Selling Timber in Saginaw County, MI
Quick answer
There are 2 timber businesses listed for Saginaw County, Michigan: 2 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 Saginaw 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 Saginaw 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 Saginaw 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 (2)
Businesses that buy, cut or mill timber in Saginaw County, working from a nearby town.
Thurston Logging and Tree Service is a family owned business based in St. Charles, Michigan, started in 2014 and run by owner Travis Thurston. It works both sides of the tree: logging and timber buying, plus general tree care such as removal, trimming, and emergency storm work. It covers Saginaw County, naming St. Charles, Chesaning, Hemlock, Burt, Saginaw, Midland, Merrill, Wheeler, Auburn, Oakley, Henderson, Bridgeport, Birch Run, Breckenridge, Carrollton, Brant, and Freeland. For standing timber, it buys walnut, white oak, red oak, hard maple, soft maple, cherry, and hickory. The process is plain: you describe your property and what trees you think you have, a crew comes out for a site visit, trees get looked at for species, trunk size, form, and how easy the ground is for equipment, and a direct bid usually follows the same visit or soon after, with no auction and no middlemen. If you accept, a harvest date is set around your schedule and ground conditions, and the crew handles all the cutting and hauling. On acreage, it says a five-acre parcel with a handful of large, healthy hardwoods is worth evaluating, so size alone doesn't rule a property out. It describes itself as paying "top dollar for your trees" and keeping the deal free of middlemen or an auction process. This fits a Saginaw County landowner with a modest woodlot of good hardwoods who wants one local contact to both look at standing timber and handle any tree work that comes with it. From thurstonloggingandtreeservice.com, read 8 October 2026.
Weigold Logging is a logging contractor in Saginaw County, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Saginaw County?
2 businesses are listed for Saginaw County: 0 consulting foresters and 2 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 Saginaw 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 Saginaw 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 Saginaw County?
No price series is published for Saginaw 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 Saginaw County come from the county register, revised 2026-11-04. The register is updated quarterly.