Lumber

Mountain Sawyers maintains a large inventory of domestic hardwoods. All of the lumber that we carry is NHLA graded and kiln dried to maintain our commitment to quality. In addition to our domestic hardwood products, we can also supply your FSC© needs as well. Due to the nature of FSC©, please contact us for more information on pricing and availability.

Species Grade Thickness Width Price
Alder is lightweight for a hardwood, has a fine texture with relatively good impact resistance. Heartwood pale roseate, sapwood lighter, with fine machining, staining and finishing characteristics. Figure is similar to birch to which it is related. Poor decay resistance.
Alder #2 Com 5/4   2.50
Alder FAS 4/4   3.20
Alder #2 Com 4/4   2.25
Alder #2 Com 8/4   3.25
Alder Select & Better 6/4   3.46
Ash is heavy, hard and strong, open grained, tough and elastic. It is very susceptible to powderpost beetle infestation. The lumber trade typically mixes and sells both white ash and green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) as white ash, because of their similar appearance. Green ash is slightly softer.
Ash FAS 4/4   2.10
Ash FAS 5/4   2.30
Ash FAS 8/4   2.50
Black Walnut is a moderately hard, strong, durable, excellent shock resistance. The heartwood is a rich, dark brown, and the sapwood when freshly cut nearly white. Universally esteemed for superb technical properties, including stability, and generally regarded as the most beautiful and most valuable cabinet wood in North America.
Black Walnut FAS 4/4   4.50
Black Walnut #1 Com 4/4   3.18
Black Walnut FAS 5/4   5.25
Black Walnut FAS 6/4   6.02
Black Walnut FAS 8/4   6.28
Cherry's heartwood varies from rich red to reddish brown and will darken with age and on exposure to light. In contrast, the sapwood is creamy white. The wood has a fine uniform, straight grain, satiny, smooth texture, and may naturally contain brown pith flecks and small gum pockets by dyeing.
Cherry FAS 8/4   5.00
Cherry Select & Better 4/4   3.04
Cherry Select & Better 4/4   4.45
Cypress is a moderately strong softwood known for its decay resistance. Sapwood nearly white; heartwood varying in color from light yellow to reddish tan or brown. Old growth logs are often salvaged from bayous and bogs. Somewhat brittle, but easy to work. Used for exterior and interior woodworking.
Cypress #2 Com 8/4 6 1.56
Cypress Select & Better 8/4 8 3.14
Cypress Select & Better 8/4 6 3.10
Cypress #2 Com 4/4 8 1.21
Cypress Select & Better 4/4 8 2.18
Cypress #2 Com 4/4 6 1.18
Cypress Select & Better 4/4 6 2.18
Cypress #2 Com 4/4 10 1.42
Douglas fir is a straight grained and resilient timber with high strength to weight ratio. It is easily worked with machine or hand tools and possesses excellent nail holding, gluing and staining properties. Seasoning presents no difficulties under controlled conditions and the timber dries easily with negligible checking or distortion. Douglas fir is a premium building product specified by leading architects, engineers and builders for a wide range of construction projects.
Douglass Fir FAS 4/4 8 1.35
Hickory is the hardest, heaviest and strongest American wood in the common use. The sapwood of hickory is white, tinged with inconspicuous fine brown lines while the heartwood is pale to reddish brown. Both are coarse-textured and the grain is fine, usually straight but can be wavy or irregular.
Hickory #2 Com 4/4   1.62
Hickory FAS 4/4   2.25
Hickory FAS 8/4   3.48
Hickory F1F&BTR 5/4   2.52
Hickory Calico 4/4   2.55
Hard Maple's sapwood is creamy white and the heartwood varies from light to dark reddish brown. The wood has a close fine, uniform texture and is generally straight-grained, but it can also occur as "curly," "fiddleback," and "birds-eye" figure.
Maple Select & Better 8/4   4.00
Maple white 4/4   3.25
Maple white 8/4   4.75
Maple Select & Better 4/4   2.56
Soft maple is very similar to hard maple. Generally the sapwood is greyish white, sometimes with darker colored pith flecks. The heartwood varies from light to dark reddish brown. The wood is usually straight-grained. The lumber is generally sold unselected for color.
Maple Soft white 4/4   3.05
Maple Soft Select & Better 4/4   2.48
Maple Soft white 8/4   3.10
Maple Soft Curley 4/4   4.90
Yellow poplar, or poplar as it is generically called, is not related to the true poplars, but rather is in the magnolia family. It is one of the most commonly used timbers in the US. Fairly light in weight, fine textured, fairly soft and usually straight-grained, poplar has reasonable dimensional stability. The heartwood has a greenish cast, sometimes with dark brown steaks; sapwood usually off-white. It works very well with hand and machine tools and is used for paint-grade interior work and as a secondary wood for furniture.
Poplar FAS 4/4 10 1.95
Poplar FAS 4/4   1.60
Poplar FAS 5/4   1.65
Poplar FAS 4/4 8 1.92
Poplar #1 Com 4/4   1.19
Poplar #1 Com 5/4   1.42
Poplar FAS 8/4   2.18
Red oak's sapwood is white to light brown and the heartwood is a pinkish reddish brown. The wood is similar in general appearance to white oak, but with a slightly less pronounced figure due to the smaller rays. The wood is mostly straight-grained, with a coarse texture.
Red Oak FAS 4/4   2.25
Red Oak FAS 8/4   3.50
Red Oak Quarter Sawn 4/4   3.44
Red Oak FAS 4/4 10 3.20
Red Oak #1 Com 4/4   2.00
Red Oak FAS 5/4   2.52
White Oak's sapwood is light-colored and the heartwood is light to dark brown. White oak is mostly straight-grained with a medium to coarse texture, with longer rays than red oak.
White Oak FAS 4/4   2.55
White Oak FAS 8/4   4.92
White Oak Quarter Sawn 8/4   5.68
White Oak #2 Com 4/4   2.25
White Oak Quarter Sawn 4/4   4.45
White Oak Quarter Sawn 6/4   5.76
White pine is a soft wood with a close, even and uniform grain texture. It is light in weight but very strong. Its color is pale, light yellow with few markings, none of which are very strong. The surface of white pine is smooth and without raised grain. It is a durable wood which holds its shape exceptionally well, showing no warping, swelling, shrinking, checking or splitting.
White Pine FAS 4/4   2.50
White Pine #2 Com 4/4   1.30
White Pine #1 Com 4/4 8 1.20
White Pine FAS 5/4   2.86
White Pine #1 Com 4/4 11.25 1.92

For quantities between 250 and 500 BDFT subtract $0.10, for quantities over 500BDFT subtract $0.15.

Disclaimer: Prices are subject to change without notice. Please contact us with any questions that you may have.