directory from providers who submit their own information to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The directory lists it under Consulting Forester, Herbicide Applicators (Air), Herbicide Applicators (Ground), Land Appraisal, Registered Surveyor, Timber Appraisal, Urban Forestry Consultant, Aerial Photography, Beaver Control, Boundary Line Maintenance, Feral Hog Control, Fireline/Breaks/Road/Food Plots, GIS/GPS Mapping, Insects & Disease Detection, Site Prep (Chemical), Site Prep (Mechanical), Timber Buyers/Loggers, Timber Sales, Timber Stand Improvement, Tree Planting (Hand) and Tree Planting (Machine).
Larson & McGowin, LLC is a forestry consulting firm in Greenville, Alabama, with its main office in Mobile at 251.438.4581. The firm traces back to 1938, when two partners began doing timber cruises and consulting for landowners. Its Greenville branch opened in the 1970s, and it serves Butler County. The work covers much of a stand's life. The firm does consulting forestry, timber and land appraisal, and timber sales, including sale administration. On the ground it offers silvicultural prescriptions, prescribed burning, site preparation by chemical or mechanical means, timber stand improvement, hand and machine tree planting, and herbicide application by air or ground. Other services include pine straw harvesting, firelines, roads and food plots, boundary line maintenance, mowing and mulching, beaver control, and insect and disease detection. It also does GIS and GPS mapping and aerial photography. On a new job, the firm usually starts with a fresh forest inventory. That inventory then feeds the planning, sale, appraisal and financial work it handles in-house. In their own words, "Every tree is earned." They say their field expertise has been built up over sixty years. It suits Butler County owners who want inventory, planning, timber sales and planting handled by one firm, and who are comfortable working with a company that also serves family partnerships, investment companies and university endowments. From larsonmcgowin.com, read 17 October 2026.
Richard Crenshaw Jr. appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Greenville, in Butler County. The Commission compiles that directory from providers who submit their own information to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The directory lists it under Consulting Forester, Timber Appraisal, Urban Forestry Consultant, Boundary Line Maintenance, Site Prep (Chemical), Site Prep (Mechanical), Timber Sales, Timber Stand Improvement and Tree Planting (Hand).
Rigsby Investment Co. appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Georgiana, in Butler County. The Commission compiles that directory from providers who submit their own information to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The directory lists it under Consulting Forester, Land Appraisal, Timber Appraisal, Boundary Line Maintenance, Prescribed Burning and Timber Sales.
Tim O. Craig, Attorney at Law appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Greenville, in Butler County. The Commission compiles that directory from providers who submit their own information to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The directory lists it under Consulting Forester, Timber Appraisal and Timber Sales.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills in Butler County (3)
These 3 are based in Butler County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
McGowin Logging Company, INC. appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Chapman, in Butler County. The Commission compiles that directory from providers who submit their own information to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The directory lists it under Timber Buyers/Loggers.
Structural Wood Systems is a glulam manufacturer in Greenville, Alabama, in Butler County. Glulam is structural glued laminated timber, built up from layers of wood into large beams, columns and arches for buildings. The company has been in business for 50 years and works on the building side of wood, not the woods side. Its services are engineering, estimating and sales, fabrication, and erection. Engineers work out the load and member sizes, and before any product is made the company prepares shop details for the customer to approve. The sales department gives estimates from early design through to pricing the members and finished construction drawings. Members are prefabricated at the plant and marked so they fit together on site. The company can also recommend an erector in your area. Its gallery shows church, school, commercial, pavilion and private home projects, and it states a nationwide service area. Its own list of services includes "Personal Handling of Your Questions at Every Step of the Order Process." Structural Wood Systems suits a landowner who has a building in mind and wants large wood members made to order, not someone to buy standing timber or haul logs. From structuralwood.com, read 17 October 2026.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills Nearby (2)
Businesses that buy, cut or mill timber in Butler County, working from a nearby town.
Reid Logging Co Inc is a logging contractor in McKenzie, Alabama. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Reid Logging Company is a logging business in Georgiana, Alabama. It handles timber harvesting, logging, forest management, and timber purchasing, and it also does road construction, contract log trucking, and dirt and rock trucking. The business has been operating for over 50 years. It is a member of the Alabama Forestry Association and the Alabama Loggers Council, and it was named 2019 Alabama Loggers of the Year. Its work centers on Butler County. Timber harvesting is overseen by a forest management team, with the aim of promoting the growth of more trees. Under the heading "Managing for the Future," the business describes harvesting in a way that leaves plenty of forest for later generations. Timber purchasing is listed as its own service, so a landowner who wants the timber bought, cut, and hauled can deal with one firm. The office is at 18527 Mobile Road in Georgiana, open Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm. The phone number is (334) 376-0282. This business suits a Butler County landowner who wants one firm to buy, log, and truck the timber, and who wants the stand left healthy for the next owners. From reidloggingcompany.com, read 17 October 2026.
Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Butler County?
10 businesses are listed for Butler County: 5 consulting foresters and 5 buyers, loggers and mills. 8 of them have offices in the county.
How much is my timber worth in Butler County?
Nobody can tell you what your timber is worth without walking it. Value depends on the species, the size and grade of the trees, how thickly they stand, the ground conditions and how easily a logger can reach them. Anyone who quotes you a figure without seeing the land is guessing, and a guess in that direction is rarely in your favour.
What stumpage value means →Do I need a forestry consultant to sell timber in Butler County?
You do not have to use one. A consulting forester works for you rather than the buyer, marks the timber, runs a sealed-bid sale and typically charges a percentage of the sale. Research from several state extension services has found that timber sold through a consultant often returns enough more to cover the fee, though results vary by tract and by market. The decision usually turns on the size of the sale and whether you have sold timber before.
Do I need a forestry consultant? →Do I need a permit to cut timber in Alabama?
Alabama requires no state permit to harvest timber on your own land, but it does require a NOTICE, and the notice is state law rather than a county's own idea. Before timber is hauled out over county roads, the timber owner tells the county commission's regular office: four business days ahead where the harvest needs a new access point onto the road, two where it uses one that already exists. In exchange the statute closes the door on anything further — a county may not demand a second notice, a permit or licence, or a bond or other security as the price of using its roads. Separately, Alabama's forestry Best Management Practices are not a permit programme, but they are not merely advisory either: the Department of Environmental Management inspects forestry operations and will require BMPs where voluntary use falls short, because the water-quality law behind them is enforceable.
Permit rules in Alabama →What is timber worth in Butler County?
No price series is published for Butler County on its own. Alabama's latest published stumpage figures (Southern Ag Today (from Timber Mart-South), Q4 2025) put pine sawtimber at $17–$21 per ton. What your own timber brings depends on the species, the size and amount of it, and how far it is from a mill. A timber cruise by a forester settles it.
Forester listings for Butler County come from the Alabama Forestry Commission service provider directory, revised 21-Sep-26. The register is updated quarterly.