We can also help you get top dollar for your timber in nearby Belmont County, Carroll County, Columbiana County, and Harrison County. – and over in Brooke County and Hancock County in West Virginia too.
Adena
Alikanna
Altamont
Amsterdam
Annapolis
Belvedere
Bergholz
Bloomingdale
Bradley
Brilliant
Broadacre
Calumet
Chandler
Circle Green
Connorville
Costonia
Cream City
Deandale
Deyarmonville
Dillonvale
Dunglen
East Springfield
Emerson
Empire
Fairplay
Fernwood
Georges Run
Gould
Grandview Heights
Greentown
Hammondsville
Herrick
Holt
Hopewell
Irondale
Jackson Heights
Knoxville
McConnelsville
McIntyre
Middleburg
Mingo Junction
Monroeville
Mount Pleasant
New Alexandria
New Somerset
Newell
Olszeski Town
Osage
Panhandle
Parlett
Piney Fork
Port Homer
Pottery Addition
Pravo
Ramsey
Rayland
Reeds Mill
Richmond
Robyville
Rush Run
Shady Glen
Smithfield
Steubenville
Stratton
Tiltonsville
Toronto
Unionport
Warrenton
Weems
Wintersville
Wolf Run
Yellow Creek
York
Yorkville
The volume of timber in a stand is the primary factory in calculating the value of timber. Ten acres is typically the minimum size that will hold enough mature trees to generate attractive offers.
Accessibility is the next main factor. Loggers will typically bid higher for readily-accessible timber, because less labor and equipment are needed to harvest it.
The final main factors are species and quality. Mature trees of at least 16-inches in diameter at breast-height (DBH) are mature and merchantable, and most trees smaller than this should be left to grow until a future harvest.
Mature black walnut and white oak trees have the most valuable logs of all, and they’re the ones that unethical loggers will invariably under-bid or try to trick you into selling before they’re fully mature.
Ash
Beech
Birch
Black Oak
Cherry
Chestnut
Elm
Hickory
Locust
Maple
Poplar
Red Oak
Tulip
Walnut
White Oak
White Pine
Yellow Pine
Yellow Poplar
Timber buyers and loggers can seem friendly and knowledgeable, and some are very good at pretending to be so. But you shouldn’t let them lead you to believe that they’re your friend or ally in the timber business.
Loggers are not paid to get you top dollar for your timber. In fact, every single one of them is incentivized to grab your timber for the lowest possible price they can persuade you to accept.
They also have many ways to trick unwary landowners including: low-balling, high grading, false scaling, deceitful point of cut scams, under-reporting the harvest and more.
And yes, these things happen here in Jefferson County all the time.
No matter who they are, or how good you think their business reputation is (and even if they show up driving a horse and buggy) you should never let a logger onto your land without first talking to an experienced independent forester like us.
July 13, 2026 | Timber stand evaluation
A landowner with 53-acres of timber in Monroe County asked us to evaluate it for a possible sale.
July 11, 2026 | Timber sale consultation
A man in Sewickly, PA with 14 acres of timber in Columbiana County asked for help selling it for top dollar.
July 11, 2026 | Timber sale consultation
A landowner in Madison, Ohio asked us to help him sell timber from his 15-acre stand in Lake County
July 10, 2026 | Timber sale consultation
A landowner near Harpersfield, with a low-ball offer from a logger, asked us to help him get a better price for his timber in Ashtabula County
July 8, 2026 | Timber sale consultation
A landowner near the proposed Piketon data center site asked us for our help in selling 80 acres of timber in Pike County
July 7, 2026 | Timber evaluation
A woman near Bloomington asked us to evaluate a stand of walnut trees she owns in Jefferson County
