Revenue (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2023

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Summary of Revenues Disaggregated by Major Product and Sales Destination

The table below illustrates the Company’s revenues disaggregated by major product and sales destination (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended February 28,				Six Months Ended February 28,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Major product information:
Ferrous revenues	$	434,122	$	438,314	$	695,851	$	904,170
Nonferrous revenues		179,655		196,142		357,330		390,571
Steel revenues(1)		107,825		116,196		232,340		219,434
Retail and other revenues		34,351		32,546		69,162		67,141
Total revenues	$	755,953	$	783,198	$	1,354,683	$	1,581,316
Revenues based on sales destination:
Foreign	$	436,219	$	435,471	$	708,903	$	906,644
Domestic		319,734		347,727		645,780		674,672
Total revenues	$	755,953	$	783,198	$	1,354,683	$	1,581,316

(1)Steel revenues include predominantly sales of finished steel products, in addition to sales of semi-finished goods (billets) and steel manufacturing scrap.