FERROUS METALS (truckload quantities, FOB producing mills)

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

300

325

320

280

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

420

430

430

390

HD galvanized steel sheet (Midwest, $/ton)

430

440

430

420

Coiled steel plate (Midwest, $/ton)

320

330

320

300

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

480

480

460

460

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

320

300

300

270

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

300

300

300

295

Stainless steel sheet (Type 304, $/cwt)

91.75

91.75

87.50

77.75

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

100

100

105

101

NONFERROUS METALS (mill/dealer minimum lots delivered)

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

74

73

80

69

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

64

66

70

71

Aluminum (common alloy sheet 3003,¢/lb)

109

108

111

101

Copper (primary cathode, merchant,¢/lb)

91

87

89

80

Copper (wirebar, NYC merchant,¢/lb)

93

90

92

88

Lead (common pig,¢/lb)

40

41

44

44

Nickel (melting cathode,¢/lb)

369

363

375

275

Tin (alloyers'grade,¢/lb)

362

355

398

355

Zinc (special high grade,¢/lb)

56

58

58

54

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

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

690/710

690/710

620/640

470/520

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

680

680

610

500

Pulp fluff, $/metric ton)

750

750

655

540

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

860

860

860

760

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

820

820

780

780

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

720

760

700

600

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

455/470

455/470

420/430

390/390

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

435

435

400

380

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

590

590

540

540

ENERGY (national averages)

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

25

24

23

15

No. 2 fuel oil (delivered,¢/gal)

96

102

87

64

Natural gas (industrial, delivered,¢/mcf)

440

450

328

290

WOOD (railcar/truckload quantities)

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

275

286

304

513

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

161

206

243

348

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

260

305

324

348

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

310

392

390

515

CHEMICALS (spot, tankload quantities, national average)

Benzene (spot,¢/lb)

132

132

95

85

Caustic soda (spot, liquid, $/ton)

245

245

198

200

Chlorine (spot, $/ton)

275

275

162

136

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

198

198

179

190

Ethylene (spot, cryogenic liquid,¢/lb)

35

35

24

18

Formaldehyde (spot,¢/lb)

12

12

12

9

Methanol (spot, synthetic,¢/gal)

57

57

45

38

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

52

52

50

38

PLASTICS (railcar quantities FOB resins producer)

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

75

77

74

67

LDPE (liner grade,¢/lb)

48

48

53

43

HDPE (blow-molding HIC grade,¢/lb)

43

43

42

39

Polypropylene (homopolymer,¢/lb)

42

42

34

30

Polystyrene (general purpose,¢/lb)

64

64

47

36

PVC (general purpose,¢/lb)

55

55

41

31

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (delivered in lots of 1000)

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

3.60

3.50

3.30

3.60

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

3.80

3.60

2.70

3.30

Memory (4M FLASH, PLCC, $/each)

6.25

6.50

3.90

4.75

Logic (74HC/HCT 244, DIP,¢/each)

26

26

18

27

Discrete devices (Thyristors To-225,¢/each)

26

26

25

28

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

6.0

7.5

2.0

2.5

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

24

19

10

12

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

41

41

44

49

Early August