I'm not sure about me....

[mrcaptainbob]

Had three walnuts and a cherry cut today. The guy wanted only the walnut trees. The cherry was in the way of one and was infested anyway. Okay. One walnut was about 30" near the ground, maybe 26dbh. It was hit by lightening in it's past. There was a hole in the bottom center about 4 x 12. 8 feet up and there was just a smallish brown patch. Lots of limb stock was also culled from this large walnut. They took about four of those at about 20" dia x ten foot. Got a hundred bucks for it. The other two trees I got 377 for. I dunno. I just feel like I had interaction with a used car salesman. Again. Had a sour experience in the past with a logger. I know. I know. I agreed to the price and I have to eat it. But still....when I saw those two trucks drive away with THAT much walnut, for less than 500 bucks....just seemed like ... I dunno. Maybe it's just me.

[Kansas]

In the past year or so, I quit buying walnut. Part of it is what you are talking about. I feel like our reputation is everything, and people have a lot of ideas about what walnut is worth. I have two different walnut log buyers using our yard as a concentration yard. If someone brings in walnut, I just tell them I will let the buyers look at them and price them. On the rare occasion we want to cut a few walnuts, I buy from the log buyers. Its a lot easier to explain to someone hauling logs in what cottonwood, other species, or oak is worth.

[Autocar]

Ive bought walnut from Grand Rapids to Flint [ south to Ohio ] you guys grow some dandy trees ,but alot of mineral, bird peck, even sap wood will drive the price to a lumber log. Best way to sell your logs is get more then one bid, even if its only one other bid this will give you a idea what there worth. Bill