FERROUS METALS (truckload quantities, FOB producing mills)

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

330

320

280

250

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

440

430

390

360

HD galvanized steel sheet (Midwest, $/ton)

430

430

420

410

Coiled steel plate (Midwest, $/ton)

320

320

300

360

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

460

460

460

465

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

300

300

270

300

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

300

300

295

260

Stainless steel sheet (Type 304, $/cwt)

87.50

87.50

77.75

81.50

Steel scrap (#1 heavy melt, Chicago, $/ton)

111

105

101

90

NONFERROUS METALS (mill/dealer minimum lots delivered)

Aluminum (primary ingot unalloyed 99.7%,¢/lb)

76

80

73

58

Aluminum (secondary ingot 380 3% zinc,¢/lb)

72

70

75

62

Aluminum (common alloy sheet 3003,¢/lb)

116

111

105

95

Copper (primary cathode, merchant,¢/lb)

85

89

80

68

Copper (wirebar, NYC merchant,¢/lb)

81

92

88

75

Lead (common pig,¢/lb)

42

44

44

44

Nickel (melting cathode,¢/lb)

445

375

310

211

Tin (alloyers'grade,¢/lb)

388

398

358

357

Zinc (special high grade,¢/lb)

56

58

59

51

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

Pulp (bleached softwood, South/North, $/metric ton)

620/640

620/640

470/520

450/490

Pulp (bleached hardwood, North, $/metric ton)

610

610

480

460

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

700

700

700

700

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

860

860

720

720

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

780

780

800

800

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

700

700

600

600

Linerboard (fourdrinier 42-lb, East-Midwest/West, $/ton)

440/450

420/430

385/390

370/380

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

430

400

370

310

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

540

540

570

510

ENERGY (national averages)

No. 6 fuel oil (42-gal barrels, $/bbl)

27

25

20

16

No. 2 fuel oil (delivered,¢/gal)

77

77

61

49

Natural gas (industrial, delivered,¢/mcf)

355

310

267

307

WOOD (railcar/truckload quantities)

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

325

310

510

350

Plywood (7/16 24/16 OSB waferboard, Northeast, $/1000 sq ft)

268

232

348

183

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

370

355

500

350

Lumber (2x4 hemlock/fir, Pacific NW, $/1000 bd ft)

420

395

515

380

CHEMICALS (spot, tankload quantities, national average)

Benzene (spot,¢/lb)

146

95

85

73

Caustic soda (spot, liquid, $/ton)

160

211

160

200

Chlorine (spot, $/ton)

210

190

122

161

Ethanol (spot, synthetic 200 proof,¢/gal)

170

184

148

200

Ethylene (spot, cryogenic liquid,¢/lb)

35

24

18

19

Formaldehyde (spot,¢/lb)

9

12

9

10

Methanol (spot, synthetic,¢/gal)

48

47

38

43

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

52

52

38

38

PLASTICS (railcar quantities FOB resins producer)

ABS (medium impact injection-molding grade,¢/lb)

69

69

67

79

LDPE (liner grade,¢/lb)

52

53

43

29

HDPE (blow-molding HIC grade,¢/lb)

42

42

37

31

Polypropylene (homopolymer,¢/lb)

34

34

29

28

Polystyrene (general purpose,¢/lb)

47

45

35

30

PVC (general purpose,¢/lb)

46

41

25

22

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (delivered in lots of 1000)

Memory (16M DRAM, SOJ, 60ns, $/each)

3.60

3.70

3.30

3.60

Memory (1M SRAM, SOJ, 15ns, $/each)

3.20

3.00

2.70

3.30

Memory (1M FLASH, PLCC, $/each)

3.30

3.25

3.90

4.75

Logic (74HC/HCT 244, DIP,¢/each)

23

23

18

27

Discrete devices (Transistor TO-220,¢/each)

30

26

25

28

Capacitors (Ceramic chip, 1206, .1uF, X7R,¢/each)

.039

.030

.020

.025

Capacitors (Tantalum, molded chip, 1uF,¢/each)

17

16

10

12

Connectors (SIMM socket, 30-pos.,¢/each)

41

41

44

49

*Late March