Selling Timber in Fayette County, AL
Quick answer
There are 7 timber businesses listed for Fayette County, Alabama: 2 consulting foresters and 5 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 6 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 Fayette 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 Fayette 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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Before you take the first offer
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. 2 of the 2 foresters covering Fayette County offer the full set — appraisal, cruise, and running the sale itself. How to decide whether you need one
Consulting Foresters in Fayette County (2)
These 2 foresters have offices right here in Fayette County. A forester works for you, not for the buyer.
Northwest Forestry Services appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Fayette, in Fayette 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), Site Prep (Chemical), Site Prep (Mechanical), Timber Buyers/Loggers, Timber Sales and Tree Planting (Hand).
Timberland Services, Inc appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Fayette, in Fayette 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, GIS/GPS Mapping and Timber Sales.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills in Fayette County (4)
These 4 are based in Fayette County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
David Hindman appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Fayette, in Fayette 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 Site Prep (Chemical), Site Prep (Mechanical), Timber Buyers/Loggers and Tree Planting (Hand).
Delton Harrison Logging Inc is a logging contractor in Fayette, Alabama. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Interfor Sawmill is a sawmill in Belk, Alabama, in Bullock County, and it serves Fayette County. It cuts logs into dimension lumber, specifically 10-foot and shorter 2"x4", 2"x6", and 4"x4" pieces. The lumber ships by rail and truck to buyers in markets that include Texas and the US Midwest. The company's stated promise is to deliver "on spec and on time." The parent company, Interfor Corporation, says its US lumber manufacturing operations are certified to the SFI Chain-of-Custody and Fiber Sourcing standards. It describes itself as one of the world's largest high-quality forest products companies, with operations across North America. This suits a landowner looking for a dimension lumber mill around Belk who wants to know it cuts short 2x4, 2x6, and 4x4 stock. From interfor.com, read 3 October 2026.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills Nearby (1)
Businesses that buy, cut or mill timber in Fayette County, working from a nearby town.
Phillips Logging Inc is a logging contractor in Carbon Hill, Alabama. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Fayette County?
7 businesses are listed for Fayette County: 2 consulting foresters and 5 buyers, loggers and mills. 6 of them have offices in the county.
How much is my timber worth in Fayette 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 Fayette 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 Fayette County?
No price series is published for Fayette 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 Fayette County come from the Alabama Forestry Commission service provider directory, revised 21-Sep-26. The register is updated quarterly.