Selling Timber in Pickens County, AL
Quick answer
There are 13 timber businesses listed for Pickens County, Alabama: 4 consulting foresters and 9 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 Pickens 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 Pickens 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. 4 of the 4 foresters covering Pickens County offer the full set — appraisal, cruise, and running the sale itself. How to decide whether you need one
Consulting Foresters in Pickens County (4)
These 4 foresters have offices right here in Pickens County. A forester works for you, not for the buyer.
Gibson Forestry Management appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Aliceville, in Pickens 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, Beaver Control, Boundary Line Maintenance, Insects & Disease Detection, Prescribed Burning, Site Prep (Chemical), Site Prep (Mechanical), Timber Sales, Timber Stand Improvement and Tree Planting (Hand).
Midsouth Forestry Services, Inc is a family-owned forestry firm in Gordo, Alabama. Dale Lancaster founded it in 1985 to help private landowners manage and protect their timberland. It works across Alabama and Mississippi and lists Pickens County as a county it serves. The work covers the whole life of a stand of timber and, if you want, the land itself. The firm sells timber, buys timber and does logging, and handles timber stand improvement and timber and land appraisals. Site work includes mechanical and chemical site prep, herbicide application by ground or air, and tree planting by hand or machine. It also does prescribed burning, boundary line maintenance, firelines, roads and food plots, mowing and mulching, beaver control, insect and disease detection, and wildlife and pond management. On the real estate side, it buys and sells land, helps with appraisals, and administers hunting leases. Dale Lancaster is a registered forester in Mississippi and holds a brokerage license in Alabama and Mississippi. His son John is a registered forester in Alabama and Mississippi. The firm says it has nearly 40 years of forestry and real estate work behind it, and that nearly 200,000 acres have been in its care. Its stated rule is to "treat your land as if it were our own." This suits a landowner who wants one firm to handle the timber sale, the logging, and possibly the land sale later on. From midsouthforestryservices.com, read 17 October 2026.
Rosa Forestry Services appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Reform, in Pickens 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, Beaver Control, Boundary Line Maintenance, Fireline/Breaks/Road/Food Plots, GIS/GPS Mapping, Insects & Disease Detection, Residential (WUI) - Hazards Fuel Reduction, Residential (WUI) - Tree Care Services, Site Prep (Chemical), Site Prep (Mechanical), Timber Buyers/Loggers, Timber Sales, Timber Stand Improvement, Tree Planting (Hand), Tree Planting (Machine) and Whole Tree Chipping.
Southern Forest Products, LLC appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Carrollton, in Pickens 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, Beaver Control, Boundary Line Maintenance, Feral Hog Control, Fireline/Breaks/Road/Food Plots, Insects & Disease Detection, Mowing/Mulching, Prescribed Burning, Site Prep (Chemical), Site Prep (Mechanical), Timber Buyers/Loggers, Timber Sales, Timber Stand Improvement, Tree Planting (Hand) and Wildlife/Pond Management.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills in Pickens County (8)
These 8 are based in Pickens County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
Austell Forest Products is a mill in Gordo, Alabama. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Buchanan Hardwoods is a sawmill at 600 Baptist Line Road in Aliceville, Alabama, in Pickens County. It has been in business for 66 years. The mill cuts red and white oak lumber and also native oak, ash, and other hardwoods, and it makes its own Elite Brand Flooring. Its lumber goes to furniture makers, moulding and stair shops, cabinet builders, millwork firms, pallet builders in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Georgia, and distribution yards across the country. Orders range from multi-car shipments to container loads overseas. The mill says every piece of export and domestic lumber gets "careful inspection after kiln drying" before it ships. The company also says it sources timber from the Tombigbee River Basin to the Appalachian Mountains. Its people have held leadership posts in hardwood and forestry trade groups, including the Alabama Forestry Association. It suits a landowner with oak or ash who wants to deal with a mill that has been operating for 66 years and sells lumber well beyond its own county. From buchananhardwoods.com, read 17 October 2026.
Cooper Marine & Timberland is a sawmill in Carrollton, Alabama, in Pickens County. It works in softwood, and at the Carrollton mill that means pine. The mill is at 234 Tuscaloosa Street, and the phone number there is 205.367.8141. If you have pine ground in or near Pickens County, that is the place to start. The Carrollton sawmill specializes in producing "1” rough-cut lumber" for sale in domestic and export markets. For a landowner, that makes clear what the mill turns logs into. Its boards go to buyers at home and overseas, so the mill's business reaches well past the county line. This sawmill suits a landowner in or near Pickens County who has pine timber and wants a sawmill close by that cuts pine into rough lumber. From cooperlumber.com, read 17 October 2026.
Lewis Brothers Lumber Co. Inc appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Aliceville, in Pickens 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.
Lowe Brothers Logging, Inc. appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Reform, in Pickens 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.
McGee Lumber Company, Inc. appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Aliceville, in Pickens 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 Land Appraisal, Timber Appraisal, Timber Buyers/Loggers and Timber Stand Improvement.
Reece Logging is a logging contractor in Carrollton, 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 Pickens County, working from a nearby town.
McShan Lumber Co. appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in McShan, in Pickens 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 Timber Stand Improvement.
Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Pickens County?
13 businesses are listed for Pickens County: 4 consulting foresters and 9 buyers, loggers and mills. 12 of them have offices in the county.
How much is my timber worth in Pickens 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 Pickens 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 Pickens County?
No price series is published for Pickens 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 Pickens County come from the Alabama Forestry Commission service provider directory, revised 21-Sep-26. The register is updated quarterly.