Product Weights

The two charts below provide pound-per-square foot weights for a variety of rough lumber species and structural panels including plywood, MDF, particleboard, and melamine.

Lumber Weights

Lumber SpeciesPounds per Board Foot
Alder (15/16″)2.15
Ash3.1
Basswood2.2
Beech3.85
Yellow or White Birch3.7
Aromatic Cedar2.8
Spanish Cedar2.75
Cherry3.3
Cypress2.8
Douglas Fir3
Hickory or Pecan4.25
Lyptus4.4
Mahogany3.45
Hard Maple3.8
Pacific Maple3
Soft Maple3.3
Red Oak4
White Oak4.1
Eastern White Pine2.7
Ponderosa Pine2.67
Southern Yellow Pine3.27
Poplar2.9
Sapele3.85
Walnut3.5

Panel Weights

Panel TypePanel Thickness
1/8″ or
2.6mm
1/4″ or
5.2mm
3/8″ or
9mm
1/2″ or
12mm
5/8″ or
15mm
3/4″ or
18mm
1″ or
25mm
1-1/8″1-1/4″
Domestic Hardwood VC
and Bending Plywood
0.420.851.251.6322.473.283.74.15
Domestic Hardwood MDF and
MDF Core Melamine
1.151.752.192.73.134.354.95.45
Medium Density Fiberboard
(Langboard, Holly Hill,
Plum Creek, Uniboard, etc.)
1.11.722.162.663.24.34.855.4
Trupan Ultra Light MDF22.5
Particle Board1.151.752.252.823.444.3855.55
Particle Board Core Melamine
and Domestic Hardwood Panels
1.351.82.322.923.54.855.536.2
Import Hardwood VC0.330.630.941.221.792.162.8
Liner Panels with Import VC0.520.821.131.411.982.383
Fir VC Panels0.410.821.221.792.162.8
Russian Birch Panels0.441.041.322.062.253.024.05