FERROUS METALS (truckload quantities, FOB producing mills)

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

220

220

325

310

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

330

330

430

410

HD galvanized steel sheet (Midwest, $/ton)

340

340

440

430

Coiled steel plate (Midwest, $/ton)

240

240

330

300

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

420

420

480

460

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

285

300

300

300

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

290

290

300

300

Stainless steel sheet (Type 304, $/cwt)

72.50

72.75

86

87.50

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

75

76

93

132

NONFERROUS METALS (mill/dealer minimum lots delivered)

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

75

76

77

76

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

67

67

65

69

Aluminum (common alloy sheet 3003,¢/lb)

100

99

110

116

Copper (primary cathode, merchant,¢/lb)

84

85

96

84

Copper (wirebar, NYC merchant,¢/lb)

88

89

100

88

Lead (common pig,¢/lb)

34

34

37

36

Nickel (melting cathode,¢/lb)

298

308

402

472

Tin (alloyers' grade,¢/lb)

351

353

372

373

Zinc (special high grade,¢/lb)

51

50

60

55

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

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

640/680

695/710

660/680

580/610

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

640

680

650

580

Pulp fluff, $/metric ton)

740

740

615

540

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

880

880

860

860

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

820

820

820

780

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

730

730

720

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)

420

435

435

380

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

575

590

590

540

ENERGY (national averages)

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

27

28

26

24

No. 2 fuel oil (delivered,¢/gal)

109

120

124

119

Natural gas (industrial, delivered,¢/mcf)

584

579

482

352

WOOD (railcar/truckload quantities)

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

251

261

310

337

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

133

133

172

293

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

295

293

287

325

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

262

261

296

419

CHEMICALS (spot, tankload quantities, national average)

Benzene (spot,¢/lb)

145

145

132

95

Caustic soda (spot, liquid, $/ton)

315

235

245

195

Chlorine (spot, $/ton)

165

255

249

153

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

166

166

198

180

Ethylene (spot, cryogenic liquid,¢/lb)

30

30

35

24

Formaldehyde (spot,¢/lb)

15

15

12

13

Methanol (spot, synthetic,¢/gal)

69

82

62

44

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

54

54

52

48

PLASTICS (railcar quantities FOB resins producer)

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

75

75

77

69

LDPE (liner grade,¢/lb)

53

49

48

53

HDPE (blow-molding HIC grade,¢/lb)

55

50

43

46

Polypropylene (homopolymer,¢/lb)

40

37

42

34

Polystyrene (general purpose,¢/lb)

56

55

64

47

PVC (general purpose,¢/lb)

45

48

55

40

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (delivered in lots of 1000)

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

3.6

3.6

2.8

1.55

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

4.5

4.7

3.8

2.95

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

7

7

6.25

6.7

Logic (74HC/HCT 244, DIP,¢/each)

17

26

26

23

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

35

28

26

25

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

6.5

6.5

6

2.5

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

25

25

24

16

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

40

40

41

41

*Early March