Selling Timber in DeKalb County, AL
Quick answer
There are 9 timber businesses listed for DeKalb County, Alabama: 1 consulting forester and 8 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 DeKalb 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 DeKalb 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
Before you talk to anyone, find out what your timber is worth
Most landowners in DeKalb County have no idea what their standing timber is worth, which is exactly the position a buyer wants you in. Four questions gets you a ballpark range before the first offer lands.
Consulting Foresters in DeKalb County (1)
This forester has an office right here in DeKalb County. A forester works for you, not for the buyer.
Legacy Forestry and Land LLC appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Fort Payne, in DeKalb 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, Timber Buyers/Loggers, Tree Planting (Hand) and Tree Planting (Machine).
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills in DeKalb County (7)
These 7 are based in DeKalb County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
Chastain’s Lumber and Custom Sawmilling is a sawmill in Collinsville, Alabama, at 1926 County Road 296. It is listed as a saw mill, and the work it names is custom sawmilling. The mill is found in Cherokee County, and DeKalb County is the county it serves. Two people are named for contact: Jonathan Chastain at 256-641-0416 and Sarah Chastain at 256-641-0195. Both are listed as people to call or text, so a landowner can reach either of them by phone or text message. The zip code for the mill is 35961, so anyone searching for a sawmill in that area can find it under that address. It suits a landowner who already has logs and wants them cut at a mill in Collinsville, and who would rather speak directly with the Chastains by phone than fill in a form. From chastainslumber.weebly.com, read 17 October 2026.
DeKalb Forest Products, Inc. appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Crossville, in DeKalb 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 Insects & Disease Detection, Site Prep (Chemical), Site Prep (Mechanical), Timber Buyers/Loggers, Timber Stand Improvement, Tree Planting (Hand) and Whole Tree Chipping.
Ford Family custom furniture and sawmill is a mill in Fort Payne, Alabama. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills Nearby (1)
Businesses that buy, cut or mill timber in DeKalb County, working from a nearby town.
Stone Ridge Timber is a logging outfit working across north Alabama. It asked to be listed on TimberClear in September 2026 and supplied its own details; unlike most entries here, nothing in this listing comes from a state register, and TimberClear has not verified any of it. Alongside logging it buys standing timber, and it also does land clearing, which is outside what this directory covers but worth knowing if that is what your job actually needs.
Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve DeKalb County?
9 businesses are listed for DeKalb County: 1 consulting forester and 8 buyers, loggers and mills. 8 of them have offices in the county.
How much is my timber worth in DeKalb 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 DeKalb 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 DeKalb County?
No price series is published for DeKalb 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 DeKalb County come from the Alabama Forestry Commission service provider directory, revised 21-Sep-26. The register is updated quarterly.