Prices
September 15, 2025
Nucor’s hot band list price holds at $875/ton
Written by David Schollaert
Nucor held its hot-rolled (HR) coil list price flat again this week, according to its Monday, Sept. 15 consumer spot price (CSP) notice.
The steelmaker said in a letter to customers that it would keep its HR spot price unchanged for another week. It last raised prices by $10 per short ton (st) on Aug. 25; it has held the price at $875/st since then.
Nucor also said HR pricing at its West Coast joint venture, California Steel Industries (CSI), would also remain unchanged from last week at $935/st.
The Charlotte, N.C.-based company also said it would continue to offer lead times of 3-5 weeks for HR.
You can track steel mill price announcements using the calendar on our website here.
SMU’s HR price stood at an average of $800/st as of Tuesday, Sept. 9. The price was down $5/st vs. the prior week. The next SMU HR price update will be on Tuesday evening.
We also pegged HRC lead times to be between three and six weeks, with an average of 4.4 weeks. We’ll update lead times again on Thursday.
