Comparison Price Indices: HR Averages $890

SMU’s cold rolled average was flat at $1,005 per ton, while Platts’ cold rolled price rose $1 to $1,016 per ton. The SteelBenchmarker cold rolled price rose $1 from two weeks ago to $996 per ton.

Galvanized prices remained steady at $1,096 per ton for SMU .060 G90. Platts’ galvanized index fell $3 to $1,113 per ton.

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

Plate prices fell by $28, according to SMU, to $963 per ton. Platts reported a $1 increase for plate to $955 per ton, and SteelBenchmarker upped their price $8 to $935 per ton.

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.