In letters to customers sent Wednesday, Nucor and Steel Dynamics, Inc. both announced they would be raising prices for merchant bar products by $1.50 cwt. ($30/nt or $33/mt), effective immediately.
Published prices for merchant bar are now as follows:
| Shape/Size | cwt. | net tons | metric tons |
| Flat bar 2 x 1/4”: | $39.40 | $788 | $869 |
| Angle 2 x 2 x 1/4”: | $36.55 | $731 | $806 |
| Square bar 1”: | $38.00 | $760 | $838 |
| Round bar 1”: | $39.45 | $789 | $870 |
| Channels standard C 3 x 4.1 | $39.00 | $780 | $860 |