$15 for one stick of 1/2" square

[KYBOY]

I cant believe it and thats with a small discount. $8.25 for one stick of 3/8" 1018 My supplier told me in November he was paying .28 cents a pound for steel and right now they are paying .36 cents a pound for scrap in detroit He said the prices are leveling off on the west coast and should level off here in a month or so. He said it will take a couple years for steel to get back to Novembers prices. This is what I was told anyway. This is kill'n me

[philip in china]

Yesterday I bought 4 metres of 30mm bar total weight 30Kg. It cost me RMB 226. That is 13 feet of 1.2" bar total weight 66 pounds. It cost $32 which is less than 50c per pound. That included delivery and them cutting it into 2 equal lengths.

[Ten Hammers]

Recent steel bill = little over 200 bucks for about 75-80 bucks worth of steel. Killin all of us.

[Dave M]

20 ft 2"X1/4' flat stock $35.00 on friday, same piece $38.00 yesterday 1 foot schd 40 pipe $48.00 and none of it made in the USA. Canada & China stamped on them. I no longer give job quotes based off of past jobs because the steel mill that I purchase my steel from told me that the prices change ( go up ) daily and some times twice a day. Oh and they use to deliver any order over $200.00 now it is is on orders over $350.00. It looks like its time to build a rack extender for my truck or trailer so I can still pick up full length sticks.

[FieryFurnaceForge]

I live in Columbia Ky. near Sanduske steel supply. In Ga. I was paying $10.00 for 20 ft bars of 3/8 round. $12.00 for 3/8 square. I pay half that much now, so I'm happy. Maybe thats to much still, but I don't know any better.
The Kidsmith,
Dave Custer

[KYBOY]

That $15 piece of steel was $12 last week, forgot to mention that

[dablacksmith]

ya ive paid 18 $ a twenty foot leingth for 1/2 sq..... it has affected my sell prices even for little stuff ..I hope it dosnt go the way of gas or were all in trouble!

[larrynjr]

For those of us who are hobbiest, the prices are a bigger deal. I would think those who are smithing professionally and selling the product to a customer, the increase in cost will get passed along as well.

Unless you prebid something using steel prices that are no longer accurate and are not able to rebid using new steel costs. Then you are out of luck.

[arftist]

I now insert a clause at the bottom of proposals, This price expires in x number of days due to the ever increasing cost of steel. Been averaging 5% a month for the last year. I still ocasionaly give a price off the top of my head that I end up eating. The price of steel was about the same for most of my career, and simple railings I price by the foot. Including other increased costs, that fixed price should be at least twice what it used to be.

[Rich Hale]

Those fuel prices are directly linked to these steel prices.