FERROUS METALS (truckload quantities, FOB producing mills)

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

270

290

330

290

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

370

380

440

400

HD galvanized steel sheet (Midwest, $/ton)

410

420

430

430

Coiled steel plate (Midwest, $/ton)

310

320

330

300

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

440

460

460

460

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

300

300

320

270

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

300

300

300

295

Stainless steel sheet (Type 304, $/cwt)

86.00

86.00

87.50

77.75

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

93

93

111

106

NONFERROUS METALS (mill/dealer minimum lots delivered)

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

76

78

76

73

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

63

65

69

75

Aluminum (common alloy sheet 3003,¢/lb)

110

112

116

109

Copper (primary cathode, merchant,¢/lb)

93

91

84

86

Copper (wirebar, NYC merchant,¢/lb)

96

94

87

94

Lead (common pig,¢/lb)

44

45

44

45

Nickel (melting cathode,¢/lb)

386

400

472

325

Tin (alloyers' grade,¢/lb)

342

363

373

362

Zinc (special high grade,¢/lb)

58

60

55

59

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

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

690/710

690/710

620/640

530/570

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

680

680

610

550

Pulp fluff, $/metric ton)

750

750

615

540

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

840

840

860

780

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

820

820

780

780

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

720

720

760

700

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

455/475

455/475

455/475

410/420

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

435

435

435

380

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

590

590

590

540

ENERGY (national averages)

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

26

26

24

20

No. 2 fuel oil (delivered,¢/gal)

112

113

114

73

Natural gas (industrial, delivered,¢/mcf)

512

486

335

313

WOOD (railcar/truckload quantities)

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

299

285

337

375

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

170

167

293

270

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

274

281

325

398

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

290

302

419

409

CHEMICALS (spot, tankload quantities, national average)

Benzene (spot,¢/lb)

132

132

146

92

Caustic soda (spot, liquid, $/ton)

245

245

215

200

Chlorine (spot, $/ton)

275

275

249

129

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

145

195

190

190

Ethylene (spot, cryogenic liquid,¢/lb)

35

35

33

18

Formaldehyde (spot,¢/lb)

12

12

12

11

Methanol (spot, synthetic,¢/gal)

62

59

37

38

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

52

52

52

38

PLASTICS (railcar quantities FOB resins producer)

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

78

78

74

67

LDPE (liner grade,¢/lb)

48

48

51

49

HDPE (blow-molding HIC grade,¢/lb)

44

44

43

43

Polypropylene (homopolymer,¢/lb)

41

42

35

32

Polystyrene (general purpose,¢/lb)

63

63

49

46

PVC (general purpose,¢/lb)

55

55

47

34

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (delivered in lots of 1000)

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

3.80

3.50

3.30

3.60

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

4.85

4.00

2.70

3.30

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

7.25

7.00

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)

7.0

6.0

2.0

2.5

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

24

24

10

12

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

41

41

44

49

*Early October