Selling Timber in Billings County, ND
Quick answer
There is 1 timber business listed for Billings County, North Dakota: 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 Billings County
No county publishes its own timber prices. These are North Dakota's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Billings County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them. North Dakota has about 815,000 forest acres and no price report at all. These are Minnesota's auction prices for the same aspen, oak and birch — treat them as an upper bound, because North Dakota has far fewer mills bidding.
| Sawtimber, all species | $141 per thousand board feet |
| Oak sawtimber | $109 per thousand board feet |
| Aspen | $30.73 per cord |
| Oak | $27.88 per cord |
| Birch | $12.57 per cord |
| Maple | $12.12 per cord |
Source: Minnesota DNR Public Agencies Stumpage Price Review, 2021. All North Dakota timber prices
Before you talk to anyone, find out what your timber is worth
Most landowners in Billings 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 Billings County, working from a nearby town.
Heartwood Grains LLC is a sawmill and small woodworking shop in Belfield, North Dakota, run by owner Corey Simnioniw. The business says its specialty is lumber that's "logged, milled, kiln dried, and finished per request." They serve Billings County. Most of their wood comes from deadfall and live trees downed by storms in the local area, in species like ash, elm, olive, spruce, pine, juniper (cedar), and cottonwood. They'll also work with wood from elsewhere, including a log off your own place, "especially if it helps you produce something handmade using a log from your own place." Their mill handles logs up to 24 inches across and 16 feet long. Once milled, boards can go through their kiln, which runs up to 4,000 board feet per load, with drying settings adjusted for the wood type and moisture. From there they do custom finish work, turning the lumber into furnishings, benches, shelves, and similar pieces built from the same wood. This fits a landowner who has a tree, a storm-downed log, or a small batch of logs they want turned into something to keep, rather than a stand of timber to sell as it stands. If what you want is your own wood milled, dried, and finished into a usable piece, Heartwood Grains LLC is built for that kind of job, not for buying standing timber off larger acreage. From heartwoodgrains.com, read 10 October 2026.
Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Billings County?
1 business is listed for Billings 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 Billings 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 Billings 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 Billings County?
No price series is published for Billings County on its own. North Dakota's latest published stumpage figures (Minnesota DNR Public Agencies Stumpage Price Review, 2021) put sawtimber, all species at $141 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 Billings County come from the county register, revised 2026-11-04. The register is updated quarterly.