Segments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jul. 02, 2016

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 2, 2016			July 4, 2015			July 2, 2016			July 4, 2015
Net sales to external customers:
Steel mills	$	3,016,322		$	2,968,644		$	5,650,911		$	6,021,983
Steel products		923,357			1,015,646			1,751,733			1,937,030
Raw materials		306,093			373,319			558,704			798,036
	$	4,245,772		$	4,357,609		$	7,961,348		$	8,757,049
Intercompany sales:
Steel mills	$	554,395		$	577,271		$	1,024,658		$	1,152,254
Steel products		27,954			21,020			49,160			40,517
Raw materials		1,771,470			1,687,941			2,942,832			3,520,859
Corporate/eliminations		(2,353,819	)		(2,286,232	)		(4,016,650	)		(4,713,630	)
	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Earnings (loss) before income taxes and noncontrolling interests:
Steel mills	$	530,727		$	198,500		$	810,562		$	415,628
Steel products		82,946			70,636			125,313			103,094
Raw materials		(27,181	)		(38,104	)		(90,553	)		(79,601	)
Corporate/eliminations		(215,608	)		(14,810	)		(332,912	)		(103,854	)
	$	370,884		$	216,222		$	512,410		$	335,267
	July 2, 2016			Dec. 31, 2015
Segment assets:
Steel mills	$	7,667,489		$	7,318,706
Steel products		2,538,141			2,485,122
Raw materials		3,200,209			3,123,190
Corporate/eliminations		1,518,744			1,299,926
	$	14,924,583		$	14,226,944