Selling Timber in Washington County, OR
Quick answer
There are 10 timber businesses listed for Washington County, Oregon: 3 consulting foresters and 7 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 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 Washington County
No county publishes its own timber prices. These are Oregon's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Washington County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them.
| Douglas-fir | $400–$700 per thousand board feet |
| Western hemlock | $46–$302 per thousand board feet |
| True firs | $46–$302 per thousand board feet |
Source: Oregon Department of Forestry timber sale results, 2026 sales. All Oregon timber prices
Before you talk to anyone, find out what your timber is worth
Most landowners in Washington 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.
No forester is based in Washington County
That is normal here and not a problem. Foresters travel, and 3 of them work Washington County from an office nearby. They are listed below, closest first. You can also click any county on the map above to see who is based there.
Consulting Foresters Working Washington County (3)
Listed as working Washington County, from an office elsewhere. Closest first.
Bighorn Logging Corporation is a logging contractor based in Banks, Oregon. They handle the whole job if you want it: timber cruising, permitting with the Oregon Department of Forestry, job layouts, land clearing, marketing your timber, and replanting afterward. They also take on road building and general land management for landowners. They run both cable and ground logging equipment, which lets them work different kinds of ground, and they do both hand cutting crews and mechanized cutting depending on what a unit needs. For cruising, they use a program called "Super Ace" along with GPS mapping so you can get an estimate of board feet and tree count before you commit to anything. They currently serve Washington County. There's no stated minimum acreage, but their own description of current work is managing "several hundred acres for different land owners throughout Oregon," so this looks like a company set up for larger ownerships rather than a few acres out back. They've been Oregon Professional Logger certified since 1996, belong to Associated Oregon Loggers and the Oregon Small Woodlands Association, and are currently certified under the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. The company started in 1981. This fits a landowner with a sizeable tract who wants one outfit to run cruising, permitting, cutting, and road work together, more than someone with a small backyard parcel looking for a single quick sale. From bighornlogging.com, read 4 October 2026.
Hampton Lumber is a sawmill company based in Portland, Oregon, also listed as a timber buyer and forestry consultant. It began in 1942 with a single sawmill in Willamina, Oregon, and has grown into a family of sawmills across the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. The company works with Douglas fir, Western Hemlock, white wood, and spruce, and lists reforestation among its services. Harvest planning on its own lands typically starts two years ahead of cutting, bringing in wildlife biologists, geologists, and other professionals before any trees come down. Hampton Lumber serves Washington County, and its operations are named in Portland, Tillamook, Warrenton, Willamina, Darrington, Morton, Randle, Allendale, Burns Lake, and Fort St. James, with a broader reach across Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. It describes itself as a "family-owned company" built around "carbon-friendly wood products" and sustainable forestry, alongside timber procurement work. The company has been in business since 1942. This fits a landowner near Washington County weighing a long-running regional sawmill and forestry consulting operation, rather than a small local logger for a one-time sale. From hamptonlumber.com, read 4 October 2026.
Stimson Lumber Co Inc is a sawmill company based in Portland, Oregon. It runs its own mill and also buys timber and offers forestry consulting, so a landowner can work with one company for standing timber, log sales, or land sales. The mill turns out studs, dimension lumber, specialty grades, timbers, cedar, and hardboard, and it draws much of that wood from its own timberlands. For landowners, the services on offer are forest management and log and land sales. Work is handled through a list of Stimson forestry specialists, and the company also lists land for sale through Land.com. It owns and manages over 600,000 acres of forest land in the Western United States, and serves Washington County. Stimson says it produces "high-quality lumber and hardboard products from environmentally-certified forests," and points to its Sustainable Forestry Initiative commitment as part of that. It was founded in the 1850s, which it says makes it one of the oldest continuously operating integrated wood products companies in the country. This fits a landowner whose timber is more likely to be headed into a large, long-running industrial supply chain than a one-off local logging job, and who wants a single company that can also talk land sales and forest management alongside the timber itself. From stimsonlumber.com, read 4 October 2026.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills in Washington County (1)
This buyer is based in Washington County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
Burl and Grain is a custom sawmill service based in Hillsboro, Oregon. They mill logs and trees you bring or haul in, mostly at their own site, and they also offer kiln drying done by an OSU certified technician. Their work covers Pacific Northwest woods and salvaged urban hardwoods, the kind of trees that come down from storms, pests, or construction and would otherwise go to a landfill or a pulp mill. They can take logs up to 36 inches across, and they've added wide slab cutting for logs up to 73 inches in diameter, cut on site. From there you can end up with slabs for tables, mantles, bench tops, stair treads, counter tops, dimensional lumber, fence posts, or heavy trailer decking. They charge by the hour for sawmill work, at $125 an hour with a two hour minimum, plus $45 per blade used on the job. Kiln drying rates vary with the thickness, species, and starting moisture of what's going in. They mostly mill at their own site in Hillsboro but will arrange pickup and transport of your logs, and in rare cases will come mill on site. As they put it, Burl and Grain "was started with the purpose of keeping these unique and valuable trees out of the pulp mill." They serve the Portland Metro Area, Southwest Washington, and the Northern Willamette Valley. This suits a landowner who has one special tree, or a pile of logs from a removal, and wants it turned into usable lumber or dried slabs rather than firewood. From burlandgrain.com, read 4 October 2026.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills Nearby (6)
Businesses that buy, cut or mill timber in Washington County, working from a nearby town.
Bigsby Logging, LLC is a logging contractor in Washington County, Oregon. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Manning Lumber Remanufacturing is a mill in Banks, Oregon. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Olson Brothers Logging LLC is a logging contractor in Banks, Oregon. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Oregon-Canadian Forest Products, Inc. is a sawmill in North Plains, Oregon. This is not a business that walks your woodlot or buys standing timber. They run a mill, taking in logs and turning out finished softwood lumber for the people who build with it. They work in Alaskan Yellow Cedar, Douglas Fir, Western Red Cedar, and Western Hemlock. Their own words: they supply "architects, builders, contractors, and distributors who can't afford to get the material wrong." The services they list are "custom milling," clear-grade lumber, custom profiles, and specialty runs, including what they call a "precision milling run." They've been at it for more than 40 years, founded by Wayne Holm, now run by the second and third generations of his family. Their stated service area is across North America for the builders and distributors they sell lumber to. For timber buying or logging work on your own land, nothing is said, so don't count on them for that piece. They're found in the directory under Columbia County, and they list Washington County as an area they serve. This listing suits a landowner who already has logs out, or who's looking for where finished softwood lumber comes from, not someone who needs help getting trees off the ground and into a buyer's hands. From ocfp.com, read 4 October 2026.
Scott Land & Timber Co. is a logging contractor in Gaston, Oregon. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Shadybrook Lumber Products is a sawmill and pallet manufacturer in North Plains, Oregon. It has been making pallets and cut stock since 1965, "producing high-quality, affordable pallets and cut stock since 1965," and has stayed family owned and operated the whole time. The mill works in softwood, hardwood, and plywood, turning out stringer pallets, block pallets, and custom pallet designs built to a client's load needs, including the specific block design Costco shipments require. They do custom pallet drying, cut-to-size plywood, and ISPM export certified pallets for goods headed overseas, using computer aided design and automated machine production on site. Delivery goes out by flatbed or van, and they offer warehouse storage too. On the credentials side they hold the Sustainable Forestry Initiative certification, USDA recognition as a 100% Bio-Based Product, and membership in the Western Pallet Association and Woodpack Global. Shadybrook serves Washington County and describes its customers as agricultural and industrial clients across the West Coast. The process is hands-on: they say they "work closely with our clients throughout the design, ordering, and manufacturing process" before anything gets built, and they keep what they call "ultra clean facilities" running the line. This is a fit for a business or landowner who needs pallets, skids, or cut lumber stock built to spec, not someone looking to sell standing timber off their land. From shadybrooklumber.com, read 4 October 2026.
Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Washington County?
10 businesses are listed for Washington County: 3 consulting foresters and 7 buyers, loggers and mills. 1 of them has an office in the county.
How much is my timber worth in Washington 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 Washington 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 Washington County?
No price series is published for Washington County on its own. Oregon's latest published stumpage figures (Oregon Department of Forestry timber sale results, 2026 sales) put douglas-fir at $400–$700 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 Washington County come from the county register, revised 2026-11-04. The register is updated quarterly.