Selling Timber in Tompkins County, NY

2 businesses work this county

Quick answer

There are 2 timber businesses listed for Tompkins County, New York: 2 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 2 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 Tompkins County

No county publishes its own timber prices. These are New York's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Tompkins County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them.

Red oak$500–$728 per thousand board feet
Black cherry$350–$600 per thousand board feet
Hard maple$550–$900 per thousand board feet
White pine$75–$150 per thousand board feet
Hemlock$50–$99 per thousand board feet
Black walnut$1,000–$2,000 per thousand board feet

Source: New York State DEC stumpage price report, Winter 2025. All New York timber prices

Before you talk to anyone, find out what your timber is worth

Most landowners in Tompkins 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 Tompkins County (2)

These 2 are based in Tompkins County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.

Groton, NY
Ticket ModuleMap ModuleExpenses Module

Integrated Logging Systems is based at 419 Lick St in Groton, New York, and is listed for Tompkins County. What it offers is a software system built around a few parts: a "Ticket Module" for tracking loads, a "Map Module" for marking out areas, and an Expenses Module. The modules pair with hardware like tablets and printers, and each one runs on a subscription, with discounts kicking in once you order more than five units. This is not a crew that comes out to cruise your woods or a buyer who makes an offer on standing timber. It is a system meant to sit alongside a logging job once one is already underway, giving whoever runs it a way to log tickets, mark the map, and keep expenses straight as the work moves along. If you are a landowner with trees on 5 to 50 acres trying to figure out who will buy your timber, walk your land, or tell you what it is worth, this is a different kind of business than that. It fits someone who has already hired a logger or forester and wants a tool for that crew to track tickets and costs, not someone still looking for the person to do the cutting or the buying in the first place. From integratedloggingsystems.com, read 11 October 2026.

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Newfield, NY
custom saw millingband mill sawingStump Grinding Services

Saw It Coming is a portable sawmill based in Newfield, New York, in Tompkins County. It takes your logs and saws them into your own lumber, either to use yourself or to sell. The mill is a Wood-Miser LT40 Super Hydraulic band mill, and the business describes its approach as "custom sawing with a personal service." Rather than you hauling logs to a yard, Saw It Coming brings the mill to your site. If you'd rather bring your logs to them instead, that's fine too. Since most jobs happen on remote sites, they ask for advance notice so the equipment can be set up and ready when you arrive. Stump grinding is also offered alongside the sawing work. The mill serves a wide stretch of the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier, including Tompkins, Tioga, Schuyler, Steuben, Chemung, Broome, and Cortland counties, and towns like Ithaca, Elmira, Watkins Glen, Corning, Binghamton, Vestal, Endicott, and Cortland. This one suits a landowner who already has logs down, maybe from clearing or a storm, and wants them turned into usable boards on their own ground rather than shipped off somewhere else. From sawitcoming.net, read 11 October 2026.

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Questions landowners ask

How many timber buyers and foresters serve Tompkins County?

2 businesses are listed for Tompkins County: 0 consulting foresters and 2 buyers, loggers and mills. 2 of them have offices in the county.

How much is my timber worth in Tompkins 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.

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Do I need a forestry consultant to sell timber in Tompkins 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.

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What is timber worth in Tompkins County?

No price series is published for Tompkins County on its own. New York's latest published stumpage figures (New York State DEC stumpage price report, Winter 2025) put hard maple at $550–$900 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 Tompkins County come from the county register, revised 2026-11-04. The register is updated quarterly.