Selling Timber in Jackson County, AL
Quick answer
There are 8 timber businesses listed for Jackson County, Alabama: 2 consulting foresters and 6 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 Jackson 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 Jackson 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 Jackson 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 Jackson County (2)
These 2 foresters have offices right here in Jackson County. A forester works for you, not for the buyer.
Keller Lumber, Inc. is a hardwood sawmill in Stevenson, Alabama. It also buys timber and land and does land management work. The business has been operating for nearly 50 years. The founder, Mr. Keller, began as a logger in the late 70s and early 80s. He bought the land where the mill now stands after a dispute over log prices, started monthly log sales, and the company grew from a log yard to a small circle mill to the size it is now. Their service area includes Jackson County. The main product is green Appalachian hardwood lumber, especially red and white oak, walnut, poplar, cherry and ash. They also carry dimensional pine and custom pieces such as live edge walnut. They buy veneer white oak and walnut. When they buy wood, they pay for open market wood by the Doyle scale, and sometimes by the ton. On the land side, they will help with harvesting timber, harvesting rock, replanting and hunting development. Their senior forester, Scotty Fleming, is a Registered Forester with the Alabama State Board of Registration for Foresters and has 28 years of experience in forest procurement and management. The foresters are Auburn graduates and work to Sustainable Forestry Initiative standards. To get a quote on timber or timberland, call 256.437.3154. This suits a landowner with oak, walnut or poplar who wants one firm to buy the wood, log it and do the land work afterward. From kellerlbr.com, read 17 October 2026.
Sportsman's Wildlife and Timber appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Scottsboro, in Jackson 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, Boundary Line Maintenance, Timber Buyers/Loggers, Tree Planting (Hand), Tree Planting (Machine) and Wildlife/Pond Management.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills in Jackson County (4)
These 4 are based in Jackson County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
Campbell's Hickory Products is a mill in Woodville, Alabama. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Independent Stave Company is a family-owned cooperage company in Stevenson, Alabama, in Jackson. It has been operating since 1912 and says it reaches customers in more than 40 countries. Its main trade is buying timber, and it also works as a sawmill and offers forestry consulting. The work covers log buying and selling, log procurement, timber harvest, and forestry and land management. The company looks for white oak and names "stave quality oak logs" as a focus, along with other hardwood species. Its sustainable forestry policy asks every supplier to follow water quality best management practices and to have at least one qualified logger on each harvest site. It holds certification to the SFI Fiber Sourcing and Chain of Custody Standard and also lists PEFC among its credentials. The minimum acreage shown is 8,016 forested acres. That is the smallest job the company shows it has done, a tract it bought near Somerset, Kentucky. The figure comes from that job, not from a stated policy. It suits a landowner with oak or other hardwood stands who wants one firm to buy logs, handle the harvest, and advise on managing the land. From independentstavecompany.com, read 3 October 2026.
Scottsboro Forest Products appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Scottsboro, in Jackson 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 and Tree Planting (Hand).
WestRock is listed in Stevenson, Alabama, as a mill. The listing gives paper, paperboard and pulp as its services, with hardwood as the species, and names Jackson County as the area served. Nothing found under this name describes buying standing or harvested timber, logging, or any service for landowners. The web pages found under this name belong to Smurfit Westrock, a global packaging company. They say nothing about Stevenson, Alabama, Jackson County or pulp. The name may also point to a timber business in Hopewell, Virginia, but no Hopewell address, phone number or service area was found for it. It suits a landowner who has already confirmed which WestRock this is and who has hardwood to sell to a paper and pulp operation. From westrock.com, read 17 October 2026.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills Nearby (2)
Businesses that buy, cut or mill timber in Jackson 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.
Tri-State Timber, LLC is a timber buyer in Stevenson, Alabama. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Jackson County?
8 businesses are listed for Jackson County: 2 consulting foresters and 6 buyers, loggers and mills. 6 of them have offices in the county.
How much is my timber worth in Jackson 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 Jackson 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 Jackson County?
No price series is published for Jackson 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 Jackson County come from the Alabama Forestry Commission service provider directory, revised 21-Sep-26. The register is updated quarterly.