Transaction Prices

By Staff -- Purchasing, 3/26/1998

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FERROUS METALS (truckload quantities, FOB producing mills)

Hot-rolled steel sheet (Midwest, $/ton) 320 320 345 360

Cold-rolled steel sheet (Midwest, $/ton) 420 420 475 500

HD galvanized steel sheet (Midwest, $/ton)590 590 570 560

Coiled steel plate (Midwest, $/ton) 460 440 390 410

CF steel bar (grade 1018 carbon, $/ton) 510 510 495 489

Structural beams (A36 W8 wide-flange, $/ton)385 385 360 390

Low-carbon wire rod (Midwest, $/ton) 365 365 345 300

Stainless steel sheet (Type 304, $/cwt)** 94.00 93.00 100.00 95.00

Steel scrap (#1 heavy melt, Chicago, $/ton)140 145 147 144

NONFERROUS METALS (mill/dealer minimum lots delivered)

Aluminum (primary ingot unalloyed 99.7%, (cent)/lb)69 72 80 76

Aluminum (secondary ingot 380 3% zinc, (cent)/lb)70 73 77 75

Aluminum (common alloy sheet 3003, (cent)/lb) 107 110 111 111

Copper (primary cathode, merchant, (cent)/lb) 79 80 105 114

Copper (wirebar, NYC merchant, (cent)/lb) 87 88 118 120

Lead (common pig, (cent)/lb) 47 45 46 48

Nickel (melting cathode, (cent)/lb) 260 261 314 358

Tin (alloyers' grade, (cent)/lb) 363 356 369 396

Zinc (special high grade, (cent)/lb) 51 54 79 59

PULP, PAPER & PAPERBOARD (railcar/truckload quantities delivered)

Pulp (bleached softwood, South/North, $/metric ton) 490/565 530/575 555/580 500/540

Pulp (bleached hardwood, North, $/metric ton)510 530 530 475

Pulp (dissolving, 91-92 AVS, $/metric ton) 700 700 725 750

Paper (uncoated bond, white, 83 bright, $/short ton)780 780 740 640

Paper (uncoated groundwood, 34-lb supercalendered, $/short ton) 815 815 775 775

Paper (forms bond, 20-lb, $/short ton) 710 710 680 680

Linerboard (fourdrinier 42-lb, East-Midwest/West, $/ton) 390/400 390/400 340/355 310/320

Corrugating medium (semichemical 26-lb, East-Midwest, $/ton) 340 340 290 235

Boxboard (clay coated recycled 20-pt rolls, $/ton) 590 590 560 550

ENERGY (national averages)

No. 6 fuel oil (42-lb barrels, $/bbl) 21 22 18 26

No. 2 fuel oil (delivered, (cent)/gal) 62 70 57 88

Natural gas (industrial, delivered, (cent)/mcf) 320 375 324 397

WOOD (railcar/truckload quantities)

Plywood (1/2 4-ply CDX fir, $/1000 sq ft) 263 291 329 314

Plywood (7/16 24/16 OSB waferboard, Northeast, $/1000 sq ft) 170 144 138 140

Lumber (2x4 Douglas fir green, Pacific NW, $/1000 bd ft) 327 323 355 429

Lumber (2x4 hemlock/fir, Pacific NW, $/1000 bd ft) 350 339 399 454

CHEMICALS (spot, tankload quantities, national average)

Benzene (spot, (cent)/lb) 93 107 95 110

Caustic soda (spot, liquid, $/ton) 265 265 250 230

Chlorine (spot, $/ton) 220 220 260 220

Ethanol (spot, synthetic 200 proof, (cent)/gal) 250 250 225 230

Ethylene (spot, cryogenic liquid, (cent)/lb) 24 25 26 24

Formaldehyde (spot, (cent)/lb) 9 9 9 11

Methanol (spot, synthetic, (cent)/gal) 60 64 70 60

Sulfuric acid (spot, 100% virgin, $/ton) 48 48 55 45

PLASTICS (railcar quantities FOB resins producer)

ABS (medium impact injection-molding grade, (cent)/lb) 85 86 88 90

LDPE (liner grade, (cent)/lb) 42 42 45 41

HDPE (blow-molding HIC grade, (cent)/lb) 38 40 45 41

Polypropylene (homopolymer, (cent)/lb) 35 33 40 37

Polystyrene (general purpose, (cent)/lb) 31 31 34 41

PVC (general purpose, (cent)/lb) 30 30 33 30

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (delivered in lots of 1000)***

Memory (16M DRAM, SOJ, 60ns, $/each) 5.25 5.75 7.75 9.00

Memory (1M SRAM, SOJ, 15ns, $/each) 4.25 4.50 7.00 11.75

Memory (4M FLASH, PLCC, $/each) 6.00 6.30 8.50 10.50

Logic (74HC/HCT 244, DIP, (cent)/each) 30 30 30 32

Discrete devices (Transistors 2N3904, plastic TO-92, (cent)/each) 29 30 35 35

Capacitors (Ceramic chip, 1206, .1uF, X7R, (cent)/each) 25 25 23 24

Capacitors (Tantalum, molded chip, 1uF, (cent)/each) 12 12 12 13

Connectors (SIMM socket, 30-pos., (cent)/each) 50 53 93 130

* Early-March. **Stainless steel prices reflect spot-market base price without surcharges for alloying metals. ***Data changed 1/97 to reflect new electronic components price survey.