Selling Timber in Morgan County, KY
Quick answer
There are 3 timber businesses listed for Morgan County, Kentucky: 3 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 2 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 Morgan County
No county publishes its own timber prices. These are Kentucky's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Morgan County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them. Kentucky's own state report covers delivered log prices at the mill, not standing timber, and warns landowners they receive far less than those figures. These are Missouri's published standing-timber prices for the same Central Hardwood species.
| 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, Q2 2026. All Kentucky timber prices
Before you talk to anyone, find out what your timber is worth
Most landowners in Morgan 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 Morgan County (2)
These 2 are based in Morgan County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
Masters Post & Sawmill Co is a mill in Ezel, Kentucky. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Niece Sawmill is a mill in Ezel, Kentucky. 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 Morgan County, working from a nearby town.
Fannin's Sawmill, Inc. runs a commercial sawmill at Elk Fork on Hwy. 172 near West Liberty, Kentucky, in Morgan County. It's a mill, not a logging crew, so the work here is turning logs into lumber and other wood products once they've been cut and hauled in. They take in both hardwood and softwood logs, including ash, red oak, white oak, yellow poplar, hickory, hard maple, mixed hardwoods, soft maple, southern yellow pine, and walnut. From those logs they produce green lumber, fence and frame stock lumber, pallet cants, crossties, bark mulch, chips, industrial fuel from dust and bark, and residue for charcoal. The mill runs a circle headsaw with an automatic set carriage, along with an edger, trimmer, debarker, and residue chipper. Logs are brought to them delivered, and production falls in the 1 to 3 MMBDFT class. The operation employs 16 people and serves Morgan County. This fits a landowner who already has logs cut and delivered and wants a mill to turn them into rough lumber, mulch, or chips, rather than someone looking for help marking or harvesting standing timber. From kentuckywoodindustry.ca.uky.edu, read 4 October 2026.
Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Morgan County?
3 businesses are listed for Morgan County: 0 consulting foresters and 3 buyers, loggers and mills. 2 of them have offices in the county.
How much is my timber worth in Morgan 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 Morgan 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 Morgan County?
No price series is published for Morgan County on its own. Kentucky's latest published stumpage figures (Missouri Department of Conservation, Q2 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 Morgan County come from the county register, revised 2026-11-04. The register is updated quarterly.