Quick Summary
Sod material runs about $0.35 to $0.80 per square foot depending on variety, so one pallet covering 450 to 500 square feet works out to roughly $160 to $400. The delivery charge sits on top and depends on your zone, so it is confirmed against the address rather than quoted as a flat rate. A 1,000 square foot yard is about $350 to $800 in sod before delivery.
Last Updated: September 2026
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- How much does sod delivery cost in New Orleans?
- What does a pallet of sod cost delivered?
- Which grass costs the most to have delivered?
- What decides the delivery charge itself?
- Is delivery cheaper than having the sod installed?
- What costs catch people out on a delivery order?
- Frequently Asked Questions
Two numbers decide what a sod delivery costs, and most quotes online only give you one of them. There is the grass, which is priced by the square foot and varies by variety, and there is getting it to your address, which varies by where you are and what the truck can reach.
Big Easy Sod delivers across Greater New Orleans and Jefferson Parish, and the figures below are the ones this market actually runs on rather than national averages. Work out your square footage first, because every number here follows from it.
How much does sod delivery cost in New Orleans?
Sod material runs about $0.35 to $0.80 per square foot depending on variety, so one pallet covering 450 to 500 square feet works out to roughly $160 to $400. The delivery charge sits on top of that and depends on your zone, which is confirmed against the address when you order.
There is no flat published delivery price, and that is worth knowing before comparing quotes. The charge is confirmed against your address rather than listed as a single rate, so the only way to get a real number is to give the address along with the square footage.
Scaled up, a 1,000 square foot yard is roughly $350 to $800 in sod before delivery, and 2,000 square feet is roughly $700 to $1,600. Those are material figures only. Our companion guide to what sod installation costs in New Orleans sets out the installed figures, which cover materials and labor together, and prices the prep steps separately.
What does a pallet of sod cost delivered?
Take the per square foot price for your variety and multiply it by the pallet coverage. At 450 to 500 square feet per pallet, that lands most varieties between roughly $160 and $400 for the grass, with the delivery charge added on top, confirmed against your address.
Ordering once rather than twice is the thing worth getting right, because a second trip for a shortfall means a second delivery on top of a small amount of grass. Measuring properly before ordering is what avoids it. Our guides to what one pallet of sod covers and how far two pallets go cover the sizing.
Partial pallets are available for repairs and for the leftover area on a bigger job, so an order does not have to round up to a whole pallet. That matters most on the last 100 or 200 square feet, where paying for a full pallet to finish a strip makes no sense.
Which grass costs the most to have delivered?
Zoysia is the most expensive of the four at roughly $0.55 to $0.80 per square foot, and bermuda the cheapest at about $0.35 to $0.55. St. Augustine sits between them at around $0.40 to $0.60, and centipede at about $0.45 to $0.65. Those are material prices, before delivery.
Across a pallet those gaps are larger than they look. Bermuda comes in around $160 to $275 a pallet while zoysia runs about $250 to $400, so on a four pallet job the variety choice moves the material bill by several hundred dollars before anything else is decided.
Price should not be the deciding factor, though, because the cheapest option has the highest light requirement. Bermuda needs full sun, and putting it in a shaded yard buys a replacement rather than a saving. Our guide to which sod type suits a New Orleans yard works through the trade-offs.
What decides the delivery charge itself?
The address is what settles it, because the delivery zone and any additional cost are confirmed against it when you order. Access matters separately and practically: a pallet weighs well over a ton, so where the truck can set it down shapes the job whatever the charge turns out to be.
Access is the one people forget to mention when they call. A driveway with room to set two pallets clear of the garage is a different job from a narrow street with no off-street space, and a rear yard reached only through a side gate means every piece gets barrowed from wherever the pallet lands.
Having those details ready is what gets you a real number first time. The address, the square footage, the variety and where the pallets can physically go are the four things worth knowing before you call. Full detail on how sod delivery works across the metro area covers ordering and timing.
Is delivery cheaper than having the sod installed?
The grass alone is cheaper, yes. Installed sod runs about $1.00 to $2.00 per square foot for materials and labor together, against roughly $0.35 to $0.80 for the grass on its own, with delivery still to add. The gap is the work you take on.
On a small flat yard without drainage problems, doing it yourself can save somewhere around $400 to $900. The saving is real but it is not free money. You are taking on ground preparation, the physical work of moving several thousand pounds of sod by hand, and a short window in which it has to be laid and watered. Sod that sits on the pallet too long is worth less than sod laid the day it lands.
Where the ground needs grading, stripping or drainage work first, the calculation usually flips, because those are the steps that decide whether the lawn survives. Our guide to preparing a yard before sod goes down covers what is involved, and our installation service includes delivery as part of the job.
What costs catch people out on a delivery order?
Ordering short is the common one. A second delivery for a hundred square feet costs a whole run for a small amount of grass, which is why adding ten percent for cuts and waste before converting to pallets is worth doing at the measuring stage rather than after.
The other is equipment. Laying sod yourself usually means renting something to prepare the ground and something to firm it afterwards, and those rentals eat into the saving that made delivery attractive in the first place. Price the whole job rather than the grass.
Timing costs money too, in a quieter way. Sod is cut to order and needs laying quickly, so a delivery booked for a weekend that then rains out is not a delivery you can simply postpone once the pallets are on your driveway.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a pallet of sod cost in New Orleans?
Roughly $160 to $400 for the grass, depending on variety and on whether the pallet carries 450 or 500 square feet. The delivery charge is added to the order rather than to each pallet.
Is there a delivery fee for sod?
Yes, and it depends on the zone your address sits in, how many pallets are moving and what the truck can reach. It is confirmed against the address when you order rather than quoted as a flat rate.
How much sod do I need for a 1,000 square foot yard?
Around 1,100 square feet once ten percent is added for cuts and waste, which is two full pallets plus a partial. The measured 1,000 square feet is roughly $350 to $800 in material, and ordering 1,100 takes it to about $385 to $880.
Which sod is cheapest to buy in New Orleans?
Bermuda, at about $0.35 to $0.55 per square foot. It also has the highest light requirement of the common varieties, so it is only the cheaper option in a yard that gets full sun.
Do you deliver outside New Orleans proper?
Yes, across the metro area including Metairie, Kenner, Gretna and the surrounding parishes. The zone affects the delivery charge, which is why the address is confirmed at the point of ordering.
Can I pick sod up myself instead of paying for delivery?
A full pallet weighs well over a ton, which is beyond the payload of most half ton pickups once moisture is counted, and it still has to come off by hand. For anything above a partial pallet, delivery is the practical route.
Get the square footage measured before pricing anything
Every figure on this page follows from the area, so the measurement is the first thing worth doing rather than the last. With the square footage, the variety and the address, the whole order can be priced in one go. Call (504) 608-3321, or send your measurements and address for a delivered price.
