Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 02, 2021

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segments

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

	Three Months (13 Weeks) Ended					Nine Months (39 Weeks) Ended
	Oct. 2, 2021		Oct. 3, 2020			Oct. 2, 2021		Oct. 3, 2020
Net sales to external customers:
Steel mills	$	6,862,133	$	2,842,625		$	17,380,819	$	8,875,856
Steel products		2,744,279		1,738,004			6,795,441		4,988,026
Raw materials		706,811		347,331			1,943,267		1,015,721
	$	10,313,223	$	4,927,960		$	26,119,527	$	14,879,603
Intercompany sales:
Steel mills	$	1,840,007	$	731,942		$	4,561,418	$	2,264,278
Steel products		93,910		51,029			245,523		197,603
Raw materials		4,355,702		1,863,796			12,011,705		5,772,583
Corporate/eliminations		(6,289,619)		(2,646,767	)		(16,818,646)		(8,234,464	)
	$	-	$	-		$	-	$	-
Earnings (losses) before income taxes and    noncontrolling interests:
Steel mills	$	3,116,539	$	205,152		$	6,606,320	$	512,082
Steel products		368,595		186,976			839,737		502,409
Raw materials		161,870		6,232			505,248		(3,068	)
Corporate/eliminations		(777,897)		(107,942	)		(1,758,204)		(393,651	)
	$	2,869,107	$	290,418		$	6,193,101	$	617,772

	Oct. 2, 2021		Dec. 31, 2020
Segment assets:
Steel mills	$	12,800,019	$	9,708,260
Steel products		7,667,192		4,461,042
Raw materials		3,788,291		3,324,489
Corporate/eliminations		693,977		2,631,603
	$	24,949,479	$	20,125,394