Revenue (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2020

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 November 30,
	2020		2019
Major product information:
Ferrous revenues	$	252,206	$	199,898
Nonferrous revenues		119,709		97,841
Steel revenues(1)		88,414		77,325
Retail and other revenues		31,778		30,520
Total revenues	$	492,107	$	405,584
Revenues based on sales destination:
Foreign	$	268,399	$	218,482
Domestic		223,708		187,102
Total revenues	$	492,107	$	405,584

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