Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Apr. 03, 2021

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segments

Nucor’s results by segment for the first quarter of 2021 and 2020 were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months (13 Weeks) Ended
	April 3, 2021			April 4, 2020
Net sales to external customers:
Steel mills	$	4,608,777		$	3,519,270
Steel products		1,810,055			1,726,854
Raw materials		598,308			378,213
	$	7,017,140		$	5,624,337
Intercompany sales:
Steel mills	$	1,225,113		$	869,092
Steel products		71,219			83,369
Raw materials		3,646,195			2,423,805
Corporate/eliminations		(4,942,527	)		(3,376,266	)
	$	-		$	-
Earnings (loss) before income taxes and noncontrolling    interests:
Steel mills	$	1,314,974		$	156,506
Steel products		211,812			162,559
Raw materials		223,235			(7,911	)
Corporate/eliminations		(451,775	)		(164,857	)
	$	1,298,246		$	146,297

	April 3, 2021		Dec. 31, 2020
Segment assets:
Steel mills	$	10,785,872	$	9,708,260
Steel products		4,838,456		4,461,042
Raw materials		3,605,884		3,324,489
Corporate/eliminations		1,942,196		2,631,603
	$	21,172,408	$	20,125,394