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Convert grain weight to bushels using the standard test weight for the crop.
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Weighed grain, e.g. from a truck scale ticket.
Standard: corn 56, soybean & wheat 60, barley 48, oats 32 lb/bu.
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Bushels
1,000 bu
This means the load is about 1,000 bushels (25.4 tonnes).
What you are seeing
Each box is one bushel of grain.
A bushel here weighs 56 lb.
1,000 bushels in total.
Metric tonnes
25.401 t
Weight in tonnes.
Pounds per bushel
56 lb/bu
The test weight used.
Kilograms
25,401 kg
Total weight in kg.
Result explanation: Bushel count
1,000 bu at 56 lb/bu.
Real-life comparison: At 60 lb/bu it would be 933 bu.
Low, normal or high? A bushel is a volume; its weight depends on the crop and test weight.
Bushels against grain weight
How to read this chart: Bushels rise in a straight line with weight. The red dot is your load.
Divides the weighed pounds by the pounds in one bushel.
1,000 bushels.
Test weight differs by crop and season.
Use the legal standard bushel weight for contracts.
Total weight divided by the weight of one bushel.
bushels = weight (lb) ÷ test weight (lb/bu)
Symbols
Why this formula works
A bushel is a fixed volume; each crop packs a standard weight into it.
Unit check
lb ÷ lb/bu = bu ✓
Worked example
Common mistakes
The load is about 1,000 bushels.
Corn 56, soybean 60, wheat 60, barley 48, oats 32 lb per bushel (US standards).
Volume — 1.244 ft³. The weight depends on the crop.
Contracts often adjust weight to a standard moisture; this tool does not.
Multiply tonnes by 2,204.62 to get pounds, then divide by the test weight.
Reviewed 2026-09-25 · Next review 2027-09-25
Important limitation. No moisture or dockage adjustment.
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