Final Thoughts

November 20, 2022
Final Thoughts
Written by Michael Cowden
Hot-rolled coil lead times have been bouncing around four weeks on average since July. HRC prices over that time have fallen from $955 per ton ($47.75 per cwt) to $630 per ton as of last week, a 34% decline.
The question now is whether we bottom out around $600 per ton. Will sheet prices and lead times rebound, or at least inch up from where they are now, as we get closer to the New Year?


