Mattress Shipping Cost from South Dakota to Chicago, Illinois

Comments Section USPS, FedEx and UPS can ship mattresses. It's just expensive. You need a heavy duty mattress shipping box plus a mattress bag. And it needs to be sealed well. It's going to be handled roughly, If the box comes apart, the mattress will likely be ruined. That would be your fault, not the shipper.

Shipping a 300 lb package costs roughly $100 to over $2,000, heavily depending on distance, speed, and carrier, with ground services like FedEx/UPS usually cheapest, but sometimes USPS or specialized freight (LTL) carriers are better for very heavy items, potentially costing much less for freight than parcel services, so use online calculators and comparison sites like Parcel Monkey.

The average price to move furniture within the U.S. ranges between $300 and $1,000. If you're only moving a short distance, you'll likely pay between $300 and $800 per piece of furniture, while long-distance moving costs can range from $475 to $1,600 per item.