Selling Timber in Iberville County, LA
Quick answer
There is 1 timber business listed for Iberville County, Louisiana: 1 timber buyer, logger or mill. None of them has an office in the county. That is normal and it is worth knowing: consulting foresters register with the state county by county, and many register for counties they would have to drive hours to reach.
Timber prices for Iberville 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 Iberville 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 Iberville 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 That Work Here (1)
Businesses that buy, cut or mill timber in Iberville County, working from a nearby town.
Price's Wood Products LLC is a sawmill in Maringouin, Louisiana, on LA-77. It makes custom lumber, mainly from cypress and hardwood, and has operated for over 32 years. It sells at retail through the internet nationwide and locally, and at wholesale nationwide and for export. Its service area includes Iberville. The species it names are cypress, sinker cypress, pecky cypress and Louisiana ash. The work covers custom kiln dried lumber, hardwood dragline and timber mats, custom moldings, specialty cuts and pattern stock. It will kiln dry small loads of about 1,000 board feet when there is room alongside larger commercial loads. The mill has three dry kilns with a total capacity of 190,000 board feet. Its owner has over 20 years in timber procurement, sawmilling and kiln drying. The mill's slogan, "Where are the knife marks?", refers to the smooth surface it aims for on finished work. It suits someone who needs cypress or Louisiana ash dried, moulded or cut to a specific order, whether for a home project or a contractor's job. From cypresswood.net, read 18 October 2026.
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Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Iberville County?
1 business is listed for Iberville County: 0 consulting foresters and 1 buyer, logger or mill. None of them has an office in the county; they register to work here and travel in.
How much is my timber worth in Iberville 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 Iberville 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 Iberville County?
No price series is published for Iberville 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 Iberville 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.