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- CRB® BLS Spot Indices |
Current Construction
- CRB BLS Metals: Copper scrap*, lead scrap, steel scrap, tin, and zinc*.
- CRB BLS Textiles and Fibers: Burlap, cotton, print cloth, and wool tops.
- CRB BLS Livestock and Products: Hides*, hogs, lard, steers, and tallow.
- CRB BLS Fats and Oils: Butter, soybean oil, lard, and tallow.
- Raw Industrials: Hides*, tallow, copper scrap, lead scrap, steel scrap, zinc, tin, burlap, cotton, print cloth, wool tops, rosin, and rubber (59.1%).
- CRB BLS Foodstuffs: Hogs, steers, lard, butter, soybean oil, cocoa, corn, Kansas City wheat, Minneapolis wheat, and sugar (40.9%).
Specifications for commodities included in the index as of January 1986
Commodity |
Specifications |
Market |
Source |
Burlap (01) |
10 oz., 40", ex-dock or ex-warehouse, duty paid, per yd. |
New York |
USDA |
Butter (02) |
Grade AA, 92 score, per lb. |
Chicago |
USDA |
Cocoa beans (CC) |
Ivory Coast, per metric ton |
New York |
USDA |
Copper scrap (HG) |
No. 2 heavy copper and wire, refiners' buying price, carload lots, delivered buyers' works, per lb. |
New York |
USGS |
Corn (C-) |
No. 2 yellow, per bu. |
Central Illinois |
USDA |
Cotton (06) |
1-1/16" SLM, per lb. |
7 markets |
USDA |
Hides (30) |
Heavy native steers, packer 30/53 lbs., fleshed, packer to tanner, dealer, or exporter per lb., f.o.b. shipping point. |
Chicago |
USDA |
Hogs (LH) |
U.S. No. 2's and 3's, 200=220 lbs., per 100 lb. |
Iowa / S. Minn. |
USDA |
Lard (09) |
Prime Steam, in tanks, per lb. |
Chicago |
USDA |
Lead scrap (10) |
Battery plates, smelters' buying price, East, carload lots; delivered buyers' works, per lb. |
New York |
USGS |
Print cloth (11) |
48", 78*78 count, 4 yds./lb., per yd. |
New York |
USDA |
Rosin (12) |
Gum, window glass grade, car lots, per 100 lb. |
New York |
USDA |
Rubber (13) |
Crude, natural, No. 1 ribbed smoked sheets, per lb. |
New York |
USDA |
Soybean Oil (BO) |
Crude, per lb. |
Central Illinois |
USDA |
Steel Scrap (57) |
No. 1 heavy melting, (dealer), consumers' buying price, including brokerage, delivered, per gross ton. |
Chicago |
USGS |
Steers (LC) |
Choice, 900-1100 lbs., per 100 lb. |
Tex. / Okla. |
USDA |
Sugar (17) |
Raw, 96°, duty paid, per 100 lb. |
New York |
USDA |
Tallow (18) |
Packers' prime, inedible, per lb. |
Chicago |
USDA |
Tin (54) |
Grade A, spot delivery, per lb. |
New York |
USGS |
Wheat (MW) |
No. 1 Dark Northern Spring 14%, per bu. |
Minneapolis |
USDA |
Wheat (KW) |
No. 2 Hard Red Winter, per bu. |
Kansas City |
USDA |
Wool tops (22) |
Certified spot price, domestic 64's, nominal, per lb. |
Boston |
USDA |
Zinc (23) |
Slab, Prime Western, for prompt delivery, delivered, (f.o.b. New York equivalent), per lb. |
New York |
USGS |
* Effective October 01, 2012, the following component change was made:
- Hides, HNS, per CWT, was replaced with Hides, HNS 62-64#, per Piece.
Indexes affected: Spot Index, Livestock and Raw Industrials.
* Effective January 03, 2011, the following component change was made:
- Hides, HNS, per CWT, was replaced with Hides, HNS 60-68#, per Piece.
Indexes affected: Spot Index, Livestock and Raw Industrials.
* Effective January 02, 2003, the following component changes were made:
- Copper, electrolytic cathodes, was replaced with Copper, scrap #2 wire.
Indexes affected: Spot Index, Metals and Raw Industrials.
- Zinc, prime western, was replaced with Zinc, special high grade.
Indexes affected: Spot Index, Metals and Raw Industrials.
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