Selling Timber in Mendocino County, CA
Quick answer
There are 13 timber businesses listed for Mendocino County, California: 2 consulting foresters and 11 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 7 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 Mendocino County
No county publishes its own timber prices. These are California's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Mendocino County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them.
| Redwood | $510–$1,050 per thousand board feet |
| Douglas-fir | $10–$350 per thousand board feet |
| Ponderosa pine | $10–$90 per thousand board feet |
| White fir / true fir | $70–$220 per thousand board feet |
| Incense cedar | $40–$150 per thousand board feet |
Source: California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, July–December 2026. All California timber prices
Before you talk to anyone, find out what your timber is worth
Most landowners in Mendocino 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 Mendocino County (1)
This forester has an office right here in Mendocino County. A forester works for you, not for the buyer.
Mendocino Forest Products Co is a sawmill and forestry consulting business based in Ukiah, California. It works with landowners in Mendocino County, and its main trade is milling redwood, with harvesting as one of its services. The company plans and carries out timber harvests under what it calls "uneven age management," aiming to keep a mix of younger and older trees standing rather than clearing a stand at once. Each year it develops a batch of harvesting plans, written by registered professional foresters, running close to 200 pages apiece, which go to the state of California for approval before any cutting starts. The work also covers habitat preservation and a Habitat Conservation Plan, with care taken over wildlife areas before a harvest begins. Its forests carry Forest Stewardship Council certification. Mendocino Forest Products Co describes its redwood as grown and harvested "in accordance with some of the highest environmental standards in the world." Since the company handles both the milling and the forestry consulting side, a landowner working with them is also working with the foresters who write and file the state paperwork a harvest requires. This fits a landowner in Mendocino County with standing redwood who wants a harvest plan built and filed by registered foresters, with real attention to habitat and uneven-age cutting rather than a clear-cut. From mfp.com, read 4 October 2026.
Consulting Foresters in Neighboring Counties (1)
Listed as working Mendocino County, from an office elsewhere. Closest first.
California Redwood Company LLC is a mill in Little River, California. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a consulting forester. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills in Mendocino County (6)
These 6 are based in Mendocino County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
Anderson Logging Inc is a logging contractor in Fort Bragg, California. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Cerro Pacific Lumber Inc is a sawmill in Redwood Valley, California. "For all of your redwood needs" is how they put it, and that's the heart of what they do: redwood, cut and sold in a lot of different ways. They work in dimensional redwood, rough, green, dry, or surfaced, in all grades, and they'll take partial truckload orders if you don't need a full one. On the manufacturing side they build redwood products like planter boxes, stair treads, and lattice-topped fence panels. And on the retail side they sell ready-made items: redwood dog-eared fence boards, redwood fence rails, and pressure treated fence posts. All of it is priced and sold FOB their yard, and retail sales are final once made. This isn't a business set up to buy standing timber off your land or walk your acres with you. It's a mill that takes redwood and turns it into lumber and finished pieces, serving Mendocino County. If you're a landowner with redwood already cut, or you're after fencing, planters, or dimensional stock rather than someone to mark and log your trees, this is who you'd call. From cerropacific.com, read 4 October 2026.
G & S Milling Co is a mill in Willits, California. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
I & E Lath Mill is a mill in Philo, California. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
sawyer's choice is a mill in Willits, California. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Willits Redwood Co is a sawmill in Willits, Mendocino County, California. They work in redwood, turning out dimensional lumber, custom timbers, and remanufactured, kiln-dried stock, with timbers up to 36 feet long. This isn't a business that buys standing timber off your land or sends a crew out to log it. They're a mill, working from logs they select themselves through what they call a "rigorous log selection process." They run two facilities now, producing a range of sizes and grades for buyers both large and small. The company started in the 1970s as a traveling bandmill, built by two foresters, and has been "standing strong like a redwood" since 1978. They serve Mendocino County. This one's worth a call if you're looking for someone to mill redwood lumber or custom timbers rather than someone to come appraise or harvest your stand. If you're a landowner trying to sell standing timber, this isn't that kind of operation, at least not based on what they show here. From willitsredwood.com, read 4 October 2026.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills Nearby (5)
Businesses that buy, cut or mill timber in Mendocino County, working from a nearby town.
Matthews Skyline Logging Inc is a logging contractor in Potter Valley, California. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Mendocino Redwood Co LLC is a logging contractor in Fort Bragg, California. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
North Coast Milling is a mill in Mendocino County, California. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Philbrick Logging & Trucking is a logging contractor in Fort Bragg, California. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Rossi logging & construction inc. is a logging contractor in Boonville, California. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
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Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Mendocino County?
13 businesses are listed for Mendocino County: 2 consulting foresters and 11 buyers, loggers and mills. 7 of them have offices in the county.
How much is my timber worth in Mendocino 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 Mendocino 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? →What is timber worth in Mendocino County?
No price series is published for Mendocino County on its own. California's latest published stumpage figures (California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, July–December 2026) put douglas-fir at $10–$350 per thousand board feet. 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 Mendocino County come from the county register, revised 2026-11-04. The register is updated quarterly.