Selling Timber in Cass County, MI
Quick answer
There are 3 timber businesses listed for Cass County, Michigan: 3 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 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 Cass County
No county publishes its own timber prices. These are Michigan's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Cass County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them.
| Red oak | $220 per thousand board feet |
| White oak | $136 per thousand board feet |
| Hard maple | $348 per thousand board feet |
| Red pine | $153 per thousand board feet |
| Aspen | $120 per thousand board feet |
Source: Michigan DNR stumpage price report, October 2024 – September 2025. All Michigan timber prices
Before you talk to anyone, find out what your timber is worth
Most landowners in Cass 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 (3)
Businesses that buy, cut or mill timber in Cass County, working from a nearby town.
Lumber Services Ltd is a logging contractor in Cassopolis, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Northrop Logging is a logging contractor in Marcellus, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Southwest Michigan Timber Buyer is a timber-buying business based in Marcellus, Michigan. It buys hardwood trees from woodlots, working with landowners in Cass county and more broadly across Southwest Michigan and Northern Indiana. The work is straightforward: hardwood trees are what they're after, and they'll come out to look at your woodlot and talk through what it's worth. They won't take individual trees from yards or residential areas, so this is woodlot work, not yard work. Jobs they've handled have run from "as few as 15 trees on a couple acres" up to hundreds of trees on large acreage, so a couple of acres with some hardwoods on it is enough to be worth a call. There's no stated minimum acreage policy, but that smallest job gives you a sense of where they'll start. The person behind it grew up in Southwest Michigan and says he's built relationships with landowners across the Michigan and northern Indiana area over time. This fits a landowner with a modest hardwood woodlot in or near Cass county who wants someone local to come look at a few acres of trees, rather than a large operation set up for big tracts only. From jimthetreebuyer.com, read 8 October 2026.
Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Cass County?
3 businesses are listed for Cass County: 0 consulting foresters and 3 buyers, loggers and mills. None of them has an office in the county; they register to work here and travel in.
How much is my timber worth in Cass 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 Cass 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 Cass County?
No price series is published for Cass County on its own. Michigan's latest published stumpage figures (Michigan DNR stumpage price report, October 2024 – September 2025) put hard maple at $348 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 Cass County come from the county register, revised 2026-11-04. The register is updated quarterly.