Segments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jul. 01, 2017

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 1, 2017			July 2, 2016			July 1, 2017			July 2, 2016
Net sales to external customers:
Steel mills	$	3,800,359		$	3,016,322		$	7,343,148		$	5,650,911
Steel products		970,398			923,357			1,830,473			1,751,733
Raw materials		404,012			306,093			816,327			558,704
	$	5,174,769		$	4,245,772		$	9,989,948		$	7,961,348
Intercompany sales:
Steel mills	$	760,937		$	554,395		$	1,421,855		$	1,024,658
Steel products		24,972			27,954			52,115			49,160
Raw materials		2,459,352			1,771,470			4,637,991			2,942,832
Corporate/eliminations		(3,245,261	)		(2,353,819	)		(6,111,961	)		(4,016,650	)
	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Earnings (loss) before income taxes and noncontrolling interests:
Steel mills	$	617,366		$	530,727		$	1,301,527		$	811,099
Steel products		45,809			82,946			72,731			125,313
Raw materials		66,227			(27,181	)		92,618			(90,553	)
Corporate/eliminations		(221,266	)		(196,608	)		(409,765	)		(286,412	)
	$	508,136		$	389,884		$	1,057,111		$	559,447
	July 1, 2017			Dec. 31, 2016
Segment assets:
Steel mills	$	9,230,612		$	8,084,773
Steel products		2,691,020			2,544,344
Raw materials		3,316,269			3,235,237
Corporate/eliminations		874,824			1,359,164
	$	16,112,725		$	15,223,518