How much are you paying for mild steel these days? I've been paying $1.10 a
pound for square tubing over the last month or so. It was $0.65 earlier
this year, in May or thereabouts.

What are you paying right now?

Jon

On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:39:35 -0700, "Jon Danniken"
wrote:

How much are you paying for mild steel these days? I've been paying $1.10 a
pound for square tubing over the last month or so. It was $0.65 earlier
this year, in May or thereabouts.

What are you paying right now?

Jon


Recently, about $.60 to $.75 for hot roll, depending on size and
shape. A year ago it was significantly less, perhaps 30%. Cold drawn
1018 has been pretty steady at a little over $1/lb in medium sized
sections.

--
Ned Simmons

Jon Danniken wrote:
How much are you paying for mild steel these days? I've been paying $1.10 a
pound for square tubing over the last month or so. It was $0.65 earlier
this year, in May or thereabouts.

What are you paying right now?

Jon




The prices for steel have been rising over the last six months so have
the scrap prices. Scrap went from .05 per lb to .10 per lb.

I order a lot of round cold finish 1018 bar and it had been going for
about .72 / lb. The last order it was .83/lb. on an order of about a ton.

Hot rolled angle was going for .54/ lb on angle.
I dont remember the square tubing price but I think it was about .75/lb.

Stainless 303 bar is also going up. I have an order coming in and they
quoted me 2.29/ lb. It was going for 1.95/ lb on the previous order a
month ago. I doubled my order on the stainless as it is going a lot
higher after the first of the year.

John

Jon Danniken wrote:
How much are you paying for mild steel these days? I've been paying $1.10 a
pound for square tubing over the last month or so. It was $0.65 earlier
this year, in May or thereabouts.

What are you paying right now?

Jon




Local price?

$1.25 a pound!

--

Richard Lamb
email me:
web site: www.home.earthlink.net/~cavelamb

Ned Simmons wrote:
On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:39:35 -0700, "Jon Danniken"
wrote:

How much are you paying for mild steel these days? I've been paying
$1.10 a pound for square tubing over the last month or so. It was
$0.65 earlier this year, in May or thereabouts.

What are you paying right now?

Jon


Recently, about $.60 to $.75 for hot roll, depending on size and
shape. A year ago it was significantly less, perhaps 30%. Cold drawn
1018 has been pretty steady at a little over $1/lb in medium sized
sections.

Hmmm, thanks Ned. I'm paying more than you; I figured it'd be about the
same across the country.

Jon

"Jon Danniken" wrote in message
...
How much are you paying for mild steel these days? I've been paying $1.10
a
pound for square tubing over the last month or so. It was $0.65 earlier
this year, in May or thereabouts.

What are you paying right now?

Jon


I just bought 500' of DOM tubing for $4.65'. Last year I paid $5.40'.

On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:36:38 -0700, "Jon Danniken"
wrote:

Ned Simmons wrote:
On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:39:35 -0700, "Jon Danniken"
wrote:

How much are you paying for mild steel these days? I've been paying
$1.10 a pound for square tubing over the last month or so. It was
$0.65 earlier this year, in May or thereabouts.

What are you paying right now?

Jon


Recently, about $.60 to $.75 for hot roll, depending on size and
shape. A year ago it was significantly less, perhaps 30%. Cold drawn
1018 has been pretty steady at a little over $1/lb in medium sized
sections.

Hmmm, thanks Ned. I'm paying more than you; I figured it'd be about the
same across the country.

Jon


I bought a bit over ten tons at an auction this summer for $200.
Starting to look like I did O.K. VBG

Karl

Bet you did. Sell it all at rip off scrap price and you still win.

Glad you got some good stuff from the sounds of it.
Martin

On 10/27/2010 6:51 PM, Karl Townsend wrote:
On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:36:38 -0700, "Jon Danniken"
wrote:

Ned Simmons wrote:
On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:39:35 -0700, "Jon Danniken"
wrote:

How much are you paying for mild steel these days? I've been paying
$1.10 a pound for square tubing over the last month or so. It was
$0.65 earlier this year, in May or thereabouts.

What are you paying right now?

Jon


Recently, about $.60 to $.75 for hot roll, depending on size and
shape. A year ago it was significantly less, perhaps 30%. Cold drawn
1018 has been pretty steady at a little over $1/lb in medium sized
sections.

Hmmm, thanks Ned. I'm paying more than you; I figured it'd be about the
same across the country.

Jon


I bought a bit over ten tons at an auction this summer for $200.
Starting to look like I did O.K.VBG

Karl

On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:51:00 -0500, Karl Townsend
wrote:

On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:36:38 -0700, "Jon Danniken"
wrote:

Ned Simmons wrote:
On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:39:35 -0700, "Jon Danniken"
wrote:

How much are you paying for mild steel these days? I've been paying
$1.10 a pound for square tubing over the last month or so. It was
$0.65 earlier this year, in May or thereabouts.

What are you paying right now?

Jon


Recently, about $.60 to $.75 for hot roll, depending on size and
shape. A year ago it was significantly less, perhaps 30%. Cold drawn
1018 has been pretty steady at a little over $1/lb in medium sized
sections.

Hmmm, thanks Ned. I'm paying more than you; I figured it'd be about the
same across the country.

Jon


I bought a bit over ten tons at an auction this summer for $200.
Starting to look like I did O.K. VBG

Did it start an tornadoes, Karl? You suck, bigtime! I think I paid
$1 a foot for 5/8 sq. 0.093 wall a few years ago.

--
Most people assume the fights are going to be the left versus the right,
but it always is the reasonable versus the jerks.
-- Jimmy Wales

Karl Townsend wrote:

I bought a bit over ten tons at an auction this summer for $200.
Starting to look like I did O.K. VBG

Karl,

You still suck!

Wes
--
"Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect
government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home
in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller

In article , Karl Townsend wrote:

I bought a bit over ten tons at an auction this summer for $200.
Starting to look like I did O.K. VBG

Considering that the *scrap* price last time I recycled any was $220/ton, I'd
say you did a lot better than just "O.K." Even if it's *all* scrap, you pocket
an easy two grand.

On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:10:48 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:

In article , Karl Townsend wrote:

I bought a bit over ten tons at an auction this summer for $200.
Starting to look like I did O.K. VBG

Considering that the *scrap* price last time I recycled any was $220/ton, I'd
say you did a lot better than just "O.K." Even if it's *all* scrap, you pocket
an easy two grand.

California its $187/ton

In some places.

It tends to be wildly different all over the country/state/county/city



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