Comparison Price Indices: HR Averages $895

SMU’s cold rolled average fell $5 to $1,005 per ton, while Platts cold rolled price inched up $1 to $1,015 per ton.

Galvanized prices declined $10 to $1,096 per ton for SMU .060 G90. Platts’ index rose $2 to $1,116 per ton for galvanized.

The SMU Galvalume .0142” AZ50 Grade 80 price was unchanged at $1,321 per ton.

Plate prices jumped by $40, according to SMU, to $990 per ton. Platts reported a $13 increase for plate to $954 per ton.

SteelBenchmarker did not report prices this past week as they only report twice per month.

SMU Note: Galvanized prices include $86 in extras for a .060″ G90 product. Galvalume prices include $291 in extras for a .0142” AZ50 Grade 80 product.

FOB points for each index:

SMU: Domestic Mill, East of the Rockies.
SteelBenchmarker: Domestic Mill, East of the Mississippi.
Platts: Northern Indiana Domestic Mill.

Plate price FOB points are different for each of the indexes:

SMU: FOB Delivered to the Customer (includes freight)
Platts: FOB Midwest Mill (includes freight)

Note that SteelBenchmarker produces numbers twice per month. On the weeks they do not report prices (NA = not available), their data is not included in the CPI average.