Selling Timber in Stephens County, GA
Quick answer
There are 3 timber businesses listed for Stephens County, Georgia: 3 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 3 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 Stephens 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 Stephens 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 Stephens 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 in Stephens County (3)
These 3 are based in Stephens County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
Catlin Forestry Services, LLC appears on the Georgia Forestry Commission's timber buyers directory, based in Toccoa. The Commission compiles that directory from buyers and harvesters who submit their own information to it, and states that inclusion is not an endorsement. Georgia does not license or register timber buyers. The directory carries no county, so this listing is placed by its town only. Catlin Forestry Services, LLC is on the Georgia Master Timber Harvester active roster, at Toccoa, Stephens 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.
Champion Legacy Resources LLC is a timber buying business in Eastanollee, Georgia, at 4522 Georgia 17. It buys standing timber from landowners. It also does independent logging, thinning and reforestation work, and it offers custom cedar fireplace mantels for the home. The business buys timber within about 150 miles of the point where northeast Georgia, southwest South Carolina and western North Carolina meet. Stephens County is one of the counties it serves. Its main species are oak, cherry and poplar. For harvests, it can do selective cuts, thinning and clearcuts. A selective cut takes out chosen trees and leaves the best ones standing. A thinning removes smaller, lower quality trees so the rest have room to grow. It has done both negotiated and sealed bid sales, and both per-ton and lump sum contracts. A negotiated sale means face-to-face bargaining, which the business says is used more often for high-value hardwoods. With a per-ton contract you are paid for what is actually cut. A lump sum pays a fixed amount when you sign. The business says it will cut your timber as soon as feasible, and within twelve months of signing. Its own page says "Trust is paramount." The business holds Georgia Master Timber Harvester certification. This business suits a landowner with oak, cherry or poplar who wants a buyer that will walk through both sale methods and both contract types before anything is signed. From championlegacyresources.com, read 16 October 2026.
Davis Mountain Timber is on the Georgia Master Timber Harvester active roster, at Toccoa, Stephens 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.
Land clearing and small-lot services (1)
Wilkinson, Mark Lumber Company is listed in the Georgia Forestry Commission's Wood-Using Industries directory as a sawmill-hardwood & softwood, firewood facility in Stephens County, taking yellow pine, red oak, white oak, yellow-poplar. The Commission publishes the directory; it does not rate or endorse the facilities in it.
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Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Stephens County?
3 businesses are listed for Stephens County: 0 consulting foresters and 3 buyers, loggers and mills. 3 of them have offices in the county.
How much is my timber worth in Stephens 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 Stephens 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 Stephens County?
No price series is published for Stephens 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.