Selling Timber in Clay County, IN
Quick answer
There are 7 timber businesses listed for Clay County, Indiana: 2 consulting foresters and 5 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 4 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 Clay County
No county publishes its own timber prices. These are Indiana's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Clay County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them.
| Hardwood timber sale, high quality | $1,294 per thousand board feet |
| Hardwood timber sale, medium quality | $706 per thousand board feet |
| Hardwood timber sale, low quality | $411 per thousand board feet |
Source: Indiana Consulting Foresters, in the Indiana Woodland Steward, 2025. All Indiana timber prices
Before you talk to anyone, find out what your timber is worth
Most landowners in Clay 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.
No forester is based in Clay County
That is normal here and not a problem. Foresters travel, and 2 of them work Clay County from an office nearby. They are listed below, closest first. You can also click any county on the map above to see who is based there.
Consulting Foresters Working Clay County (2)
Listed as working Clay County, from an office elsewhere. Closest first.
Pike Lumber Company, Inc. is a consulting forester in Akron, Indiana. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer, a logging contractor and a mill. A consulting forester works for the landowner, not the buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Sugar Ridge Timber Inc buys standing timber and runs the logging crew themselves, out of Clay City, Indiana. They've been at it over 20 years, serving Clay City and the surrounding areas, and they were named 2004 Indiana Logger of the Year. Their work covers timber purchasing, timber harvesting, forest management, timber procurement, complete logging, and other landowner services. They say they'll handle it start to finish: "counting and pricing your trees to scheduling and carrying out the harvest," and they'll help with marketing the sale too. They're fully licensed to buy timber in both Indiana and Illinois, and say their loggers are "licensed, bonded, and insured." No stated minimum acreage, but they say they'll "work with almost any landowner within 80 miles of Clay City, Indiana," which is how they describe their service area too. This fits a landowner near Clay City or within that 80-mile stretch who wants one outfit to buy the timber and cut it, rather than hiring a separate consultant to represent them against the buyer. From sugarridgetimber.com, read 4 October 2026.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills in Clay County (4)
These 4 are based in Clay County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
CW Logging Clay City, IN 47841 is a logging contractor in Clay City, Indiana. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Green Valley Wood Products is a sawmill west of Brazil, Indiana, in Clay County. It's "a locally owned and operated sawmill," and alongside milling it also takes on logging work and wood shop services for people nearby. If you've got standing timber to sell, this is one of the outfits that will come look at it, in west central Indiana. Beyond buying and logging timber, they do log sawing (bring them logs and they'll saw them into lumber), kiln drying of green or air-dried lumber, and wood shop services like planing and sanding. Their own stock gives a sense of what passes through the mill: black walnut, red oak, osage orange, and a run of domestic hardwoods and exotics like Bolivian rosewood and red canarywood, much of it cut for turners, cabinetmakers, and other hobbyist woodworkers. They say "we specialize in lumber for the hobbyist" and will "custom-cut wood to your specifications." This fits a landowner in west central Indiana who wants to deal with a small, local mill that also logs timber and can custom-cut what comes off the land, rather than a large regional buyer. From gvwp.net, read 8 October 2026.
Loggers Inc is a logging contractor in Clay City, Indiana. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Williamson Logging is a logging contractor in Bowling Green, Indiana. 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 Clay County, working from a nearby town.
R. Booe & Son Hardwoods, Inc is a mill in Center Point, Indiana. 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 Clay County?
7 businesses are listed for Clay County: 2 consulting foresters and 5 buyers, loggers and mills. 4 of them have offices in the county.
How much is my timber worth in Clay 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 Clay 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 Clay County?
No price series is published for Clay County on its own. Indiana's latest published stumpage figures (Indiana Consulting Foresters, in the Indiana Woodland Steward, 2025) put hardwood timber sale, high quality at $1,294 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 Clay County come from the county register, revised 2026-11-03. The register is updated quarterly.