Industry Data

Weekly Raw Steel Production

In the week ending on March 14, 2026, domestic raw steel production was 1,774,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 76.7 percent. Production was 1,703,000 net tons in the week ending March 14, 2025, while the capability utilization then was 76.5 percent. The current week production represents a 4.2 percent increase from the same period in the previous year. Production for the week ending March 14, 2026 is down 0.9 percent from the previous week ending March 7, 2026 when production was 1,791,000 net tons and the rate of capability utilization was 77.4 percent.

Adjusted year-to-date production through March 14, 2026, was 18,613,000 net tons, at a capability utilization rate of 77.2 percent. That is up 4.9 percent from the 17,738,000 net tons during the same period last year, when the capability utilization rate was 76.4 percent.

Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week ending March 14, 2026, in thousands of net tons: North East: 133; Great Lakes: 505; Midwest: 280; Southern: 795 and Western: 61 for a total of 1774.

The raw steel production tonnage provided in this report is estimated. The figures are compiled from weekly production tonnage provided by approximately 50% of the domestic production capacity combined with the most recent monthly production data for the remainder. Therefore, this report should be used primarily to assess production trends. The AISI production report “AIS 7”, published monthly and available by subscription, provides a more detailed summary of steel production based on data supplied by companies representing 75% of U.S. production capacity.