Selling Timber in Cibola County, NM
Quick answer
There is 1 timber business listed for Cibola County, New Mexico: 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 Cibola County
No county publishes its own timber prices. These are New Mexico's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Cibola County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them. No agency publishes a New Mexico stumpage price. These are the appraised standing-timber rates from recent western federal ponderosa pine sales.
| Ponderosa pine and mixed conifer sawtimber | $5–$23.49 per hundred cubic feet |
Source: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, 2025. All New Mexico timber prices
Before you talk to anyone, find out what your timber is worth
Most landowners in Cibola 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 Cibola County (1)
This buyer is based in Cibola County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
Mt Taylor Machine LLC runs a sawmill in Milan, New Mexico, just outside Grants, operating as Mt. Taylor Manufacturing. It is not a place to call about a one-time timber sale on your own land. The mill only takes logs from "high-risk fire-prone forest restoration projects," selected to help restore forest and watershed health, and it serves Cibola County. The species that come through are Ponderosa Pine and a hardwood blend. Beyond milling, the operation covers custom cutting, cants and beams, precision machining, welding and industrial repair, custom fabrication, installation work, and a clean wood grinding service. On the sawmill side, they run a double cut band mill and double scragg mills, able to cut standard sizes fast or custom sizes to order, with logs up to 30 feet long" when large stock is on hand. Cants and beams come in sizes from 4x4 up to 8x12, all rough green, not kiln dried. Pricing moves with market conditions, demand, and size, and they take cash, credit, debit, or set up credit accounts for returning customers. They hold IPEMA certification for their engineered wood fiber playground chip product. This fits a landowner whose trees are coming out as part of a forest restoration or fire-mitigation project in the Cibola National Forest area, not someone with a standard private timber harvest to sell. If your logs fit that restoration category, Mt Taylor Machine LLC is set up to process them into lumber, mulch, pellets, and other wood products on site. From mttaylormanufacturing.com, read 10 October 2026.
Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Cibola County?
1 business is listed for Cibola 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 Cibola 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 Cibola 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 Cibola County?
No price series is published for Cibola County on its own. New Mexico's latest published stumpage figures (USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, 2025) put ponderosa pine and mixed conifer sawtimber at $5–$23.49 per hundred cubic 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 Cibola County come from the county register, revised 2026-11-04. The register is updated quarterly.