Selling Timber in Scott County, IN

5 businesses work this county

Quick answer

There are 5 timber businesses listed for Scott County, Indiana: 5 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 5 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 Scott 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 Scott 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 Scott 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 Scott County (5)

These 5 are based in Scott County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.

5.0(140 reviews)
Scottsburg, IN
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Bixler Land and Tree LLC is based in Scottsburg, Indiana, and works in logging, timber buying, tree care, and land clearing. The owner is a fourth generation logger, and the business is licensed and insured, with a licensed timber buyer on staff. It was established in 2022. On the logging side, they've selectively harvested white oak, poplar, red oak, and walnut, working "with minimal impact to the woods." They describe themselves as "fourth generation logger" and "low impact logging" is one of the things they point to as a specialty. Beyond logging and timber buying, they also do tree removal, pruning, stump grinding, and forestry mulching, so if your property needs more than just a timber sale, they can likely help with that too. There's no stated minimum acreage, but the smallest job shown is a 28 acre forestry mulching project for an industrial client, so that gives a sense of the scale they're used to working at. They serve Scott County and describe themselves as covering Southern Indiana and the Louisville Metro area, naming towns like Austin, Salem, Charlestown, Corydon, Madison, and New Albany among others. This one suits a landowner in Scott County or nearby Southern Indiana who wants a single local outfit that can handle the timber harvest and also take care of related tree and land work on the same property. From bixlerlandandtree.com, read 8 October 2026.

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3.7(14 reviews)
Lexington, IN
Sawmill

Burton Lumber Co., Inc. is a mill in Lexington, Indiana. It appears in the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, 2022 Primary Mills Directory. It is recorded as a sawmill operation. A listing here is not an endorsement.

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5.0(1 reviews)
Scottsburg, IN
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Indianapolis Wood Products is a family sawmill and kiln operation in Scottsburg, Indiana. They take White Oak logs and turn them into Rift, Quartersawn, Plainsawn, and Parallel Edge SLR2E lumber for manufacturers like cabinet shops, moulding plants, flooring plants, and architectural millwork companies. Their process runs from log selection through sawing, kiln drying, and straight-line ripping, with a net tally done after ripping. They also do fixed-width and component work using an Italian CML rip saw. They work mainly with Indiana and Appalachian White Oak, and the business lists Scott County as an area it serves, with its county of record as Clark, Indiana. The family has been in hardwoods a long time. The story goes back to log trading in Germany in 1954, and the Indiana operation was established in 1982. They call themselves "Three Generations in Hardwoods," now with a third generation involved in sales, production, and customer relationships. This fits a landowner whose trees are White Oak and who wants to understand how a sawmill turns logs into graded lumber, rather than a company that comes out and markets standing timber or manages a harvest on your property. From indianapoliswood.com, read 8 October 2026.

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5.0(2 reviews)
Lexington, IN

Keith Bixler Logging is a logging contractor in Lexington, Indiana. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.

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5.0(2 reviews)
Scottsburg, IN

Kelly Bixler Logging is a logging contractor in Scottsburg, 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 Scott County?

5 businesses are listed for Scott County: 0 consulting foresters and 5 buyers, loggers and mills. 5 of them have offices in the county.

How much is my timber worth in Scott 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.

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Do I need a forestry consultant to sell timber in Scott 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.

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What is timber worth in Scott County?

No price series is published for Scott 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 Scott County come from the county register, revised 2026-11-03. The register is updated quarterly.