Pricing
The Short Answer
Across South Carolina and Georgia, well-managed pine timberland generally trades around $3,000–$4,000 per acre, though price moves with timber stocking, age class, road access, and soil productivity. As a forester-owned firm, Wise Batten values each tract with a stand-by-stand timber inventory rather than a rule of thumb.
Most South Carolina timberland trades between $2,000 and $4,500 per acre, with the price on any individual tract driven by timber stocking, age class, road access, and soil productivity.
By the Numbers
| Region | Typical $/Acre | What Moves the Number |
|---|---|---|
| SC Lowcountry (Hampton, Allendale, Colleton) | $3,000 – $4,000 | Plantation pine, road frontage, deer & turkey habitat |
| SC Midlands (Orangeburg & inland) | $2,800 – $3,800 | Site index, age class, mill proximity |
| East Georgia (Warren & surrounding) | $2,500 – $3,600 | Soil productivity, thinning history, access |
| Open / recreational tracts | Varies widely | Frontage, water, food plots, premium for turn-key hunting |
Indicative per-acre ranges for managed pine timberland across the Wise Batten service area. Actual value depends on a stand-level timber inventory.
Related Questions
Per-acre price is driven by the standing timber (species, volume, and age class), soil productivity (site index), road access and frontage, and distance to mills. Two tracts of the same size can differ by thousands per acre based on what is actually growing on them, which is why a forester-led timber inventory is the only reliable way to value a property.
Usually, yes — cutover or bare ground lacks the merchantable timber that lifts timberland value, so it trades lower per acre. But it can also be an opportunity: replanting pine on productive soil builds value over the rotation.
Yes. Because we are forester-owned, the same team that brokers land can run a timber inventory, map the stands with GIS, and give you a defensible value — not a guess. We have walked, mapped, and managed tracts across South Carolina and Georgia for nearly five decades.
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