Selling Timber in Macon County, AL
Quick answer
There is 1 timber business listed for Macon County, Alabama: 1 timber buyer, logger or mill. None of them has an office in the county. That is normal and it is worth knowing: consulting foresters register with the state county by county, and many register for counties they would have to drive hours to reach.
Timber prices for Macon 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 Macon 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 Macon 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.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills That Work Here (1)
Businesses that buy, cut or mill timber in Macon County, working from a nearby town.
Tallassee Sawmill, Agricultural, and Rental Services, LLC is a sawmill based in Tallassee, Alabama. Its main trade is milling, and it also does land clearing and site work. The business says it serves Southwest and East Central Alabama, and Macon County is named among the counties it covers. The core service is portable milling. The business says, "We can take our operation to your location," so the mill can come to your land and saw the logs you already have. Custom sawing is offered for logs you bring in. They take logs 10" to 30" in diameter and 8' to 20' long. Red oak is the species named on the site. Bandsaw blade sharpening is offered too, starting at $8.00 a blade, and forestry mulching is now offered. On how a job runs, they say they take time to listen and help you decide what lumber to make from your logs. They also say they are licensed and carry insurance through Cornerstone Insurance Company. It suits a landowner who already has logs cut and wants them sawn into lumber, either with the mill brought to the property or the logs brought in. From tallasseesawmill.com, read 17 October 2026.
Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Macon County?
1 business is listed for Macon County: 0 consulting foresters and 1 buyer, logger or mill. None of them has an office in the county; they register to work here and travel in.
How much is my timber worth in Macon 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 Macon 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 Macon County?
No price series is published for Macon 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 Macon County come from the Alabama Forestry Commission service provider directory, revised 21-Sep-26. The register is updated quarterly.