Selling Timber in Osage County, OK
Quick answer
There is 1 timber business listed for Osage County, Oklahoma: 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 Osage County
No county publishes its own timber prices. These are Oklahoma's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Osage County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them.
| Pine sawtimber | $28.24 per ton |
| Pine chip-n-saw | $15.09 per ton |
| Pine pulpwood | $8.92 per ton |
| Hardwood sawtimber | $29.81 per ton |
| Hardwood pulpwood | $12.4 per ton |
| Eastern redcedar sawtimber | $71.01 per ton |
Source: Oklahoma State University Extension, 2024–2025. All Oklahoma timber prices
Before you talk to anyone, find out what your timber is worth
Most landowners in Osage 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 Osage County (1)
This buyer is based in Osage County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
Benson Lumber Co is a sawmill and lumber yard in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. It's been in the family since 1916, when it started as Benson Brothers Lumber Company, and the same family still owns and runs it today. This isn't a business that buys standing timber off your land. What they do is mill logs into lumber, including custom processing of fallen trees, live-edge slabs, and reclaimed hardwood pulled from their stock of old crane mats. They say it plainly: "we process aged hardwoods into everything from flooring & shiplap to cabins & pole barns." If you've already got logs down, or trees that fell in a storm, they can turn that wood into flooring, shiplap, pole barn material, or cabin timbers rather than hauling it off as waste. They also work in timbers and crane mats. They list Osage County as served. No tract size or acreage minimum is given, and they don't appear to buy timber standing in the woods, so this is really for landowners who have logs or fallen trees already on hand and want them milled into something usable, not for someone looking to sell a stand of trees. From bensonlumberco.com, read 8 October 2026.
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Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Osage County?
1 business is listed for Osage 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 Osage 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 Osage 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 Osage County?
No price series is published for Osage County on its own. Oklahoma's latest published stumpage figures (Oklahoma State University Extension, 2024–2025) put eastern redcedar sawtimber at $71.01 per ton. 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 Osage County come from the county register, revised 2026-11-04. The register is updated quarterly.