Timber estimate for approximately 15 acres

That is a small track but you should be able to find some timber buyers to give you quotes.

Well that is a worst case/best case scenario!

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Need more info. Your average tract brings $1-2k/acre. 15 acres may or may not have enough volume to get a logger interested. Lack of volume could also negatively affect price. In addition to volume, timber type, specs, access, and ground conditions will affect price.

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thanks, that kind of gives me a starting point. Best case would be appx $30,000 based your numbers.

If hardwood is as high as it was last year, you can get some nice coin back. My uncle had part of the land he owns on our lease and it was maybe 30 acres at most. He got close to 75k back.

Another part of land that we hunt on that we don't have to pay to lease. They ended up getting around a little over 300k.

I'm sure this doesn't help any though but all this was cut in SW Arkansas

Hardwood is king in SW AR. After all the rain we had this year. Good chance Domino and Ashdown will be in a bind this winter.

If I were you, I would call a couple of the more reputable timber buyers in your area to see what you've got

My cousin sold a mixture of pines/hardwoods a few yrs ago in SW AR. IIRC, my cousin paid a forester a consultant fee. They came to an agreement as to the minimum size of trees he wanted to sell. The forester surveyed the land for trees meeting the size specs, measured them, marked them, and provided an estimate to my cousin as to how much the timber should bring. Then my cousin went to a number of different timber buyers, had them inspect the property w/ trees marked to be cut and got an offer from them. Seemed to work out pretty good for him.

What state?

Get a local consultant forester to take a look at it. If it has potential for considerable revenue they can advise you & act as your agent to help you sell it, plant it, get govt cost share $ - whatever. If nothing else they can hook you up with a reputable dealer that won't break it off in your arse if you sell the timber.
Trust me - 20 yrs in the timber business- it's possible to lose a good bit of $$$ if you walk into it blind.