Bushel Weights of Common 
Commodities (In Pounds) 
(Approximate; may vary by states) 
GRAINS 
Corn (shelled) 
Corn (ear) 
Wheat 
Soy beans 
Oats 
Barley 
Rye 
Sorghum 
GRASSES _ 
Bluegrass 
Brome grass 
Redtop (unhulled) 
Rye grass 
Timothy 
Meadow fescue 
Bermuda grass 
Sudan grass 
Orchard grass 
CLOVERS 
Red 
Ladino 
Alsike 
Crimson 
Sweet 
White Dutch 
Mammoth 
56 
70 
60 
60 
32 
48 
56 
50 
14 
14 
14 
25 
45 
14 
40 
40 
14 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
FRUITS, VEGETABLES 
Apples 
Peaches 
Pears 
Beans (dried) 
Beets 
Cabbage 
Carrots 
Cucumbers 
Onions 
Peas (dried) 
Peppers” 
Potatoes 
Sweet potatoes 
Tomatoes 
Turnips 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Alfalfa . 
Rape (dwarf e’x 
Vetch (hairy) 
Flaxseed 
Hemp seed 
Buckwheat 
Bran 
Cornmeal 
Cottonseed 
Cottonseed meal 
48 
48 
50 
60 
55 
52 
50 
48 
57 
60 
25 
60 
55 
58 
55 
60 
50 
60 
56 
44 
48 
20 
50 
33 
43, 
Weights of Other Common Units 
Cotton: Bale (compressed to 15 lbs. per sq. ft., 
54x46x27 in.) —480 lbs. 
Hay: Bale—for market, the standard weight 
is 125 lbs. but bales are accepted down to 85 Ibs. 
Milk: One gallon weighs 8.6 lbs; 461 qts. 
make 100 Ibs. Cream, 1 gal. weighs 8.4 lbs. 
Gasoline: One barrel (55 gals.) weighs 363 lbs. 
G-Hybrids ‘‘Weigh Heavy” 
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