8-K

                                   FORM 8-K

                                CURRENT REPORT

   Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)       February 2, 2001
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                                  HUNTCO INC.
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            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


     Missouri                       1-13600                    43-1643751
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 (State or other           (Commission File Number)          (IRS Employer
  jurisdiction of                                          Identification No.)
  incorporation)



      14323 S. Outer Forty, Suite 600N, Town & Country, Missouri 63017
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       (Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code       (314) 878-0155
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                                Not applicable
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)




Item 5.     Other Events

Huntco Inc. (the "Company") issued a news release on February 2, 2001, to
report that it has been advised by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that the
Company fell below the NYSE's continued listing criteria relating to total
market capitalization.  This news release is incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 99 attached hereto.

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                                   SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

HUNTCO INC.



By:     /s/ Anthony J. Verkruyse
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      Anthony J. Verkruyse,
       Vice President & CFO

Date: February 2, 2001



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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
These Exhibits are numbered in accordance with the Exhibit Table of Item 601 of
Regulation S-K:

 Exhibit No.                      Description
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99	News release of February 2, 2001

EX-99

                                   HUNTCO INC.
                     14323 SOUTH OUTER FORTY - SUITE 600N
                        TOWN & COUNTRY, MISSOURI   63017

NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
HUNTCO INC. ADVISED BY NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE REGARDING LISTING STANDARDS

TOWN & COUNTRY, MISSOURI, February 2, 2001 . . . . . Huntco Inc.
(NYSE:"HCO"), an intermediate steel processor, announced that it has been
advised by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that the Company fell below the
NYSE's continued listing criteria relating to total market capitalization.
The NYSE requires that the Company's market capitalization must equal or
exceed $15 million over a 30-day trading period.  With 8,942,000 shares of
common stock outstanding, the Company must maintain a minimum $1.68 per
common share stock price to be in compliance with this standard.  Although
the Company has not met this criterion over a 30 consecutive trading day
period since October 2000, the price of the Company's Class A common stock
has traded between $1.50 and $1.81 over the past ten trading days.

Under NYSE rules, the NYSE may grant a period of up to 18 months during which
time the Company would need to meet the market capitalization requirement.
The Company has formally requested that this time period be granted and has
submitted a business plan to the NYSE to demonstrate its ability to achieve
and maintain compliance with this standard.  The NYSE has 45 days to accept
the Company's plan.  If the plan is accepted, the Company will be subject to
quarterly monitoring by the NYSE during the interim period.

Should the Company's shares cease being traded on the NYSE, the Company
believes that an alternate trading venue will be available.

Huntco Inc. is a major, intermediate steel processor, specializing in the
processing of flat rolled carbon steel.