Credential Bales Are Priced by the Pound
Wholesale credential bales are sold by weight, not by the piece. Suppliers quote a per-pound rate, your product cost is that rate times the weight of your order, and freight is usually quoted on top. Because every bale is a different mix of donated clothing, weight is the only fair way to price it.
RawBales Pricing: One Per-Pound Rate per Full Load
We sell only full loads, so there's one rate — 100% raw credential bales, untouched and ungraded:
- ·Load size: 40,000 lbs — one full trailer or container
- ·Price: $0.53–$0.60/lb for raw credential clothing, one rate per load
- ·Product total: $21,200–$24,000 per load, before freight
For overseas buyers, $0.53–$0.60/lb works out to about $1.17–$1.32/kg. See current pricing on our home page.
What Moves Credential Bale Prices
- ·Raw vs. graded. Raw credentials typically cost more per pound than mid-grade sorted product, because nothing has been pulled out. Here's the full comparison.
- ·Volume. Full-load buyers get the lowest rates. Partial loads carry extra handling and higher freight per pound.
- ·Source region. Different donation routes produce different quality profiles, which shows up in the price.
- ·Broker layers. Every middleman between the donation route and your dock adds margin.
Don't Forget Freight: Figure Your Landed Cost
The per-pound rate is only half the number. Freight depends on the lane — your delivery ZIP or destination port — and the equipment, a 53' trailer or a container. The number that actually matters for your margin is landed cost per pound:
Compare suppliers on landed cost, not the headline rate. A cheap per-pound price shipped from across the country can end up costing more than a higher rate shipped from a closer warehouse — one reason we supply can come from more than one US region.
Is a Higher Per-Pound Price Worth It for Raw?
For buyers who can sort, usually yes. When you buy graded product, you pay for someone else's sorting labor and margin, and the best pieces are already gone. With raw credentials you capture the cream yourself — so the higher rate buys you the highest resale ceiling in the market.
Get a Firm All-In Quote
Submit an order request with your loads and delivery ZIP or port, and a rep will follow up with a firm quote — product plus freight — before you commit to anything. Request your quote here.