Inventories (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of inventory

Inventories consisted of the following (in millions):

	March 31, 2019			September 30, 2018
Raw materials	$	766.3		$	639.2
Partially finished products	278.5			354.3
Finished products	559.4			330.2
Inventories at FIFO cost	1,604.2			1,323.7
Less: Excess of FIFO cost over LIFO cost	(100.7		)	(96.0		)
	$	1,503.5		$	1,227.7