CME Midwest HRC $1,280.00/st — 17 September 2026

CME Midwest HRC last printed $1,280.00/st (+3.73% vs prior close) on 2026-09-16 via CME via Yahoo Finance. That is the 17 September 2026 screen for industrial & structural steel products — not a BGK offer.

Public screens

Screen	Last	Change	Source	As of
CME Midwest HRC	$1,280.00/st	+3.73%	CME via Yahoo Finance	16 Sep 2026
Vale (iron-ore equity) Listed proxy, not a spot ore print.	$14.13	-8.48%	NYSE via Yahoo Finance	16 Sep 2026
VanEck Steel ETF Basket of listed steel names.	$106.19	-4.42%	NYSE Arca via Yahoo Finance	16 Sep 2026
USD/VND	25,997 VND	+0.29%	Yahoo Finance FX	17 Sep 2026

These are public exchange or listed-proxy screens, not BGK offer prices. Cite the source before using a number in a negotiation.

What the numbers mean for this cargo

• Midwest HRC last $1,280.00/st (+3.73% d/d). A $30/st move on a 10,000 st parcel is about $300,000 before freight.
• USD/VND 25,997 VND (+0.29%). A Vietnamese mill paying in dong sees the local bill move even if the dollar invoice is unchanged.
• Vale at $14.13 (-8.48%) is an equity proxy for iron ore, not a 62% Fe index print — use it for direction, not for a contract.

Map the screen to a real parcel through Industrial & Structural Steel Products and, where freight dominates the landed bill, vessel chartering or cargo logistics.

Headlines with dated events or figures

• BBC Business, 14 Sep 2026: Government set to nationalise troubled steel firm — Source
• EUROMETAL, 02 Sep 2026: Balkan steel market at a turning point: Interview on demand, trade and competitiveness — Source
• Recycling Today, 23 Jul 2026: Has the US steel sector entered a bullish new era, and how has ferrous scrap been affected? — Source
• Brookings, 04 Mar 2026: Introduction to steel, an industrial material — Source
• Market Research Future, 24 Aug 2026: Iron Steel Market Size, Share & Growth Report 2035 | MRFR — Source
• S&P Global, 12 Jan 2026: Global steel industry battles surplus supply, protectionism — Source