SEGMENTS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jul. 05, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segments

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

	Three Months (13 Weeks) Ended						Six Months (26 Weeks) Ended
	July 5, 2014			June 29, 2013			July 5, 2014			June 29, 2013
Net sales to external customers:
Steel mills	$	3,674,140		$	3,197,433		$	7,281,904		$	6,465,587
Steel products		1,035,923			937,104			1,910,092			1,726,451
Raw materials		581,012			531,051			1,207,523			1,024,322
	$	5,291,075		$	4,665,588		$	10,399,519		$	9,216,360
Intercompany sales:
Steel mills	$	742,200		$	639,425		$	1,451,066		$	1,272,145
Steel products		26,542			30,855			48,042			50,127
Raw materials		2,443,492			2,183,495			4,971,498			4,346,983
Corporate/eliminations		(3,212,234	)		(2,853,775	)		(6,470,606	)		(5,669,255	)
	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Earnings (loss) before income taxes and noncontrolling interests:
Steel mills	$	368,138		$	237,102		$	685,935		$	509,360
Steel products		42,612			32,073			44,332			20,149
Raw materials		(9,635	)		12,218			(1,276	)		13,754
Corporate/eliminations		(159,250	)		(129,061	)		(279,625	)		(237,603	)
	$	241,865		$	152,332		$	449,366		$	305,660
	July 5, 2014			Dec. 31, 2013
Segment assets:
Steel mills	$	8,572,357		$	8,365,023
Steel products		2,999,733			2,861,403
Raw materials		3,952,359			3,956,913
Corporate/eliminations		(213,561	)		19,944
	$	15,310,888		$	15,203,283