Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 30, 2013

Nucor’s results by segment were as follows (in thousands):


	Three Months (13 Weeks) Ended
	March 30, 2013			March 31, 2012
Net sales to external customers:
Steel mills	$	3,268,154		$	3,748,141
Steel products		789,347			842,245
Raw materials		493,271			482,208

	$	4,550,772		$	5,072,594


Intercompany sales:
Steel mills	$	632,720		$	620,248
Steel products		19,272			16,786
Raw materials		2,163,488			2,882,231
Corporate/eliminations		(2,815,480	)		(3,519,265	)

	$	—		$	—


Earnings (loss) before income taxes and noncontrolling interests:
Steel mills	$	272,258		$	389,723
Steel products		(11,924	)		(33,044	)
Raw materials		1,536			14,572
Corporate/eliminations		(108,542	)		(146,189	)

	$	153,328		$	225,062


	March 30, 2013			Dec. 31, 2012
Segment assets:
Steel mills	$	7,968,804		$	7,870,692
Steel products		2,844,926			2,870,810
Raw materials		3,570,325			3,379,742
Corporate/eliminations		(345,045	)		30,815

	$	14,039,010		$	14,152,059

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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