📰🎧 ▶️ In This Episode
We break down the results of our January 2026 community pricing poll on hot-rolled coil. Our 70,000+ strong audience of mills, service centers, OEMs, traders, and fabricators weighed in on a simple, practical question: with HRC now around $950 per ton, where do you see prices heading over the next 90 days? A clear majority expects prices to either move higher or hold near current levels, with the largest single group calling for a $50+ increase that would send HRC above $1,000 per ton, and only a smaller camp looking for a move below $900. We walk through the exact vote breakdown, why the timing of Nucor’s move from $950 to $965 per ton mattered, and what this real-time snapshot of sentiment tells us about how buyers and sellers are planning inventory, contracts, and risk. If you want to understand how the people closest to the steel market are actually positioning around today’s price levels, this episode lays out the signal behind the noise.
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