Price guide · Industrial Safety
Steel Tubing: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $1.05 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.56 at volume, on a typical 45-day lead time. These medians come from published supplier pricing. Treat them as a starting point, not a binding quote. Your spec and quantity set the final price.
Median price by order quantity
| Order size | Median /unit |
|---|---|
| 500–999 units | $1.05 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.88 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.78 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.70 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.62 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.56 |
What moves the price
For steel tubing, the drivers are diameter, length, grade, thread type, corrosion resistance, equipment fitment, tube diameter, steel grade — the spec them differently and the same item lands at either end of the band.
Real published steel-tube and pipe pricing is typically quoted by weight, not by piece, with wholesale spot references around $1,250/nt to $1,378/mt for US domestic HSS tubing and distributor list sheets varying by size, grade, and coating. For custom-manufactured tubing, the biggest cost drivers are steel grade, wall thickness/diameter, coating or galvanizing, fabrication steps, and certification requirements; welded or mounted variants usually sit above plain tube price. The most realistic routes are mill-direct or service-center quotes for large volumes, or import/landed-equivalent pricing from Chinese export listings and distributor sheets for smaller wholesale lots
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder steel tubing regularly, run a free savings check — enter what you pay and see it against these researched medians, item by item. About three minutes, no card or account.
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