Selling Timber in Van Buren County, MI
Quick answer
There are 6 timber businesses listed for Van Buren County, Michigan: 6 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 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 Van Buren 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 Van Buren 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 Van Buren 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 Van Buren County (1)
This buyer is based in Van Buren County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
Decatur Wood Products is a mill in Paw Paw, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills Nearby (5)
Businesses that buy, cut or mill timber in Van Buren County, working from a nearby town.
Baker Sawmill & Design is a mill in Gobles, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Bennett Logging Inc is a logging contractor in Paw Paw, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Hickory & Oak Sawmill and Lumber Company is a family run sawmill in Decatur, Michigan. "If you have logs that you would like have turned into useful lumber, you have found the right place." You bring the logs, or they'll pick them up if close by, and they saw them into boards or beams, kiln dry the lumber, and can take it further into flooring, counter tops, table tops, stair treads, or beams. They work with the hardwoods common to their part of Michigan: Ash, Elm, Walnut, Cherry, Coffee Tree, White and Red Oak, Hickory, Hard Maple, Beech, Sassafras, Sycamore, Tulip Poplar, Black Locust, Honey Locust, Osage, and Catalpa. Services include custom sawmilling, kiln drying, large glue ups, wide panel sanding, planing, straight line ripping, live-edge slab surfacing, and custom slab sawing. They mostly buy logs rather than standing timber, and say they buy "sometimes, maybe" depending on what they need, with Walnut and large diameter logs usually of interest. They do not log woods, though they'll occasionally buy a few standing trees. Logs need to be at least 12 inches in diameter to go on the mill. They serve Southwest Michigan, naming Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, Detroit, and Chicago as areas they reach, and the business has operated since 2003. This suits a landowner who already has logs down, from a storm, a building project, or a few trees taken out, and wants them turned into usable lumber or finished pieces rather than sold off as standing timber. From hickoryandoak.com, read 8 October 2026.
Primal Woods is a mill in Hartford, Michigan. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
T & M Logging is a logging contractor in Paw Paw, 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 Van Buren County?
6 businesses are listed for Van Buren County: 0 consulting foresters and 6 buyers, loggers and mills. 1 of them has an office in the county.
How much is my timber worth in Van Buren 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 Van Buren 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 Van Buren County?
No price series is published for Van Buren 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 Van Buren County come from the county register, revised 2026-11-04. The register is updated quarterly.