FERROUS METALS (truckload quantities, FOB producing mills)

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

220

225

325

310

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

330

340

430

410

HD galvanized steel sheet (Midwest, $/ton)

350

340

440

430

Coiled steel plate (Midwest, $/ton)

240

240

330

300

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

435

430

480

460

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

300

300

300

300

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

290

290

300

300

Stainless steel sheet (Type 304, $/cwt)

72.75

73.90

91.75

87.50

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

76

76

100

115

NONFERROUS METALS (mill/dealer minimum lots delivered)

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

73

75

72

75

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

61

62

66

70

Aluminum (common alloy sheet 3003,¢/lb)

99

101

108

107

Copper (primary cathode, merchant,¢/lb)

82

88

86

85

Copper (wirebar, NYC merchant,¢/lb)

85

91

90

89

Lead (common pig,¢/lb)

44

44

44

44

Nickel (melting cathode,¢/lb)

322

329

415

374

Tin (alloyers' grade,¢/lb)

344

357

354

387

Zinc (special high grade,¢/lb)

51

51

55

58

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 supercalendered, $/short ton)

820

820

820

780

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

730

730r

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)

30

30

25

22

No. 2 fuel oil (delivered,¢/gal)

86

86

101

87

Natural gas (industrial, delivered,¢/mcf)

665

760

446

325

WOOD (railcar/truckload quantities)

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

265

266

286

317

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

138

130

206

253

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

273

266

305

347

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

269

262

392

289

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)

3.60

3.60

2.80

1.55

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

4.70

4.70

3.80

2.95

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

7.00

7.00

6.25

6.70

Logic (74HC/HCT 244, DIP,¢/each)

26

26

26

23

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

28

28

26

25

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

6.5

6.5

6.0

2.5

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

25

25

24

16

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

40

40

41

41

*Late February