Timber Sale Archive
Timber Sale Results
A working record of closed sealed-bid sales represented by Southeast Forestlands across Mississippi and Alabama. Each entry summarizes what the tract was, who bid, what sold, and what the landowner walked away with — the kind of detail you can't get from a brochure.
- Products sold
- All merchantable timber, SMZs excluded, across two separate sale areas
- Landowner objective
- Market two adjacent Kemper County timber-sale areas competitively so the landowner could see how qualified buyers valued the same timber under identical contract terms.
- Sale highlight
- Two approximately 50-acre Kemper County timber-sale areas were marketed through sealed bids on April 30, 2026. Five timber buyers participated. The high bid was $112,786.50 on Sale A and $135,648.50 on Sale B, producing a combined total of $248,435 from the two high separate bids.
- Lessons learned
- The difference between the highest and lowest separate bids was $75,788.50 on Sale A and $96,660.50 on Sale B. The timber did not change between bids. The spread reflected how differently buyers valued the same timber, access, contract terms, and operating conditions.
- Products sold
- All merchantable timber, SMZs excluded; winter logging required
- Landowner objective
- Expose an approximately 40-acre Kemper County tract to every qualified buyer in the surrounding shed so the landowner could see the full range of what the timber was worth before accepting any offer.
- Sale highlight
- An approximately 40-acre Kemper County timber sale received nine sealed bids on July 1, 2026. The bids ranged from $60,000 to $119,552, creating a $59,552 spread on the same timber offering. The second-highest bid was $110,111.
- Lessons learned
- The result demonstrates why exposing timber to multiple qualified buyers matters. Different buyers can place substantially different values on the same timber based on current demand, product needs, haul distance, access, and operating conditions.
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