| GAUGE | Basic Steel Wire | |
| Decimal | Steel Wire Weight lbs / ft2 | |
| 000000 | 0.4615 | 56.87 |
| 00000 | 0.4305 | 49.48 |
| 0000 | 0.3938 | 41.41 |
| 000 | 0.3625 | 35.09 |
| 00 | 0.331 | 29.25 |
| 0 | 0.3065 | 25.08 |
| 1 | 0.283 | 21.38 |
| 2 | 0.2625 | 18.4 |
| 3 | 0.2437 | 15.86 |
| 4 | 0.2253 | 13.55 |
| 5 | 0.207 | 11.44 |
| 6 | 0.192 | 9.84 |
| 7 | 0.177 | 8.36 |
| 8 | 0.162 | 7.01 |
| 9 | 0.1483 | 5.87 |
| 10 | 0.135 | 4.87 |
| 11 | 0.1205 | 3.88 |
| 12 | 0.1055 | 2.97 |
| 13 | 0.0915 | 2.24 |
| 14 | 0.08 | 1.71 |
| 15 | 0.072 | 1.38 |
| 16 | 0.0625 | 1.04 |
| 17 | 0.054 | 0.78 |
| 18 | 0.0475 | 0.6 |
| 19 | 0.041 | 0.45 |
| 20 | 0.0348 | 0.32 |
| 21 | 0.0317 | 0.27 |
| 22 | 0.0286 | 0.22 |
| 23 | 0.0258 | 0.18 |
| 24 | 0.023 | 0.14 |
| 25 | 0.0204 | 0.11 |
| 26 | 0.0181 | 0.09 |
| 27 | 0.0173 | 0.08 |
| 28 | 0.0162 | 0.07 |
| 29 | 0.015 | 0.06 |
| 30 | 0.014 | 0.052 |
| 31 | 0.0132 | 0.147 |
| 32 | 0.0128 | 0.044 |
| 33 | 0.0118 | 0.037 |
| 34 | 0.0104 | 0.029 |
| 35 | 0.0095 | 0.024 |
| 36 | 0.009 | 0.022 |
| 37 | 0.00857 | 0.019 |
| 38 | 0.008 | 0.017 |