How We Price

Every slab and board we sell is priced from one chart, by the board foot. The price on the site is the price, the same for everyone. Every listing shows its exact number, so you never have to ask.

What you see listed on the website is what we have in stock right now. This chart covers every species we mill, so you know what a slab will cost before it is listed. New stock goes up as it comes off the mill. If you are looking for a species or size you do not see, ask us.

How board feet work

Board feet = thickness (in) x average width (in) x length (ft) / 12. Average width is the wide end plus the narrow end, divided by 2. A slab 2 in thick, 24 in wide on average, and 10 ft long is 2 x 24 x 10 / 12 = 40 board feet.

Ways to buy a slab

Most slabs have three buying options. Pick the one you want when you order.

  • Green: fresh off the mill. Load it and go, you do the drying. 60% of the kiln dried price, never under $6.00 per board foot ($4.00 for poplar and sweetgum). Hackberry is priced at the red oak rate, except green hackberry, which is a flat $4.00 per board foot.
  • Air dried: we dry it on the stack to about 12 to 15%. 75% of the kiln dried price. Poplar is sold air dried only.
  • Kiln dried: we air dry it first, then finish it at a commercial kiln to 6 to 9%, ready to build with. Offered on slabs that come to $250 or more kiln dried. Not offered on poplar.

$100 minimum. Nothing on the site sells for under $100. Smaller slabs are sold as pairs from the same log.

Year-End Sale: through December 31, 2026, every green slab is 25% off its green price on this chart. Green hackberry is already at $4.00 per board foot and is not discounted further. Air dried and kiln dried slabs are at full chart price.

Drying takes months, not weeks. When you order a dried slab, we start the day you order, email you a ready date, and you pick it up when it is done. Rather pay a deposit instead of the full price? 35% of the kiln dried price holds your slab while it dries, with the balance at pickup. Send us a message to set that up.

Slab prices per board foot

By species and average width, for slabs 1 3/4 to 3 in thick and 6 to 10 ft long. Wider slabs cost more per board foot because they are harder to find and harder to dry.

Kiln dried

Species 14 to 17.9 in 18 to 21.9 in 22 to 25.9 in 26 to 29.9 in 30 to 35.9 in 36 in and up
Black walnut $17.00 $19.50 $22.00 $25.50 $30.50 $35.75
Black locust $13.00 $15.00 $17.00 $19.50 $23.50 $27.25
Osage orange $13.00 $15.00 $17.00 $19.50 $23.50 $27.25
Hard maple $12.00 $13.75 $15.50 $18.00 $21.50 $25.25
Cherry $11.00 $12.75 $14.25 $16.50 $19.75 $23.00
White oak $11.00 $12.75 $14.25 $16.50 $19.75 $23.00
Cypress $10.00 $11.50 $13.00 $15.00 $18.00 $21.00
Eastern red cedar $10.00 $11.50 $13.00 $15.00 $18.00 $21.00
Elm $10.00 $11.50 $13.00 $15.00 $18.00 $21.00
Hickory $10.00 $11.50 $13.00 $15.00 $18.00 $21.00
Pecan $10.00 $11.50 $13.00 $15.00 $18.00 $21.00
Sycamore $10.00 $11.50 $13.00 $15.00 $18.00 $21.00
Ash $9.00 $10.25 $11.75 $13.50 $16.25 $19.00
Box elder $9.00 $10.25 $11.75 $13.50 $16.25 $19.00
Red oak $9.00 $10.25 $11.75 $13.50 $16.25 $19.00
Soft / red maple $9.00 $10.25 $11.75 $13.50 $16.25 $19.00
Sweetgum $8.00 $9.25 $10.50 $12.00 $14.50 $16.75
Poplar $6.00 $7.00 $7.75 $9.00 $10.75 $12.50

Green

Species 14 to 17.9 in 18 to 21.9 in 22 to 25.9 in 26 to 29.9 in 30 to 35.9 in 36 in and up
Black walnut $10.25 $11.75 $13.25 $15.25 $18.25 $21.50
Black locust $7.75 $9.00 $10.25 $11.75 $14.00 $16.25
Osage orange $7.75 $9.00 $10.25 $11.75 $14.00 $16.25
Hard maple $7.25 $8.25 $9.25 $10.75 $13.00 $15.25
Cherry $6.50 $7.75 $8.50 $10.00 $11.75 $13.75
White oak $6.50 $7.75 $8.50 $10.00 $11.75 $13.75
Cypress $6.00 $7.00 $7.75 $9.00 $10.75 $12.50
Eastern red cedar $6.00 $7.00 $7.75 $9.00 $10.75 $12.50
Elm $6.00 $7.00 $7.75 $9.00 $10.75 $12.50
Hickory $6.00 $7.00 $7.75 $9.00 $10.75 $12.50
Pecan $6.00 $7.00 $7.75 $9.00 $10.75 $12.50
Sycamore $6.00 $7.00 $7.75 $9.00 $10.75 $12.50
Ash $6.00 $6.25 $7.00 $8.00 $9.75 $11.50
Box elder $6.00 $6.25 $7.00 $8.00 $9.75 $11.50
Red oak $6.00 $6.25 $7.00 $8.00 $9.75 $11.50
Soft / red maple $6.00 $6.25 $7.00 $8.00 $9.75 $11.50
Sweetgum $4.75 $5.50 $6.25 $7.25 $8.75 $10.00
Poplar $4.00 $4.25 $4.75 $5.50 $6.50 $7.50

Adjustments

  • 10 to 12 ft 11 in long: add 10%
  • 13 ft and longer: add 15%
  • 3 in and thicker: add 15%
  • Figure (curl, crotch, spalt): add 25%
  • Book-matched pair, sold together: add 15%
  • 12 to 13.9 in wide: 15% off. Under 12 in wide: 25% off
  • Thinner than 1 3/4 in, or shorter than 6 ft: 10% off
  • Pith down the middle, or checks longer than 12 in: 25% off

Adjustments apply to the kiln dried rate, and the green and air dried prices follow from it. Every listing shows the final number.

Dimensional boards, green, 4/4, 8 ft and longer

Species 6 to 7.9 in 8 to 11.9 in 12 to 13.9 in 14 in and up
Black walnut $7.25 $8.00 $9.25 $10.50
White oak $4.00 $4.00 $4.00 $4.00
Hard maple $4.25 $4.75 $5.50 $6.25
Black locust $4.00 $4.50 $5.25 $5.75
Osage orange $4.00 $4.50 $5.25 $5.75
Cherry $3.75 $4.25 $5.00 $5.50
Ash $3.50 $4.00 $4.50 $5.25
Eastern red cedar $3.50 $4.00 $4.50 $5.25
Hickory $3.50 $3.75 $4.25 $5.00
Pecan $3.50 $3.75 $4.25 $5.00
Cypress $3.25 $3.50 $4.00 $4.50
Red oak $3.25 $3.50 $4.00 $4.50
Soft / red maple $3.25 $3.50 $4.00 $4.50
Box elder $2.75 $3.00 $3.50 $4.00
Elm $3.00 $3.00 $3.00 $3.00
Sycamore $2.75 $3.00 $3.50 $4.00
Poplar $2.50 $2.75 $3.25 $3.50
Sweetgum $2.50 $2.75 $3.25 $3.50

Air dried boards are 2 times the green price. Kiln dried boards are priced on request. 6/4 boards add 10%, 8/4 and 10/4 add 25%, and boards under 8 ft take 10% off. Burls, cookies, beams, and species not on this chart are priced on request.

Prices effective October 2026.