Purchasing transaction price survey results
Staff -- Purchasing, 9/5/2002
| Transaction price* | Previous month** | Buyers' forecast | |
| FERROUS METALS (truckload quantities, FOB producing mills) | |||
| Hot-rolled steel sheet (Midwest, $/net ton) | 380 | 400 | Price up |
| Cold-rolled steel sheet (Midwest, $/net ton) | 525 | 525 | Price up |
| HD galvanized steel sheet (Midwest, $/ton) | 535 | 535 | Price up |
| Coiled steel plate (Midwest, $/net ton) | 320 | 320 | Price up |
| CF steel bar (grade 1018 carbon, $/net ton) | 470 | 480 | Price up |
| Structural beams (A36 W8 wide-flange, $/net ton) | 340 | 340 | Price up |
| Low-carbon wire rod (Midwest, $/net ton) | 308 | 300 | Price up |
| Stainless steel sheet (Type 304, $/cwt) | 62.05 | 62.05 | Price up |
| Steel scrap (#1 heavy melt, Chicago, $/gross ton) | 85 | 87 | Price up |
| NONFERROUS METALS (mill/dealer minimum lots delivered) | |||
| Aluminum (primary ingot unalloyed 99.7%, ¢/lb) | 63 | 66 | Price same |
| Aluminum (secondary ingot 380 3% zinc, ¢/lb) | 71 | 73 | Price same |
| Aluminum (common alloy sheet 3003, ¢/lb) | 102 | 103 | Price same |
| Copper (primary cathode, merchant, ¢/lb) | 72 | 78 | Price same |
| Copper (wirebar, NYC merchant, ¢/lb) | 76 | 82 | Price same |
| Lead (common pig, ¢/lb) | 23 | 23 | Price same |
| Nickel (melting cathode, ¢/lb) | 307 | 327 | Price same |
| Tin (alloyers' grade, ¢/lb) | 285 | 314 | Price same |
| Zinc (special high grade, ¢/lb) | 40 | 40 | Price same |
| Gold (NYC bullion, $/tr oz) | 311 | 315 | Price up |
| Silver (NYC bullion, $/tr oz) | 4.57 | 5.01 | Price up |
| PULP, PAPER, & PAPERBOARD (railcar/truckload quantities delivered) | |||
| Pulp (bleached softwood, South/North, $/metric ton) | 460/470 | 460/470 | Price same |
| Pulp (bleached hardwood, North, $/metric ton) | 440 | 440 | Price same |
| Pulp fluff, $/metric ton) | 560 | 560 | Price same |
| Paper (uncoated bond, white, 83 bright, $/short ton) | 770 | 770 | Price same |
| Paper (uncoated , 35-lb supercalendered, $/short ton) | 700 | 700 | Price same |
| Paper (forms bond, 20-lb, $/short ton) | 720 | 720 | Price same |
| Linerboard (fourdrinier 42-lb, East-Midwest/West, $/short ton) | 400/420 | 400/420 | Price up |
| Corrugating medium (semichem 26-lb, East-Midwest, $/short ton) | 365 | 365 | Price up |
| Boxboard (clay coated recycled 20-pt rolls, $short ton) | 610 | 610 | Price up |
| ENERGY (national averages) | |||
| No. 6 fuel oil (42-gal barrels, $/bbl) | 30 | 30 | Price down |
| No. 2 fuel oil (delivered, ¢/gal) | 113 | 115 | Price down |
| Natural gas (industrial, delivered, ¢/mcf) | 390 | 410 | Price same |
| WOOD (railcar/truckload quantities)*** | |||
| Plywood (1/2 4-ply CDX fir, $/1000 sq ft) | 292 | 270 | Price same |
| Plywood (7/16 24/16 OSB waferboard, NE, $/1000 sq ft) | 173 | 144 | Price same |
| Lumber (2x4 Douglas fir green, Pacific NW, $/1000 bd ft) | 315 | 293 | Price down |
| Lumber (2x4 hemlock/fir, Pacific NW, $/1000 bd ft) | 315 | 321 | Price down |
| CHEMICALS (spot, tankload quantities, national average) | |||
| Benzene (spot, ¢/gal) | 135 | 149 | Price up |
| Caustic soda (spot, liquid, $/ton) | 80 | 80 | Price same |
| Chlorine (spot, $/ton) | 110 | 110 | Price same |
| Ethanol (spot, synthetic 200 proof, ¢/gal) | 204 | 205 | Price same |
| Ethylene (spot, cryogenic liquid, ¢/lb) | 23 | 23 | Price same |
| Formaldehyde (spot, ¢/lb) | 21 | 21 | Price up |
| Methanol (spot, synthetic, ¢/gal) | 59 | 56 | Price same |
| Sulfuric acid (spot, 100% virgin, $/ton) | 52 | 54 | Price same |
| PLASTICS (railcar quantities FOB resins producer) | |||
| ABS (medium impact injection-molding grade, ¢/lb) | 68 | 68 | Price down |
| LDPE (liner grade, ¢/lb) | 51 | 48 | Price same |
| HDPE (blow-molding HIC grade, ¢/lb) | 42 | 42 | Price up |
| Polypropylene (homopolymer, ¢/lb) | 39 | 38 | Price up |
| Polystyrene (high-impact, ¢/lb) | 51 | 46 | Price up |
| PVC (general purpose, ¢/lb) | 35 | 35 | Price same |
| * Late-August ** final with revisions | |||
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