Selling Timber in Lincoln County, MS
Quick answer
There are 25 timber businesses listed for Lincoln County, Mississippi: 15 consulting foresters and 10 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 17 of them have offices 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 Lincoln County
No county publishes its own timber prices. These are Mississippi's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Lincoln County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them.
| Pine sawtimber | $22.03 per ton |
| Pine chip-n-saw | $12.52 per ton |
| Pine pulpwood | $4.77 per ton |
| Oak sawtimber | $57.35 per ton |
| Mixed hardwood sawtimber | $39.81 per ton |
| Hardwood pulpwood | $9.02 per ton |
Source: Mississippi State University Extension, Q2 2026. All Mississippi timber prices
Before you talk to anyone, find out what your timber is worth
Most landowners in Lincoln 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.
Consulting Foresters in Lincoln County (7)
These 7 foresters have offices right here in Lincoln County. A forester works for you, not for the buyer.
Danny R Knight is a sole practitioner, listed on the Mississippi Board of Registration for Foresters' roster of consulting foresters in Brookhaven, in Lincoln County. A consulting forester works for the landowner rather than the buyer. The Board licenses foresters and publishes the roster; appearing on it is not an endorsement. Registration number 00500.
Howard Azelle Stogner is a sole practitioner, listed on the Mississippi Board of Registration for Foresters' roster of consulting foresters in Bogue Chitto, in Lincoln County. A consulting forester works for the landowner rather than the buyer. The Board licenses foresters and publishes the roster; appearing on it is not an endorsement. Registration number 01428.
Jeffrey J Smith is a sole practitioner, listed on the Mississippi Board of Registration for Foresters' roster of consulting foresters in Brookhaven, in Lincoln County. A consulting forester works for the landowner rather than the buyer. The Board licenses foresters and publishes the roster; appearing on it is not an endorsement. Registration number 02542.
Perry Scott Brown is a sole practitioner, listed on the Mississippi Board of Registration for Foresters' roster of consulting foresters in Bogue Chitto, in Lincoln County. A consulting forester works for the landowner rather than the buyer. The Board licenses foresters and publishes the roster; appearing on it is not an endorsement. Registration number 01376.
Reed Austin Taylor is a sole practitioner, listed on the Mississippi Board of Registration for Foresters' roster of consulting foresters in Brookhaven, in Lincoln County. A consulting forester works for the landowner rather than the buyer. The Board licenses foresters and publishes the roster; appearing on it is not an endorsement. Registration number 02782.
Timothy Lee Higginbotham is a sole practitioner, listed on the Mississippi Board of Registration for Foresters' roster of consulting foresters in Bogue Chitto, in Lincoln County. A consulting forester works for the landowner rather than the buyer. The Board licenses foresters and publishes the roster; appearing on it is not an endorsement. Registration number 02021.
Tommy Glenn Miller is a sole practitioner, listed on the Mississippi Board of Registration for Foresters' roster of consulting foresters in Brookhaven, in Lincoln County. A consulting forester works for the landowner rather than the buyer. The Board licenses foresters and publishes the roster; appearing on it is not an endorsement. Registration number 01370.
Consulting Foresters in Neighboring Counties (8)
Listed on the Mississippi Board of Registration for Foresters consulting forester roster, the Forest Products Network (SREF) mill directory and the Mississippi Forestry Commission forestry vendors directory as working Lincoln County, from an office elsewhere. Closest first.
ForestSouth, LLC is a forestry consulting firm in Brandon, Mississippi. Owner Ryan Ramsey is a registered forester who works directly with the landowner to "help meet all of your land and timber needs and goals." The work includes management plans, timber appraisals, timber sales, inventory cruises, forest and land mapping, GPS of property, road system design, timber stand improvement, reforestation, prescribed burning, and wildlife habitat work. Land sales or purchases are also listed. The counties served are Attala, Calhoun, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, Grenada, Hinds, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Kemper, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lincoln, Madison, Marion, Montgomery, Neshoba, Newton, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith, Winston and Yazoo. Ryan has been a consulting forester for over 25 years. He holds Mississippi Registered Forester #2124 and Alabama Registered Forester, and he is a licensed real estate agent in Mississippi. He keeps at least 16 hours of continuing education every two years. The firm has worked for private landowners, private industry, and the federal government. It suits a landowner in one of those counties who wants a registered forester to plan the land and value the timber, and who may also need help buying or selling land. From forestsouth.com, read 18 October 2026.
Gill Forestry Solutions LLC is a forestry consulting firm based in Saucier, Mississippi. It works with private landowners who want to get more from their land, whether the goal is timber income, wildlife habitat, or long-term forest care. The founder, Mozart Gill, is a Registered Forester (#2645) with over a decade in the forest industry. The listed credentials include Certified Prescribed Burn Manager (#25143), Professional Logging Manager, Certified Tree Farm Inspector, and a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from Mississippi State University. The firm's work is mostly advice. It offers timber sales and marketing, timber cruising and appraisals, forest management plans, reforestation planning, prescribed burn management, boundary line services, wildlife habitat improvement, and landowner consultation. Its approach is to evaluate the condition of your forest, assess what it has to offer, and build recommendations around your goals. It also offers a "no-obligation consultation service." The business names Saucier, Hattiesburg and Wiggins as its home area and says it serves private landowners throughout Mississippi. It suits a landowner who wants an independent forester's view before deciding on a timber sale, a burn, or a habitat project. From gillforestrysolutions.com, read 18 October 2026.
James Tedrick Ratcliff is a sole practitioner, listed on the Mississippi Board of Registration for Foresters' roster of consulting foresters in Starkville, in Lincoln County. A consulting forester works for the landowner rather than the buyer. The Board licenses foresters and publishes the roster; appearing on it is not an endorsement. Registration number 00717.
L&M Services appears in the Mississippi Forestry Commission's Forestry Vendors directory in Covington County. The directory lists it for debris removal, firebreaks / firelane establishment & maintenance, forest management & maintenance, logging road / skid trail / loading deck maintenance, lot & land clearing, mechanical site preparation (light & heavy), pre-commercial thinning, site preparation & fire management, site preparation burning, stump grinding, timber & land services and tree removal. The Commission compiles that directory from vendors who submit their own information to it; a listing is not an endorsement.
Landmark Forestry and Realty LLC appears in the Mississippi Forestry Commission's Forestry Vendors directory in Adams County. The directory lists it for timber & land services, timber inventory & contract cruising and timber sales / appraisals. The Commission compiles that directory from vendors who submit their own information to it; a listing is not an endorsement.
Michael J Self is a sole practitioner, listed on the Mississippi Board of Registration for Foresters' roster of consulting foresters in Monticello, in Lincoln County. A consulting forester works for the landowner rather than the buyer. The Board licenses foresters and publishes the roster; appearing on it is not an endorsement. Registration number 01344.
Prodigy Land Management is a family owned land services company in Sumrall, Mississippi, at 645 WPA Rd. Hayden and Tim Myers founded it in 2023. Both had years of offshore work and heavy equipment experience behind them. It is licensed and insured. Most of the work is land clearing, forestry mulching, tree removal, stump grinding, and dirt work. Other listed services include debris removal, firebreaks and firelane establishment and maintenance, light and heavy mechanical site preparation, prescribed burning, site preparation and fire management, tree trimming, pruning, and brush clearing, and timber and land services. They can fully clear an area or "selectively remove certain trees and brush," leaving parts of the land standing. Forestry mulching grinds trees and brush into a layer left on the ground, so there is no hauling or burning. The counties served are Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion, Pearl River, Perry, Quitman, Rankin, Simpson, Stone, and Wayne. The process is simple. You get in touch, and they give you a free estimate. This suits a landowner who wants clearing, mulching, or firebreak work in one of those counties and would rather have a free estimate in hand before deciding. From prodigylandmgmt.com, read 18 October 2026.
Spot On Tree Service appears in the Mississippi Forestry Commission's Forestry Vendors directory in Claiborne County. The directory lists it for debris removal, deer stand placement & erection, forest management & maintenance, logging road / skid trail / loading deck maintenance, lot & land clearing, timber & land services, tree removal, tree trimming, pruning, & brush clearing, wildlife & habitat improvement and wildlife habitat enhancement. The Commission compiles that directory from vendors who submit their own information to it; a listing is not an endorsement.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills in Lincoln County (10)
These 10 are based in Lincoln County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
Acy Logging is a logging contractor in Brookhaven, Mississippi. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Cade & Cade Logging Inc. is a logging contractor in Wesson, Mississippi. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Gordon Redd Lumber Company, Inc. is a logging contractor in Brookhaven, Mississippi. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Jeffery Lea Logging, LLC is a logging contractor in Brookhaven, Mississippi. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Knothole Sawmill, LLC is a portable sawmill service in Brookhaven, Mississippi, run by Lynn Davis, Master Sawyer. It brings the mill to your site and sets it up near your logs, so the logs are turned into lumber where they lie. The service covers Lincoln County. The mill saws hardwood or softwood logs up to 20 feet long and 36 inches in diameter. It also saws Eastern Red Cedar and cedar lumber, and it can cut to custom dimensions. Lynn has been sawing lumber since 2002 and is a member of the Wood-Mizer One Million Board Foot Club, having sawn over two million board feet. The aim is "turning your logs into lumber at your location." Logs should lie side by side so the mill can saw them all without moving. The ground should be relatively level, or the logs should sit uphill from the mill if there is a slope. Sawing is usually priced per board foot. Red cedar, special dimension lumber and beams are usually priced by the hour. A setup fee may apply for travel over 20 miles. A $45 blade charge applies if the blade hits metal, most often nails, screws or wire. Payment is by cash or personal check when the job is finished. Knothole does not buy logs and does not saw on shares, so it is not a timber buyer. It suits a landowner who already has logs cut and wants them sawn into lumber on the land. Cell: 601-757-1681. From knotholesawmill.com, read 18 October 2026.
Lance Smith Logging Inc. is a logging contractor in Brookhaven, Mississippi. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
LandMAX Timber Company, Inc. is a logging contractor in Brookhaven, Mississippi. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Lincoln Lumber Co is a logging contractor in Brookhaven, Mississippi. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Lincoln Tie & Timber Company appears in the Forest Products Network mill directory in Brookhaven, in Lincoln County. It is recorded as a sawmill operation. The directory is compiled from mill records; a listing is not an endorsement.
Rex Lumber is a sawmill in Brookhaven, Mississippi, that turns harvested timber into southern yellow pine lumber. The company is family owned and was founded in 1926 in Graceville, Florida, by W. D. McRae. It bought the Brookhaven mill in 2009 and now runs four mills across Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama. The area it serves includes Lincoln County. Its process is efficient enough that there is almost no waste from the raw timber. The McRae family also owns Woodlands Timber, which lists procurement foresters at the Brookhaven location, and the family owns more than 16,000 acres of timberland in Florida, Alabama, and Georgia. It suits a landowner in Lincoln County with southern yellow pine to sell who wants a nearby mill that belongs to a larger family-owned group with a long history in the trade. From rex-lumber.com, read 17 October 2026.
Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Lincoln County?
25 businesses are listed for Lincoln County: 15 consulting foresters and 10 buyers, loggers and mills. 17 of them have offices in the county.
How much is my timber worth in Lincoln 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. Mississippi State University Extension Service publishes the quarterly Mississippi Timber Price Report, state-wide average stumpage in $/ton, which tells you what the market is doing, not what your tract holds. 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 Lincoln 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 Mississippi?
Mississippi has no statewide permit and no notification to harvest timber on your own land — the article of the state code that once regulated forest harvesting was repealed in 2017, and the Forestry Commission's own step-by-step harvest guidance has no permit or notice step in it. Best Management Practices are published by the Forestry Commission and the state calls their use voluntary, but voluntary is not the same as unenforceable: Mississippi law makes it unlawful to cause pollution of state waters, the Department of Environmental Quality investigates and enforces against harvests that do, and the federal Clean Water Act exemption for forest roads and site preparation depends on following the mandatory practices. Counties have less room here than in Georgia or Alabama — since 16 March 2018 no Mississippi county or municipality may adopt an ordinance restricting forestry activity on agricultural land — but ordinances already in place before that date still stand, so check with your county before work starts. One more thing worth knowing: if someone cuts your trees without your consent, Mississippi sets the damages at double the fair market value of the timber plus the cost of replanting, and an honest mistake is not a defence.
Permit rules in Mississippi →What is timber worth in Lincoln County?
No price series is published for Lincoln County on its own. Mississippi's latest published stumpage figures (Mississippi State University Extension, Q2 2026) put oak sawtimber at $57.35 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 Lincoln County come from the Mississippi Board of Registration for Foresters consulting forester roster, the Forest Products Network (SREF) mill directory and the Mississippi Forestry Commission forestry vendors directory, revised 22-Sep-26. The register is updated quarterly.