Selling Timber in Dickinson County, KS
Quick answer
There is 1 timber business listed for Dickinson County, Kansas: 1 timber buyer, logger or mill. 1 of them has an office 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 Dickinson County
No county publishes its own timber prices. These are Kansas's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Dickinson County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them. Kansas publishes no timber price report, so these are Missouri's standing-timber prices, the closest reported market for eastern Kansas walnut and oak.
| Black walnut sawlogs | $2,701 per thousand board feet |
| White oak sawlogs | $425 per thousand board feet |
| Red oak sawlogs | $132 per thousand board feet |
| Hickory sawlogs | $164 per thousand board feet |
| Hard maple sawlogs | $120 per thousand board feet |
| Mixed hardwood sawlogs | $172 per thousand board feet |
Source: Missouri Department of Conservation, April–June 2026. All Kansas timber prices
Before you talk to anyone, find out what your timber is worth
Most landowners in Dickinson 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 Dickinson County (1)
This buyer is based in Dickinson County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
SawyerJoez is a sawmill business in Chapman, Kansas, run as a "3-generation father & son company" that mills hardwood logs. It serves Dickinson County, with sawmill locations in Kansas and Missouri, and the owners note they are "Veteran owned and operated." The work here is custom milling rather than standing timber purchase: cutting black walnut, hickory, sycamore, oak, ash, and hackberry logs into lumber, slabs, and mantles to order, plus kiln drying and slab flattening. You can bring your own logs to either mill, or they will come to a location of your choice. On-site cutting is billed at $125 an hour with a 6 hour minimum, and if the mill hits metal while cutting, a $40 surcharge is added for each occurrence. Logs brought to the Chapman location run $85 an hour with a 1 hour minimum, while the Missouri mill in Mexico charges $70 an hour with a 2 hour minimum. Cutting speed depends on how clean the logs are, running roughly 250 board feet an hour on the larger portable mill. This fits a landowner who already has logs down, or standing trees they plan to fell themselves, and wants someone to turn those logs into usable lumber, slabs, or custom pieces rather than someone to buy and harvest standing timber. From sawyerjoez.com, read 10 October 2026.
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Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Dickinson County?
1 business is listed for Dickinson County: 0 consulting foresters and 1 buyer, logger or mill. 1 of them has an office in the county.
How much is my timber worth in Dickinson 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 Dickinson 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 Dickinson County?
No price series is published for Dickinson County on its own. Kansas's latest published stumpage figures (Missouri Department of Conservation, April–June 2026) put white oak sawlogs at $425 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 Dickinson County come from the county register, revised 2026-11-04. The register is updated quarterly.