Selling Timber in Orleans County, LA
Quick answer
There is 1 timber business listed for Orleans County, Louisiana: 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 Orleans 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 Orleans 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 Orleans 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 Orleans County (1)
This buyer is based in Orleans County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
Robinson Lumber Company is a sawmill in New Orleans, Louisiana, at 4000 Tchoupitoulas Street. It was founded in 1893 in Meridian, Mississippi, and moved to New Orleans soon after. The company is now run by the fifth generation of the Robinson family, and it describes itself as "a professionally managed family business." The work is lumber, flooring, decking, surfacing and ripping. The species it names include Long Leaf Pine, Heart Pine, Pitch Pine, White Oak, Hickory, Mahogany, Jatoba, Brazilian Cherry and Southeast Asian Hardwoods. Its New Albany, Indiana yard runs computer controlled kilns and handles stacking, surfacing and ripping. The company holds Forest Stewardship Council certification. The area it serves is Orleans, and it has locations in North, Central and South America and sales offices in Europe and Asia. It suits a landowner with Long Leaf Pine, White Oak or Hickory who wants to sell to a mill with its own kilns and a trade that reaches well beyond Louisiana. From roblumco.com, read 8 October 2026.
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Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Orleans County?
1 business is listed for Orleans 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 Orleans 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 Orleans 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 Orleans County?
No price series is published for Orleans 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 Orleans 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.