Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Apr. 04, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segments

Nucor’s results by segment for the first quarter of 2020 and 2019 were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months (13 Weeks) Ended
	April 4, 2020			March 30, 2019
Net sales to external customers:
Steel mills	$	3,519,270		$	3,949,402
Steel products		1,726,854			1,654,522
Raw materials		378,213			492,700
	$	5,624,337		$	6,096,624
Intercompany sales:
Steel mills	$	869,092		$	902,224
Steel products		83,369			62,805
Raw materials		2,423,805			2,423,869
Corporate/eliminations		(3,376,266	)		(3,388,898	)
	$	-		$	-
Earnings (loss) before income taxes and noncontrolling    interests:
Steel mills	$	156,506		$	689,398
Steel products		162,559			77,433
Raw materials		(7,911	)		53,223
Corporate/eliminations		(164,857	)		(130,438	)
	$	146,297		$	689,616

	April 4, 2020		Dec. 31, 2019
Segment assets:
Steel mills	$	9,405,870	$	9,283,216
Steel products		4,523,621		4,610,628
Raw materials		3,311,176		3,316,479
Corporate/eliminations		625,394		1,134,343
	$	17,866,061	$	18,344,666