Country Concepts
Kiln dried unless noted; quantity discounts; domestic and exotic lists.
HARDWOOD PRICES / THE BUYER’S REFERENCE
Know the price. Understand the board.
Explore sourced hardwood price examples, understand what drives the cost, and compare the full delivered purchase—from rough stock to finished boards.
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Keep billed quantity, usable output and delivery scope separate.
Build a pricing request ↗PRICE REFERENCE / REVIEWED NOVEMBER 3, 2026
What do hardwood boards cost?
Start with a named product, a billing unit and a source. These selected public listings show why a single “hardwood price” is misleading. They are supplier-specific examples in USD per board foot, not national averages, delivered quotes or Ipe Woods USA offers.
Read before comparing. Grade, drying, dimensions and processing differ between rows. These three source pages did not state a clear effective price date in the reviewed text. November 3 is our review date. Confirm current price and availability with the named seller.
16 reference listings · excludes freight, milling premiums and tax unless the seller states otherwise.
| Species | Thickness | Listed qualification | USD / BF | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar | 4/4 | FAS | $3.25 | Joe’s Hardwood |
| Red oak | 4/4 | FAS | $4.00 | Joe’s Hardwood |
| Ash | 4/4 | FAS | $5.00 | Joe’s Hardwood |
| Cherry | 4/4 | FAS | $5.25 | Joe’s Hardwood |
| Hard maple | 4/4 | FAS | $6.00 | Joe’s Hardwood |
| Soft maple | 4/4 | FAS | $5.50 | Joe’s Hardwood |
| White oak | 4/4 | Kiln dried; grade not stated | $7.00 | Fireside Sawmill |
| Walnut | 4/4 | Kiln dried; grade not stated | $8.50 | Fireside Sawmill |
| Walnut | 8/4 | Kiln dried; grade not stated | $9.50 | Fireside Sawmill |
| Ash | 4/4 | Green; grade not stated | $2.50 | Fireside Sawmill |
| Ash | 4/4 | Air dried; grade not stated | $3.00 | Fireside Sawmill |
| Ash | 4/4 | Kiln dried; grade not stated | $4.00 | Fireside Sawmill |
| White oak, quarter-sawn | 4/4 | Kiln dried unless noted; grade not stated | $10.00 | Country Concepts |
| Sapele | 4/4 | Kiln dried unless noted; grade not stated | $7.00 | Country Concepts |
| Purpleheart | 4/4 | Kiln dried unless noted; grade not stated | $10.00 | Country Concepts |
| Wenge | 4/4 | Kiln dried unless noted; grade not stated | $14.00 | Country Concepts |
Joe’s lists grades; these rows do not add an unstated drying condition. Country Concepts states kiln drying unless noted. Fireside separates drying categories. For all three, confirm the actual supplied dimensions, selection and billing tally.
Read the complete hardwood price guide ↗UNDERSTAND THE UNIT
One board foot.
144 cubic inches.
BF = thickness (in) × width (in) × length (ft) × pieces ÷ 12. With all three dimensions in inches, divide by 144 instead.
Use documented billing dimensions for an invoice estimate. Finished dimensions describe the usable board and may differ. This quick calculation uses equal-size pieces; random-width bundles need a board-by-board tally.
Linear feet measure length. Square feet measure area. For a finished board, $/SF = $/LF × 12 ÷ effective face in inches. Tongue, overlap and gaps require a stated coverage convention.
Understand BF, LF, SF and piece pricing ↗Quick board-foot calculator
Hypothetical starting values. Enter your measurements and quoted rate.
4 BF$24.00 material only
Excludes tally rounding, minimums, waste, milling, freight and tax.
THREE MARKETS / THREE DIFFERENT NUMBERS
Retail lumber ≠ delivered logs ≠ a commodity chart.
A standing tree, a log delivered to a mill and a dry finished board have different costs and measurement rules. A log report needs its region, grade, period and scale. A commodity lumber benchmark cannot set the retail rate for walnut, white oak or Ipe.
Read the market guide ↗CR Muterspaw
Quantity tiers, figured wood, exotics and millwork options.
Hearne Hardwoods
Rough random widths/lengths; selection and width premiums; shipping excluded.
Fireside Sawmill
Green, air-dried and kiln-dried categories; 400 BF minimum.
Joe’s Hardwood
Species, grade and thickness; boards 10 inches and wider carry a $1/BF premium.
JM Log Market
Regional delivered-log summaries with report period, grade and Doyle scale.
Trading Economics
Commodity lumber benchmark, history and forecasts; not retail hardwood pricing.
Capitol City Lumber
S4S sold by linear foot; quantity tiers and in-store purchase terms.
Berkshire Products
Thickness matrix; June 2026 price date; predominantly local dimensional-lumber sales.
WORK IT THROUGH
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Enter stock quantity before the unusable proportion is deducted. This comparison does not increase an order to meet a net requirement. Piece-priced offers round up to whole pieces. For example, 1,000 LF with 10% unusable leaves 900 usable LF; obtaining 1,000 usable LF would require about 1,111.11 LF before stock-length rounding.
SF uses the supplier billing width; usable coverage uses the effective covered face. BF uses the supplied billing dimensions, which may differ from finished dimensions. Tax is an illustrative material-only assumption; enter separately quoted additional tax in other charges. No trade tally rounding or price validity is inferred.
Research / 01
Price research: sources, limitations and update method
What the reference sites cover, what is missing, and how this site turns listings into purchasing guidance.
↗Budgeting / 02Yield, freight and quantity breaks: find the true purchase cost
Turn a low posted rate into a complete project budget with explicit assumptions.
↗Markets / 03Timber, log and lumber futures prices: three different markets
Keep standing trees, delivered logs and commodity lumber benchmarks separate from retail hardwood.
↗Processing / 04Rough, S2S, S3S and S4S prices: drying and milling costs
Follow the board from moisture condition and rough thickness to the finished section you can use.
↗Species / 05Domestic, exotic and figured hardwood: what changes the price?
Compare the buying considerations behind oak, walnut, maple, cherry and specialty imports.
↗Price reference / 06Hardwood prices: from posted rate to usable project cost
Understand what a hardwood price buys before comparing species, suppliers or project budgets.
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