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Green Horizons

Volume 12, Number 1
Winter 2008

The Bid Box
(All volumes reported in Doyle Scale)

Knox County

  • 40 acres
  • 250 mixed hardwoods (soft maple, pin oak, honeylocust, swamp white oak, ash and a few walnut)
  • Estimated volume: 48,140 bd.ft. (20% soft maple, remaining volume was a mix)
  • Consulting forester valued the sale at $8,500
  • 2 bids received
    • $9,327.91
    • $6,301
  • Return: $233 per acre

Saline County

  • 10 acres
  • 45 walnut trees
  • Estimated volume: 14,066 bd.ft.
  • Consulting forester valued the sale at $25,000
  • 5 bids
    • High bid $25,555
    • Low bid $12,050
  • Return: $2,556 per acre

Do You Have a Timber Sale for The Bid Box?
If you have competitively sold your timber in the past few months and would like to share the information with other landowners, we would welcome your input. All sales will be reported at the county level as shown above and no personal information will be divulged.

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