Heartwood Reclaim • Jason G. • Code Cobalt © 2026

Reclaimed hardwood index · $ per board foot

Black Walnut

$14.29

▼ $1.14 (7.39%)

Antique Heart Pine

$10.19

▲ $0.46 (4.73%)

White Oak

$8.06

▼ $0.37 (4.39%)

Hard Maple

$6.61

▼ $0.44 (6.24%)

Red Oak

$5.53

▼ $0.13 (2.30%)

Douglas Fir

$4.75

▼ $0.05 (1.04%)

Mixed Barnwood

$3.80

▼ $0.04 (1.04%)

Reclaimed Lumber Value Calculator

Price a salvage lot before you tear it out. Enter what you have by board foot or by dimension, and we'll show live market value alongside what a yard would typically pay.

What are you salvaging?

Barn frame & joists

How do you want to measure? *

Works out to 320 board feet total.

Standard cabinet and flooring grade, scattered knots

Metal & hardware content *

Estimate

Pallet tier

Current entry

320

Board feet

$1,898.29

Estimated market value

$797.28

Typical salvage yard offer

$1,347.79

Heartwood estimated offer 71% of market value

Effective rate$4.21/BF
Add 430 more board feet to reach the Truckload tier (+6%).

Lock this estimate for 14 days

Send us the lot and we'll schedule a site visit, grade the material on-site, and hold today's index price while we do it. No obligation, and we haul what we buy.

  • • Free on-site grading and measurement
  • • Removal and haul-off included on truckload lots
  • • Payment on pickup, no consignment

Demo form — nothing is stored, sent, or shared.

Grading reference

GradeClear yieldWhat it usually looks like
FAS / Select & Better100%Long clear faces, minimal defect, resaws cleanly
#1 Common80%Standard cabinet and flooring grade, scattered knots
#2 Common / Rustic60%Knots, checking, nail stain, saw-kerf character
Salvage / Utility40%Short cuttings, heavy defect, rot or insect damage

Common questions

How do I figure out my board footage? +

A board foot is a piece 12 inches wide, 12 inches long, and 1 inch thick. If you would rather not do the math, switch to dimensional entry and give us thickness, width, length, and piece count — the calculator converts it for you.

Why are there three different numbers? +

Market value is what the material is worth at index price before anyone takes a margin. The salvage yard figure is what regional yards typically pay walk-in sellers. Our offer sits between the two because we grade on site and take on the removal ourselves.

How often does the index update? +

Every 45 seconds. Anything already added to your lot re-prices automatically, so the totals you see always reflect the current feed rather than the price at the moment you entered it.

What does hardware content actually cost me? +

Embedded metal destroys saw blades and slows milling, so it reduces the value of otherwise good stock. Pulling fasteners before pickup is usually the single fastest way to raise an offer on a rustic lot.

Does bigger volume really pay more? +

Yes. Mobilizing a crew and a trailer costs roughly the same whether we pick up 200 board feet or 2,000, so larger lots carry a volume bonus of up to 10 percent on top of the base rate.

What if the material grades out differently in person? +

The estimate is a starting point built from your own description. We re-grade on site, walk you through anything that changed, and you are free to decline the revised number at no cost.

How the estimate is built

Market value = board feet × live index price × grade yield × hardware factor.

Salvage yard offer reflects a typical 42% of market value paid by regional yards buying at the door.

Heartwood offer starts at 68% of market value and rises with lot volume.

This is a demonstration build. Pricing is simulated on a live feed and final offers on real material always depend on on-site grading, moisture, and haul distance.