US steel market intelligence

The US steel market,
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Each week, US procurement teams get an auto-updated Google Sheet that consolidates steel price momentum, production fundamentals, energy costs, and live tariff activity — pulled from federal data sources into one clear read. No dashboards, no logins.

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SteelBrief · Issue No. 28 · Week ending Jul 18, 2026
Hot-Rolled Long (PPI)312.2
BLS index · monthly▲ +16.0% YoY
Cold-Rolled Sheet (PPI)433.1
BLS index · monthly▲ +11.6% YoY
Capacity Utilization79.3%
AISI · week of Jul 18▼ −0.4 pp WoW
Diesel · Freight$4.80
EIA · $/gal on-highway▲ +4.8% wk
FRED · AISI · EIA · USITC Updated weekly
+16.0%
hot-rolled long index, YoY
79.3%
capacity utilization
$99
per month, all-in
52
weeks of history, accruing
What you get

Four data layers.
One Google Sheet. Every Monday.

Built for procurement managers who need a clear read on the market — not another platform to log into.

Price & Production Brief
Steel price momentum (hot-rolled and cold-rolled indices, month-over-month and year-over-year) alongside weekly domestic output and capacity utilization. A factual read of where the market stands.
  • BLS producer price indices via FRED
  • AISI weekly production & utilization
  • Descriptive market read — no hype
Energy Cost & Tariff Watch
Henry Hub natural gas and industrial electricity — the leading cost inputs for electric-arc-furnace mills — plus live USITC steel-product proceedings: antidumping reviews, safeguards, and Section 232 activity.
  • EIA energy benchmarks
  • USITC trade actions via Federal Register
  • Early signal on cost & supply risk
Accumulating 52-Week History
Every week's data stays in your sheet and builds a clean, consolidated time series no free source keeps in one place. Track the full cycle and time your contracts against real history — not just last week's number.
  • Rolling 52-week series, auto-updated
  • No manual entry, no maintenance
  • Built for contract-timing decisions
How it works

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3
Subscribe when it pays off
If it sharpens how you think about your next contract decision, continue at $99/month. Cancel anytime, self-serve — no phone calls, no hoops.
Sample report

The week's data,
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The sample shows this week's price momentum, production, and energy data in full. Trade-policy detail and the accumulating 52-week history are part of the live weekly edition.

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SteelBrief · Weekly Brief No. 28 SAMPLE
MetricLatestChange
Hot-Rolled Long (PPI)312.2+16.0% YoY
Cold-Rolled Sheet (PPI)433.1+11.6% YoY
Capacity Utilization79.3%▼ −0.4 pp WoW
Diesel · Freight$4.80▲ +4.8% wk
— Trade-policy alerts & accumulating 52-week history: in the weekly edition —
Pricing

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Everything in the trial, every week, indefinitely. Cancel anytime.
  • Weekly brief — every Monday
  • Price momentum + production fundamentals
  • Energy cost monitor
  • USITC trade-policy & tariff watch
  • Accumulating 52-week history
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$249 / month
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For procurement teams. Same brief, shared across up to five colleagues.
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Steel prices are 10%
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Procurement teams tracking the full picture — price, production, energy, and trade risk — make sharper contract-timing calls.

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