Availability and Pricing for 2024

To be updated for 2025 by early November 2025.

Overall, we will have approximately the same number of trees available this year as we have had the last couple of years.

Status updated 12/15/24.  

We are now closed for the season but still working around the farm.  The tree-lot can accommodate self-service if we are out in the fields.

We still have a good selection of pre-cut Fraser Fir in the 7-8' range.

We also have 25-foot rolls of Balsam Fir Garland and bundles of Spruce Tops at 50% off the tag price!

     Fraser Fir:  $99.95 baseline price for a premium U-Cut 7'-8' tree.   

U-Cut:        Quantity:  SOLD OUT

*Pre-Cut:   Quantity: Good.  Height:  to 7-8'           

Balsam Fir:  $94.95 baseline price for a premium U-Cut 7'-8' tree.  

U-Cut:       Quantity:  SOLD OUT!

*Pre-Cut:  Quantity:  Limited   Height:  to 7-8'  

Blue Spruce:  $84.95 baseline price for a premium U-Cut 7'-8' tree. 

U-Cut:       Quantity: SOLD OUT!

*Pre-Cut:  Quantity: Not Available 

Black Hills Spruce:  $79.95 baseline price for a premium U-Cut 7'-8' tree. 

**U-Cut:  Quantity:  SOLD OUT     

*Pre-Cut:  Quantity:  Not Available        

White Pine:  $69.95 baseline price for a premium U-Cut 7'-8' tree.  

U-Cut:       Quantity: SOLD OUT!

*Pre-Cut:  Quantity: SOLD OUT1

Scotch Pine:  $54.95 baseline price for a premium U-Cut 7'-8' tree.  

U-Cut:       Quantity:  SOLD OUT

Pre-Cut:    Quantity: Not Available    

     *Baseline prices are for premium 7'-8' U-Cut trees. Pre-cuts are typically about $10.00 dollars more per equivalent 7'-8' tree. 

     **We recommend waiting until December to cut or display Black Hills Spruce.

We also have a selection of pre-cut table-tops in the 3'-6' range.

 Photos of families in our Choose and Cut fields are in the photo gallery Choose and Cut (opens in a separate window).  Many of the family photos are from Facebook posts made by family members. 

Photos of our Pre-cut trees are in the photo gallery Pre-cut Trees (opens in a separate window). 

Photos of Fraser Fir and Balsam Fir growing at our nearby pre-cut farm are in the photo gallery Pre-cut Farm (opens in a separate window).

All trees--U-cut or pre-cut get the same full-service treatment. We'll shake them to remove the dead needles, bale them, drill them for a spiked tree stand if necessary, and tie them on your vehicle at no additional charge. In addition, we'll put a fresh cut on pre-cuts. Of course, all the fun family activities are available to pre-cut customers.  Yes--we do provide saws for our U-cut customers.  And yes--we are dog friendly, but they must be on a leash.

All Choose and Cut (U-Cut) trees  are pre-priced with a easily seen red and white tag that identifies the type of tree, and the price. If there is no price tag, the tree is being held back for a future year and it is not available for cutting. Please respect our tagging system as it helps to insure that you have a good selection of full sized trees in future years. 

The tag must remain on the tree and will be removed by staff at shaking/baling.  Customer removal will result in the tree being remeasured and repriced at shake/bale.

Photos of families in our Choose and Cut fields are in the photo gallery Choose and Cut (opens in a separate window).  Many of the family photos are from Facebook posts made by family members.

Be sure to sign up for our email newsletter which includes a coupon for a $3.00 per tree discount coupon . Our newsletter will go out in early November. Or you can print a coupon.  

Many of our customers drive out from either Minneapolis or St. Paul and even the southern suburbs. This page, indeed this entire website, is intended to make sure you have all the necessary information before you leave home. This is one of the big family outings of the year and we want it to be great -- no surprises, no disappointments. Expectations exceeded! 

The following is additional information on both the choose and cut Christmas trees available for cutting in the field and those available in our lighted pre-cut lot here at Pinestead Tree Farms. The old maxim: "shop early for best selection" does apply.

Our U-cut pricing is based on a establishing a baseline price for a 7' to 8' USDA premium (a good-all-the-way-around tree). Trees with a bad side or other blemishes such as a bent leader, or smaller trees are marked down accordingly. Likewise larger 8-9 foot or 9–10-foot trees are marked up accordingly.

Our Pre-cut pricing is typically about $10.00 per tree more than the U-cut pricing, but likewise can vary considerably in either direction depending on the size and quality of the tree. Some "blue ribbon" trees that we consider state fair contest candidates are premium priced. Prices on pre-cut trees can range from roughly thirty dollars for tabletop trees to a couple hundred dollars for 10' to 12' premium Fraser Fir or Balsam Fir.

It is important to note that most of our pre-cut Balsam Fir and Fraser Fir come from our second farm, only five miles away.  As it is not open to the public, we can allow the trees to grow until we want to cut them.  This is how we can offer 12'+ pre-cuts.  Its proximity allows us to make repeated trips during the sales season (one of the reasons we don't open until 11 am on weekdays) bringing over additional fresh-cut trees.  When you ask; When was this tree cut? It may have been that morning!