Selling Timber in Pipestone County, MN
Quick answer
There is 1 timber business listed for Pipestone County, Minnesota: 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 Pipestone County
No county publishes its own timber prices. These are Minnesota's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Pipestone County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them.
| Sawtimber, all species | $141 per thousand board feet |
| Red pine sawtimber | $149 per thousand board feet |
| Aspen | $30.73 per cord |
| Red pine, cord products | $36.67 per cord |
| Oak | $27.88 per cord |
| Balsam fir | $8.13 per cord |
Source: Minnesota DNR Public Agencies Stumpage Price Review, 2021. All Minnesota timber prices
Before you talk to anyone, find out what your timber is worth
Most landowners in Pipestone 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 Pipestone County (1)
This buyer is based in Pipestone County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
HG Lumber Mill is a sawmill in Pipestone, Minnesota, run as a family business. It launched in 2023, carrying on from the owner's grandfather's sawmill, Duus Sawmill in Tyler, which ran from the mid-1990s to 2018. The mill takes in logs for custom milling and custom drying. They work with hardwood and softwood, including local timber, and cut it on a fully hydraulic bandsaw mill. You bring your logs to the mill, and their team helps you "develop a cut list and mill it however you'd like." Drying is done in solar dehumidification kilns, priced by board footage, and slabs get finished with 36 inch sanders and flatteners. They also sell hardwood and softwood slabs and local dimensional lumber by the board foot. They list Pipestone County as an area they serve, alongside nearby counties across the state line. This is a milling and drying operation, not a timber buyer or logging crew, so it suits a landowner who already has logs down and wants them sawn, dried, and finished, rather than someone looking to sell standing timber or have trees harvested. From hglumbermill.com, read 8 October 2026.
Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Pipestone County?
1 business is listed for Pipestone 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 Pipestone 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 Pipestone 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 Pipestone County?
No price series is published for Pipestone County on its own. Minnesota's latest published stumpage figures (Minnesota DNR Public Agencies Stumpage Price Review, 2021) put red pine sawtimber at $149 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 Pipestone County come from the county register, revised 2026-11-04. The register is updated quarterly.