Selling Timber in Avoyelles County, LA
Quick answer
There are 3 timber businesses listed for Avoyelles County, Louisiana: 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 Avoyelles County
No county publishes its own timber prices. These are Louisiana's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Avoyelles County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them.
| Pine sawtimber | $25.46 per ton |
| Pine chip-n-saw | $17.41 per ton |
| Pine pulpwood | $6.07 per ton |
| Oak sawtimber | $43.05 per ton |
| Mixed hardwood sawtimber | $39.14 per ton |
| Hardwood pulpwood | $7.6 per ton |
Source: LSU AgCenter, Q4 2024. All Louisiana timber prices
Before you talk to anyone, find out what your timber is worth
Most landowners in Avoyelles 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 Avoyelles County (3)
These 3 are based in Avoyelles County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
Bunkie Wood Products is a wood manufacturer in Bunkie, Louisiana, at 1156 SW Main St. It designs and builds wood pallets, crates, bins, industrial skids and other wood packaging to each customer's own specifications. The business has operated since 1893 and has five generations of ownership behind it. The pages list hardwood and Southern Yellow Pine pallets, reconditioned and GSA military-spec pallets, crates and bins, dragline mats, pile cushions, timbers and lumber, and firewood. The materials they name include hardwood, Southern Yellow Pine, cypress, OSB and plywood. The company states it is ISPM 15 certified for heat-treated export packaging. It serves Central Louisiana, the Gulf Coast and national clients, and it is based in Avoyelles. A job starts with a consultation about your load, handling and shipping. The company then drafts design specifications, presents several solutions and gives a formal quote, and production starts after you approve. The pages say they "custom engineer every design" for each job. They describe no timber buying, logging or forestry advice. This suits a manufacturer, shipper or broker who needs wood packaging built to a load, not a landowner looking to sell timber. From bunkiewood.com, read 18 October 2026.
LeMoyen Mill & Timber is a sawmill serving industrial markets. Its street address is 116 Roy Baker Rd in Morrow, Louisiana, and the listing places it in Bunkie, Acadia county. The business describes its main product as "premium southern yellow pine," along with mixed hardwood. It is a Proud Member of the National Hardwood Lumber Association. The mill sells green and kiln dried goods. Its pages list green pine timber and lumber, green hardwood timber and lumber, kiln dried pine timber and lumber, and pressure treated pine timber, lumber and plywood. It also lists cypress lumber. Kiln drying and pressure treating are offered as services. The site also shows timber mats, access mats, outrigger mats and a treated pine dragline mat. Its listed service county is St. Landry. The site has a separate contact page for loggers. This business suits a landowner whose trees are pine, hardwood or cypress and who wants a mill that also dries and treats its own lumber. From lemoyenmill.com, read 18 October 2026.
Riverside Timber Company is a mill in Marksville, Louisiana. 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 Avoyelles County?
3 businesses are listed for Avoyelles 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 Avoyelles 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 Avoyelles 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 Louisiana?
Louisiana has no statewide permit and no notification requirement to harvest timber on your own land — the state's own list of forestry licences and permits covers arborists, not timber harvesting. What Louisiana law does require is a contract. Anyone conducting a timber harvest meant to cut five acres or more of timberland must have a written contract or agreement with the owner or the purchaser, a duty the Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry enforces with civil penalties of up to five thousand dollars per violation. That written contract is also your protection, because cutting standing timber without the owner's consent exposes the cutter to three times the fair market value of the trees plus attorney fees, whether the cutting was deliberate or a good-faith mistake. On water quality, Louisiana works through recommended practice rather than a permit: the state publishes Recommended Forestry Best Management Practices for Louisiana as field guidance to keep a harvest clear of water-quality trouble, and following them is the norm even though they are recommended rather than a licence step. The short version for a landowner: there is no form to file, but for five acres or more, get the agreement in writing before any tree comes down.
Permit rules in Louisiana →What is timber worth in Avoyelles County?
No price series is published for Avoyelles County on its own. Louisiana's latest published stumpage figures (LSU AgCenter, Q4 2024) put oak sawtimber at $43.05 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.
Forester listings for Avoyelles County come from the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) Office of Forestry official Consulting Foresters of Louisiana list, together with the Forestry Products Network mill directory, revised 23-Sep-26. The register is updated quarterly.