Selling Timber in Taos County, NM
Quick answer
There is 1 timber business listed for Taos County, New Mexico: 1 timber buyer, logger or mill. None of them has an office in the county. That is normal and it is worth knowing: consulting foresters register with the state county by county, and many register for counties they would have to drive hours to reach.
Timber prices for Taos 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 Taos 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 Taos 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 That Work Here (1)
Businesses that buy, cut or mill timber in Taos County, working from a nearby town.
Olguin's Sawmill & Firewood is a custom sawmill in Taos, New Mexico, with its mailing address in El Prado. It's a family business, now in its third generation, and it has been "serving the building industry for over 40 years." This isn't a timber-buying or logging outfit. Olguin's mills logs into lumber, beams, vigas, and corbels, and sells fencing material and firewood year round. They work with the four species that come out of the northern New Mexico woods: Ponderosa Pine, Spruce, and White and Red (Douglas) Fir. If you've already got logs down, or trees you plan to have cut, they'll "cut to order for you," and they keep common lumber sizes in stock for the building trade and the surrounding community. They serve Taos County. There's no mention of them buying standing timber or doing the harvesting themselves, so this is a mill to call once wood is ready to be sawn, not a service to walk your land and mark trees. This fits a landowner in or near Taos County who already has logs, or who wants local lumber, beams, or firewood made from their own timber, rather than someone looking for help selling standing trees or arranging a logging job. From olguinssawmill.com, read 10 October 2026.
Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Taos County?
1 business is listed for Taos County: 0 consulting foresters and 1 buyer, logger or mill. None of them has an office in the county; they register to work here and travel in.
How much is my timber worth in Taos 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 Taos 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 Taos County?
No price series is published for Taos 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 Taos County come from the county register, revised 2026-11-04. The register is updated quarterly.