Selling Timber in Meriwether County, GA
Quick answer
There are 15 timber businesses listed for Meriwether County, Georgia: 2 consulting foresters and 13 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 Meriwether County
No county publishes its own timber prices. These are Georgia's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Meriwether County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them.
| Pine sawtimber | $22–$28 per ton |
| Pine chip-n-saw | $17–$23.5 per ton |
| Pine pulpwood | $6–$9.5 per ton |
| Mixed hardwood sawtimber | $26–$32 per ton |
| Hardwood pulpwood | $6–$8 per ton |
Source: University of Georgia Extension, Q3 2025. All Georgia timber prices
Before you talk to anyone, find out what your timber is worth
Most landowners in Meriwether 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 Meriwether County (1)
This forester has an office right here in Meriwether County. A forester works for you, not for the buyer.
Garison & Associates appears on the Georgia Forestry Commission's list of consulting foresters covering Georgia, with an office in Warm Springs, in Meriwether County. The Commission compiles that list from foresters who submit their own details to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The Commission's record marks the firm as: Society of American Foresters member.
Consulting Foresters in Neighboring Counties (1)
Listed on the Georgia Forestry Commission timber buyers and wood-using industries directories and the Georgia Master Timber Harvester roster as working Meriwether County, from an office elsewhere. Closest first.
CEO Forestry Services appears on the Georgia Forestry Commission's list of consulting foresters covering Georgia, with an office in Grantville, in Meriwether County. The Commission compiles that list from foresters who submit their own details to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The Commission's record marks the firm as: Certified Prescribed Burner; Society of American Foresters member.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills in Meriwether County (11)
These 11 are based in Meriwether County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
C. L. Murrah Logging is on the Georgia Master Timber Harvester active roster, at Gay, Meriwether County. Georgia Master Timber Harvester is a training programme; the roster records a current designation and is not a rating, a licence, or an endorsement by anyone. The roster publishes no phone number, so there is none here.
CFL Farms Inc is on the Georgia Master Timber Harvester active roster, at Greenville, Meriwether County. Georgia Master Timber Harvester is a training programme; the roster records a current designation and is not a rating, a licence, or an endorsement by anyone. The roster publishes no phone number, so there is none here.
Chattahoochee Timber Co Inc is a logging contractor in Greenville, Georgia. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Dodds Trucking LLC is on the Georgia Master Timber Harvester active roster, at Luthersville, Meriwether County. Georgia Master Timber Harvester is a training programme; the roster records a current designation and is not a rating, a licence, or an endorsement by anyone. The roster publishes no phone number, so there is none here.
Dodds' Logging Co is a logging contractor in Luthersville, Georgia. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Eric Banks Grading And Logging is on the Georgia Master Timber Harvester active roster, at Greenville, Meriwether County. Georgia Master Timber Harvester is a training programme; the roster records a current designation and is not a rating, a licence, or an endorsement by anyone. The roster publishes no phone number, so there is none here.
Flint Forest Products, LLC is on the Georgia Master Timber Harvester active roster, at Greenville, Meriwether County. 2 people at this address hold the designation. Georgia Master Timber Harvester is a training programme; the roster records a current designation and is not a rating, a licence, or an endorsement by anyone. The roster publishes no phone number, so there is none here.
Oak Ridge Timber LLC is on the Georgia Master Timber Harvester active roster, at Greenville, Meriwether County. Georgia Master Timber Harvester is a training programme; the roster records a current designation and is not a rating, a licence, or an endorsement by anyone. The roster publishes no phone number, so there is none here.
Pine Hill Timber Co. is on the Georgia Master Timber Harvester active roster, at Greenville, Meriwether County. Georgia Master Timber Harvester is a training programme; the roster records a current designation and is not a rating, a licence, or an endorsement by anyone. The roster publishes no phone number, so there is none here.
Smurfit WestRock is on the Georgia Master Timber Harvester active roster, at Greenville, Meriwether County. Georgia Master Timber Harvester is a training programme; the roster records a current designation and is not a rating, a licence, or an endorsement by anyone. The roster publishes no phone number, so there is none here.
Whistling Pines Timber Harvesting, LLC is on the Georgia Master Timber Harvester active roster, at Gay, Meriwether County. 2 people at this address hold the designation. Georgia Master Timber Harvester is a training programme; the roster records a current designation and is not a rating, a licence, or an endorsement by anyone. The roster publishes no phone number, so there is none here.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills Nearby (2)
Businesses that buy, cut or mill timber in Meriwether County, working from a nearby town.
Lone Oak Property Solutions, INC is a logging contractor in Hogansville, Georgia. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Moore On the Outside, LLC is a mill in Grantville, Georgia. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Land clearing and small-lot services (1)
Sims Bark Company is a family owned and operated business in Woodbury, Georgia, and has been since 1974. It makes bark mulch, soil and landscape rock at its manufacturing facility on Old Woodbury Highway. The work is wood recycling, done with "state of the art equipment." The wood it works with is yellow pine and mixed hardwoods. Its products include bulk and bagged mulch, several soils, and landscape rocks such as river rock, pea gravel, drainage rock and marble rock. Mulch, soil and landscape rock can be bought together on one order. It serves Meriwether County. This business suits a landowner who wants wood turned into mulch, soil or rock, not one who wants to sell standing timber or hire a logger. From simsbark.com, read 17 October 2026.
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Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Meriwether County?
15 businesses are listed for Meriwether County: 2 consulting foresters and 13 buyers, loggers and mills. 12 of them have offices in the county.
How much is my timber worth in Meriwether 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. University of Georgia Extension publishes an annual timber situation and outlook report with recent quarterly figures, which tells you what the market is doing, not what your tract holds. 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 Meriwether 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 Georgia?
Georgia has no statewide permit for cutting timber on your own land, and state law forbids a county to require one or to charge a fee for a timber harvest notification. What a county may require is the notification itself: where its ordinance calls for one, the harvester files it before entering the property if possible and no later than 24 hours after entering, and the county may ask for a bond of up to $5,000 against damage to its roads. Not every county has an ordinance, so check with yours before work starts. Georgia's Best Management Practices are not a permit programme, but following them is how a harvest stays clear of the water-quality law that is enforceable.
Permit rules in Georgia →What is timber worth in Meriwether County?
No price series is published for Meriwether County on its own. Georgia's latest published stumpage figures (University of Georgia Extension, Q3 2025) put mixed hardwood sawtimber at $26–$32 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.