Selling Timber in Lee County, AL
Quick answer
There are 12 timber businesses listed for Lee County, Alabama: 6 consulting foresters and 6 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 12 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 Lee 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 Lee 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. 6 of the 6 foresters covering Lee County offer the full set — appraisal, cruise, and running the sale itself. How to decide whether you need one
Consulting Foresters in Lee County (6)
These 6 foresters have offices right here in Lee County. A forester works for you, not for the buyer.
Advanced Forestry Service appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Salem, in Lee 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), Timber Appraisal, Aerial Photography, Beaver Control, Boundary Line Maintenance, Fireline/Breaks/Road/Food Plots, Mowing/Mulching, Prescribed Burning, Site Prep (Chemical), Site Prep (Mechanical), Timber Sales, Timber Stand Improvement, Tree Planting (Hand) and Tree Planting (Machine).
Dixieland Forestry Services appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Auburn, in Lee 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), Fireline/Breaks/Road/Food Plots, Prescribed Burning, Site Prep (Chemical), Timber Sales, Timber Stand Improvement and Tree Planting (Hand).
Forestry Consultants, Inc. is a forestry and land business in Opelika, Alabama, working with landowners since 1984. The firm says it has done this for over 40 years. Its listed service county is Lee County, and it also manages hunting leases for private landowners throughout Alabama. The firm works for the landowner. It does not buy timber. Its timber sale work can include cruising and valuing the trees, preparing bid packages, running sealed bids or negotiating a price, and inspecting the harvest several times each week. It also does timber cruises and appraisals, family land divisions, forest management plans, tax basis records, tree planting and site preparation, prescribed burning, boundary maintenance, property inspections, and real estate work. Lisa Love, one of the people named on its pages, is a Registered Forester and licensed real estate agent. Consulting foresters Joseph Capps and Payton Reynolds are also named. A forester inspects your property, talks through your goals, and sends a written Proposal listing the work and fees. Before any work begins, you review and sign a brief work Proposal. The firm says fees are commonly a percentage of gross timber sale receipts, and they can also be charged hourly or by the whole project. The trees it names are planted pines and natural pines. This suits a landowner with pines in Lee County or the rest of Alabama who wants a forester to run a timber sale, a family division, or a hunting lease, and who wants the fees in writing before anything starts. From forestryconsultantsinc.com, read 17 October 2026.
Green South Land & Timber appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Opelika, in Lee 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), Timber Appraisal, Urban Forestry Consultant, Aerial Photography, Boundary Line Maintenance, Fireline/Breaks/Road/Food Plots, GIS/GPS Mapping, Insects & Disease Detection, Prescribed Burning, Site Prep (Chemical), Site Prep (Mechanical), Timber Sales, Tree Planting (Hand), Tree Planting (Machine) and Wildlife/Pond Management.
Persimmon Creek Forestry Services appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Opelika, in Lee 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), Timber Appraisal, Prescribed Burning, Site Prep (Chemical), Timber Sales, Timber Stand Improvement, Tree Planting (Hand) and Tree Planting (Machine).
Seven Oaks Forestry appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Salem, in Lee 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, Timber Appraisal, Aerial Photography, Beaver Control, Boundary Line Maintenance, Fireline/Breaks/Road/Food Plots, Insects & Disease Detection, Mowing/Mulching, Pine Straw Harvesting, Prescribed Burning, Site Prep (Chemical), Site Prep (Mechanical), Timber Sales, Tree Planting (Hand) and Tree Planting (Machine).
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills in Lee County (6)
These 6 are based in Lee County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
Creekside Sawmill is a sawmill and kiln drying business in Auburn, Alabama, at 5309 Lee Rd 66. Its main work is custom sawn rough lumber and drying that lumber in a vacuum kiln. It also keeps kiln dried live edge slabs in stock and can flatten and sand slabs or table tops on its slab flattener. In its own words, "we're all about making quality lumber." It serves Lee County. The mill works with hard maple, soft maple, cherry, walnut, white oak, red oak, mahogany, ash and pine. Sawmilling has a 350 minimum per milling job, which covers up to 350 board feet of softwood or 280 board feet of hardwood. Larger jobs can get volume discounts. Kiln drying is $0.15 per board foot per day at the standard rate, and the lumber is dried to your desired level and sterilized. The office is open Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The phone number is (334) 524-3492. This suits a landowner who already has logs or boards and wants them sawn, dried and finished into lumber, especially hardwoods like oak, cherry or walnut. From creeksidesawmill.com, read 17 October 2026.
Ketchum Land & Timber, LLC is a logging contractor in Opelika, Alabama. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Liberia Logging and Specialty Woods Company is a logging contractor in Auburn, Alabama. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Wilson Woodyard LLC is a family-owned firewood yard and plant nursery in Opelika, Alabama, at 2411 Lafayette Pkwy. It trades as Wilson's Woodyard & Bearlander Nursery and has years of experience in the woodyard and nursery industry. Its main work is firewood, plants, and landscaping for homeowners and businesses. The firewood is oak, hickory, and other hardwoods. It can be custom-cut to the sizes you need, sold in bundles or in bulk, and delivered to your home. On the landscaping side, the team does custom landscape design, planting and mulching, and hardscape work such as patios and pathways. The nursery carries ornamental trees and shrubs, Japanese maples, fruit trees, and organically grown plants. The business serves Opelika and the surrounding areas, and the only county named is Lee. It is open Monday through Saturday from 7am to 5pm and Sunday from 12pm to 5pm. It suits a landowner who wants firewood, plants, or yard work for the home place more than one who is looking to sell a stand of timber. From wilsonswoodyard.us, read 17 October 2026.
Land clearing and small-lot services (1)
Southeast Prescribed Fire Management Group, LLC appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Salem, in Lee 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 Fireline/Breaks/Road/Food Plots, Insects & Disease Detection, Mowing/Mulching, Prescribed Burning, Residential (WUI) - Hazards Fuel Reduction and Residential (WUI) - Tree Care Services.
Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Lee County?
12 businesses are listed for Lee County: 6 consulting foresters and 6 buyers, loggers and mills. 12 of them have offices in the county.
How much is my timber worth in Lee 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 Lee 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 Lee County?
No price series is published for Lee 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 Lee County come from the Alabama Forestry Commission service provider directory, revised 21-Sep-26. The register is updated quarterly.