Timber Buyers

Walnut Timber Buyers is a logging contractor and timber buyer based in Beardstown, Illinois, working land in Illinois and Missouri, including Pike County, Missouri. They buy standing timber from farms and hunting land, log it themselves, and sell it on to mills and exporters. They take on walnut, white oak, red oak, hickory, ash, maple and black oak. Their work starts with a free appraisal to pick the trees worth the most, then marking property lines, felling the chosen trees, grading roads to move the logs, and cleaning up before they pay you and haul the timber off your land. They describe their cutting method as the "Select Harvest method" and say they are licensed timber buyers who are fully insured. They say they've worked with landowners and importers across Illinois and Missouri for 30 years, and that they operate within a 300-mile radius of their Beardstown yard. They don't set a minimum by acreage. Instead they say they are "only considering projects of 20 or more mature trees" right now, so a property needs at least that many worth cutting before they'll take it on. This fits a landowner with a sizable stand of marketable hardwood, walnut especially, who wants one outfit to handle the appraisal, the cutting and the sale in one pass rather than hiring separate companies for each step. From walnuttimberbuyer.com, read 8 October 2026.

West Logging is a family business out of Fair Play, Missouri, buying standing timber and running logging jobs for landowners. They've been at it for three generations and over 60 years, working across Missouri and five neighboring states: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Iowa, and Illinois. Their main interest is walnut and oak, but they also take on white oak, black oak, ash, cherry, sycamore, and soft maple. The work covers contract logging, felling, timber cruising, forest management, and full log and timber sales. For a standing-timber sale, they describe the process as evaluation first, then marketing to buyers, then cutting, hauling, and payment. They offer a free timber evaluation before anything is agreed to, and say "you'll always know the true value of your timber before a sale." They list themselves as PTH certified and fully insured. If you have a woodlot of 10 acres or more, that's their stated starting point for forest management work, including harvesting, inventory, valuation, and a management plan. They're listed as serving Polk County. This fits a landowner with a mixed hardwood woodlot, walnut or oak especially, who wants one outfit to handle the whole sale from evaluation through to payment rather than piecing it together themselves. From westlogging.com, read 8 October 2026.

Big River Timber Company llc. is a timber buyer in House Springs, Missouri. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Triple B Timber Logging Company is a timber buyer in Centralia, Missouri. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a logging contractor. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Clayton Logging buys and harvests standing timber out of Pierce City, Missouri, working across Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. They specialize in walnut and white oak, buying for flooring-grade, fine furniture-grade, and veneer-grade walnut, and also handle white oak evaluation and other species. Besides standing timber purchases, they do clear cutting and land clearing work. The process starts with a conversation about your property and what you're hoping to get from a sale, then an in-person visit where they look over your trees, give you a price, and handle the harvest. For mid-sized trees, about bucket to drum width, they typically need a minimum of 20 trees to make a harvest worth doing. For larger trees, wider than a 55-gallon drum, they say they "can work with as few as 10 trees, depending on the property and species." This is a family business going back to 1961, and today it's run by sole owner and operator Darren Clayton, so you'd be dealing directly with him rather than a crew or a middleman. They describe their standard as "whatever is said will be done." This fits a landowner with walnut or white oak on the property, including smaller stands, who wants to deal with one person through the whole sale rather than a bigger outfit. From claytonlogging.com, read 8 October 2026.

D & D Logging Inc is a mill in Racine, Missouri. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Patterson Logging is a timber buyer in Turney, Missouri. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a logging contractor. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

One Family Hardwood is a sawmill in St Joseph, Missouri, and it also buys standing timber and cut logs direct from landowners. It serves Buchanan County. They saw High Quality Kiln Dried American Hardwood Lumber, along with fresh sawn green lumber, wood chips, firewood, blocking, dunnage, decking, industrial timbers, wheel chocks, pipe saddles, and custom cut products. The species they buy include Ash, Aspen, Basswood (Lynn), Cottonwood, Cherry, Coffee, Elm (Red or Grey), Hackberry, Hickory (or Pecan), Locust, Maple (Soft or Hard Maple), Red Oak, Sycamore, Walnut, and White Oak. They buy logs year round, and they say "Standing Timber and Cut Logs are the most profitable to you (the landowner) when sold directly to a sawmill." Note that they will not purchase yard trees. Call to talk through your standing timber, forest, farm trees, or cut logs, and ask for Steve. One Family Hardwood is a large quantity commercial and industrial producer, but will also work with retail customers for smaller orders. The mill is located in northwest Missouri, about 50 miles north of Kansas City and just south of St Joseph, and ships product across North America. This one suits a landowner near St Joseph who wants to sell logs or standing timber straight to the mill that will saw them, cutting out a middleman. From 1fhw.net, read 3 October 2026.

American Walnut Co buys standing timber and logs out of St. Joseph, Missouri, and runs a sawmill there too. They buy within about a 200 mile radius of St. Joseph for standing timber, and up to 300 miles for log purchases. They cut "standing timber in a variety of sizes and species" and are insured. Their main interest is American black walnut, along with other selected hardwoods. For log sales, they want 40 logs or more, or 20 trees or more, if you're outside that smaller radius. If you have less than that, you'd need to bring logs to their yard on South 2nd Street yourself. If you're interested in a sale, you call them to arrange a bid, and timber and logs get measured out by board foot using Doyle's scale. If you have fewer logs or trees than their 40-log or 20-tree mark, this probably isn't the place to start, since that's the line they draw for buying in the field rather than at their yard. They say they practice "sustainable harvesting of hardwood trees" and describe their approach as "conservative timberland management resulting in a self-perpetuating supply of American black walnut and other selected hardwoods." The company has been producing and distributing its products since 1924. This fits a landowner in Buchanan County, Missouri, or within easy reach of St. Joseph, who has a real stand of walnut or other hardwood timber, enough volume to make it worth a buyer coming out, and wants a straightforward call-and-bid process rather than a drawn-out consultation. From americanwalnut.com, read 8 October 2026.

The Walnut Guy LLC is a timber buyer. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

East Perry Lumber Co. is a sawmill in Frohna, Missouri. They buy standing timber and logs, run their own logging crews, and mill the hardwood themselves. They've been at it since 1945, when Marvin F. Petzoldt founded the company as a small portable mill making railroad ties and barn lumber. If you've got hardwood timber to sell, they want 10 or more acres before they'll come look. They work in hardwood only. Their foresters are degreed, and their logging crews trained through the Missouri Forest Products Association Professional Timber Harvester Program, with a combined 70 years of experience between them. They say every landowner has different goals, whether that's wildlife management, long or short term financial planning, or converting land use, and they'll meet with you to talk through how a harvest fits those goals. They pull raw material from a 100 mile radius, and they're also buying already-harvested hardwood logs out of Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois, Western Kentucky, and Western Tennessee. On the milling side they do kiln drying, finish surfacing to any thickness, straight line ripping, mixed truckloads, heavy duty shrink wrapping, export prep, and container loading, so they're set up for buyers beyond just the local market. This fits a landowner with a real tract of hardwood, at least 10 acres, who wants a mill that also buys standing timber and runs its own harvest, rather than a broker who hires it out. From eastperrylumber.com, read 8 October 2026.

Southside Lumber Co is a sawmill and log buyer in Butler, Missouri, cutting custom lumber since 1945. They buy logs straight from landowners, loggers, and forestry professionals in Bates County and around Butler, and they run the mill themselves. They work in Missouri hardwoods: hickory, pecan, ash, walnut, red oak, and white oak. Logs they buy need to run 13 to 48 inches across the small end, and 8 feet 6 inches to 16 feet 6 inches long. Past buying logs, the mill also produces full dimension lumber, kiln dried and rough cut stock, decking, horse stall lumber, slabs, table tops, and more, and they'll cut logs you bring in yourself under their "Bring Your Own Logs" service. They offer lumber consulting too, if you are not sure what species or cut fits your project. They are members of the National Federation of Independent Businesses and the Missouri Forest Products Association. On their own log-buying page they describe the process plainly: "No load is too small or too large," and they say they aim to make it "quick, fair, and easy." This suits a landowner in Bates County or near Butler who has logs ready to sell or lumber to get custom cut, and who wants a local mill that also buys direct rather than a bigger operation set up for large timber sales only. From southsidelumberbutlermo.com, read 8 October 2026.

JB Logging LLC is a logging company run by Jaden Blew out of Warrensburg, Missouri. They work the central Missouri area and are listed as serving Miller County. The work covers forest management, timber harvesting, and timber stand conservation, with a focus on walnut and white oak. Jaden holds Missouri Forest Products Association certification and uses "professional tree felling technique to minimize environmental impact" when cutting. Here's how a sale goes with them: Jaden marks the trees with you first, based on how you want the cut done. Then he cuts and hauls the timber to an open spot near the road. When it's time to sell, he brings in a log buyer from a sawmill to purchase the logs right there on your property, and the check gets split between you and him by the agreement you made going in. That's a straightforward way to see where your money comes from and know you're not just handing logs off into the unknown. No acreage minimum is spelled out on their pages, so if you've got a smaller lot with good walnut or white oak on it, it's worth a call to ask. This fits a Missouri landowner with walnut or white oak worth harvesting who wants someone local to central Missouri, with a stated certification, and who likes knowing the marking-cutting-selling steps up front before any chainsaw starts. From jb-logging.com, read 8 October 2026.

Cody Martin Logging is a logging contractor in Miller County, Missouri. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Madison County Wood Products Inc. is a sawmill and pallet manufacturer in Fredericktown, Missouri. The company handles land and timber management, logging, sawmilling, and pallet manufacturing, so a landowner can work with one outfit from standing timber to finished product. It was incorporated in 1981 by founding partners James C. Kesting and Douglas J. Gaines, and it is still family run. The mill takes red oak, white oak, hickory, walnut, and cherry, turning logs into grade lumber, railroad ties, cants and squares, pallets, and mulch, chips, and dust. The company describes itself as a "fully integrated company" that takes "a zero-waste approach while converting the complete log into usable products," meaning they buy standing timber, log it, and mill it themselves rather than passing the job along. It holds ISPM-15 certification for its pallet operation. It serves Madison County for timber work, with a wider reach into Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, and Northern Missouri for its pallet and wood products through its Clifton Hill facility. There is no stated minimum acreage for timber jobs. This fits a landowner in or near Madison County who wants a mill that also buys and logs the timber itself, especially if the woods carry oak, hickory, walnut, or cherry worth grading into lumber rather than just selling as pulp. From mcwp.com, read 8 October 2026.

Pratt Sawmill is a timber buyer in Fredericktown, Missouri. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Missouri-Pacific Lumber Co is a sawmill and timber buyer in Fayette, Missouri, in Boone County, working with landowners in Howard County. They've been milling walnut and other hardwoods for over 45 years, and they're NHLA Grade Certified for grading accuracy. If you have timber to sell, someone from the company will meet you on the ground, walk your woods, and "mark it based on your desired objectives," then give you a written breakdown of species, volume, and grade before anything is cut. They buy American Black Walnut, White Oak, Silver Leaf Soft Maple, Aromatic Red Cedar, Ash, Northern/Appalachian Red Oak, Hickory, and Cedar, though walnut is their main focus. Their timber is sourced mostly from northern Missouri. Every sale comes with a purchase contract spelling out who's responsible for what, which the company calls "an extra level of protection for the landowner to ensure that the job gets done to their satisfaction." Logging is done by insured contract crews, and they offer a few payment options, including full payment before any cutting starts. Services on offer include timber buying, timber appraisal, steaming, and sawing. This outfit suits a landowner with walnut or other hardwoods in northern Missouri who wants a sawmill with a long family history and a contract in hand before the saws start, rather than a quick cash offer from a stranger's truck. From mopaclumber.com, read 8 October 2026.

Doolittle Wood Products LLC is a mill in Rolla, Missouri. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer and a logging contractor. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Morris Timber Products is a timber buyer in Bonne Terre, Missouri. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

McClain Forest Products is listed under mills and timber buyers in Ellington, Missouri, and serves Carter County. The company runs five concentration yards: "Four yards located in southern Missouri and one in northwest Arkansas." They buy green lumber and mill hardwood species including Red Oak, White Oak, Hickory, Walnut, H. Maple, S. Maple, Ash and Cherry. Across all locations they report total monthly production of 4.0 MM bf and total kiln capacity of 1.5 MM bf. The company traces back to 2010, when it "acquired the hardwood lumber operations of the North Pacific Group" and took on the McClain Forest Products name after merging operations. Its roots go further back into McClain Farms and related Missouri and Arkansas businesses built up over decades. Sales for the hardwood lumber side run through a related company, Legacy Wood Products, staffed by sales representatives and sales managers who handle worldwide buyers for the mills' output. This is a mill and buying operation built around moving hardwood volume through yards in southern Missouri and northwest Arkansas, not a tract-by-tract timber sale service. A landowner near Carter County with hardwood species like oak, walnut, or cherry to move, and who wants to deal with a green lumber buyer directly tied to milling capacity, is the kind of person who would look here. From mcclainforestproducts.com, read 3 October 2026.

Southern MO Walnut, Export and Timber Mngmt LLC is a timber buyer in Greene County, Missouri. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Clark Logging is a timber buyer in Canton, Missouri. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Wyco Wood Co. is a mobile sawmill business working out of Kansas City. Instead of you hauling logs somewhere, they bring one of their two sawmills right to your land and mill the wood to your specs. They also do kiln drying, lumber sales, large log removal, and make dunnage, blocking, and wedges for shipping. They work mostly with aromatic red cedar, oak, walnut, and cherry. The process is straightforward: they haul their equipment out, cut the logs you want cut, and hand back workable lumber ready for a project rather than a pile of green boards. They call themselves family-owned and veteran-owned, and offer a free consultation before any work starts. Their reach covers the Kansas City Metro Area, including Lawrence, Olathe, Liberty, Smithville, and Platte City. This fits a landowner who has specific trees down or standing, wants them turned into usable lumber on-site rather than sold off as logs, and would rather deal with a small, hands-on crew than a big logging outfit. From wycowoodco.com, read 8 October 2026.

Selective harvest timber is a timber buyer in St Clair, Missouri. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Meadows Timber Harvesting is a timber buyer in Dudley, Missouri. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Midwest Walnut Co is a mill in Willow Springs, Missouri. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Missouri Walnut is a mill in Neosho, Missouri. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Farmer Hardwoods is a timber buyer in Neosho, Missouri. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

International Veneer & Timber is a logging and timber-buying business based in Frohna, Missouri, in Perry County. They have been working since 2002, serving customers through the export of forest products. Their main work is harvesting and delivering logs. The species they name are white oak, walnut, hickory, red oak, hard maple, black ash, yellow birch, white ash, and curly maple. Along with logs, they also offer fine lumber and sliced veneers. A second facility in Forest County, Wisconsin lets them handle the northern species alongside the white oak, walnut, and hickory they harvest out of Frohna. They describe their aim as delivering "premium quality logs from the best growing regions of the United States," and say they have been "serving the world through the export of forest products" since they started. This fits a landowner in Perry County with white oak, walnut, hickory, or one of the named northern species to sell, who wants a logger and timber buyer built around exporting quality logs. From ivtlogs.com, read 8 October 2026.

Texas Timber Company LLC buys timber and does logging, land clearing, and forestry consulting out of Diana, Texas. They say it plainly: "We buy land and timber all over East Texas, providing competitive prices and a hassle-free process for landowners looking to sell." They take on first thinning, second thinning, select harvest, clear cut, real estate aesthetic harvest, mulching, land clearing, land management, and timber management plans. Species bought include pine, hardwood, cedar, gum, and cypress. For a sale, they pay either a lump sum up front or weekly payments per ton, and you're paid for every piece of timber that leaves your property. They service at least a 100 mile radius of the Longview area, and name Gregg and Upshur counties among areas they've worked in. They say they're Prologger Certified and fully insured, and that collectively their team has 50 years of experience. For logging contracts, they need at least 10 acres of high quality timber. That said, their smallest listed job was a select harvest in Diana, Texas, for a landowner working to keep his property under a timber exemption, on a crew that handles tracts as small as 5 acres. This fits a landowner in East Texas with a modest stand of mature timber, who wants either a straight timber sale or ongoing management to protect an exemption, and who's comfortable choosing between a lump sum or being paid by the ton as wood is hauled off. From texastimberco.com, read 8 October 2026.