Exhibit 12.1

Nucor Corporation

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

	Year Ended December 31,															Nine Months Ended
																September 30, 2006			September 29, 2007
	2002			2003			2004			2005			2006
	(In thousands, except ratios)
Earnings
Earnings before income taxes	$	226,985		$	69,978		$	1,725,891		$	2,027,083		$	2,692,435		$	2,081,851		$	1,706,802
Plus: minority interests		79,408			23,904			80,840			110,650			219,121			147,568			214,653
Plus/(Less): losses/(earnings) from equity investments		2,998			97			(4,070	)		(476	)		17,690			13,360			17,188
Plus: fixed charges (includes interest expense and amortization of bond issuance costs and settled swaps)		22,918			27,151			30,645			36,571			40,351			30,096			38,365
Plus: amortization of capitalized interest		—			—			108			216			216			162			162
Plus: distributed income of equity investees		—			—			—			—			3,172			—			3,725
Less: interest capitalized		—			(850	)		(1,310	)		—			—			—			(1,670	)
Less: minority interests in subsidiaries that have not incurred fixed charges		(79,408	)		(23,904	)		(80,840	)		(110,650	)		(219,121	)		(147,568	)		(214,304	)
	$	252,901		$	96,376		$	1,751,264		$	2,063,394		$	2,753,864		$	2,125,469		$	1,764,921
Fixed charges
Interest expense and amortization of bond issuance and settled swaps		22,918			27,151			30,645			36,571			40,351			30,096			38,365
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges		11.04			3.55			57.15			56.42			68.25			70.62			46.00