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Steel · Indicative Assessment

61/62% Fe Transitional Basis Spread Price Today

  • CommodityScope Indicative Assessment
  • CS Series CS-STL-61-62-FE-TRANSITIONAL-BASIS-SPREAD
  • 61/62% Fe Transitional Basis Spread · USD/dmt
  • Steel Assessment Methodology v1.0

The assessment represents the estimated prevailing market level for the defined basis and is not an executable quotation.

Latest 61/62% Fe Transitional Basis Spread Price

CommodityScope Assessment
2.50 USD/dmt
Change
-0.10(-3.8%)
vs previous assessment (8 Oct 2026)
Assessment date
12 October 2026
61/62% Fe Transitional Basis Spread
Assessment Range
2.50 – 2.50 USD/dmt
Assessment confidence: medium

The assessment range is an uncertainty interval around the CommodityScope midpoint and does not represent a quoted bid/offer spread or daily trading high/low. Range methodology

Basis
61/62% Fe Transitional Basis Spread
Unit
USD/dmt
CS Series
CS-STL-61-62-FE-TRANSITIONAL-BASIS-SPREAD

61/62% Fe Transitional Basis Spread Price Chart

USD/dmt · Calendar gaps are not interpolated.

Price Changes and Historical Range

Computed statistics are CommodityScope calculations from the series history.

vs last completed month
-0.20(-7.4%)
vs September 2026 average (17 obs.)
Available History Range
2.50 – 2.80
18 Aug 2026 – 12 Oct 2026, 31 obs.

Monthly 61/62% Fe Transitional Basis Spread Prices

Average, minimum and maximum of assessment midpoints in each calendar month. These are not the assessment range. Incomplete latest months are marked month to date.

MonthAverage midMin midMax midObservations
October 2026Month to date2.582.502.606
September 20262.702.602.8017
August 20262.762.752.808

Recent Assessments

Latest CommodityScope assessments for the defined market basis. Low and high are the CommodityScope assessment range around each midpoint, not a bid/offer spread. Dates without an available assessment are omitted.

DateLowHighMidΔ vs previous
2026-10-122.502.502.50-0.10
2026-10-082.602.602.600.00
2026-10-072.602.602.600.00
2026-10-062.602.602.600.00
2026-10-022.602.602.600.00
2026-10-012.602.602.600.00
2026-09-302.602.602.60-0.05
2026-09-292.652.652.650.00
2026-09-282.652.652.650.00
2026-09-252.652.652.650.00

What This 61/62% Fe Transitional Basis Spread Price Represents

This page tracks the 61/62% Fe Transitional Basis Spread on a 61/62% Fe Transitional Basis Spread basis, quoted in USD/dmt. Figures are CommodityScope indicative assessments for the defined series basis. They are not a live quote.

Compare With

Each comparison states why the series are related and whether the latest values can be subtracted directly (same unit, currency and assessment date). Where they cannot, the values are shown side by side without a difference. The reasons below follow the product family and basis of each series.

SeriesWhy compareLatestDifference (this − other)
IODEX CFR North China
CFR North China · USD/dmt
Same product family (Steel) on a different basis: 61/62% Fe Transitional Basis Spread vs CFR North China. The gap reflects location and delivery terms, not quality alone.90.60
12 Oct 2026
-88.10
65% Fe CFR North China
CFR North China · USD/dmt
Same product family (Steel) on a different basis: 61/62% Fe Transitional Basis Spread vs CFR North China. The gap reflects location and delivery terms, not quality alone.105.10
12 Oct 2026
-102.60
58% Fe CFR North China
CFR North China · USD/dmt
Same product family (Steel) on a different basis: 61/62% Fe Transitional Basis Spread vs CFR North China. The gap reflects location and delivery terms, not quality alone.80.50
12 Oct 2026
-78.00
TSI Iron Ore Fines CFR China
CFR China · USD/dmt
Same product family (Steel) on a different basis: 61/62% Fe Transitional Basis Spread vs CFR China. The gap reflects location and delivery terms, not quality alone.90.60
12 Oct 2026
-88.10

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CommodityScope Assessment Basis

This is the CommodityScope series definition for the published midpoint and assessment range. Characteristics that are not part of this basis are not inferred.

Product
61/62% Fe Transitional Basis Spread
Product quality
Product as labelled by the series name and location basis. CommodityScope does not infer a fuller chemical or contractual specification.
Location basis
61/62% Fe Transitional Basis Spread
Parcel basis
Typical physical cargo as transacted on the stated location basis. CommodityScope does not fix a standard parcel tonnage.
Delivery / loading period
Not fixed in the published series basis.
Assessment window
CommodityScope assessment dated as of the published assessment date.
Currency / unit
USD/dmt
Normalization
Inputs used for the midpoint and the assessment range are considered only after they can be expressed on this series basis and unit. Cross-unit values are not converted on the public site and are not mixed into this series.

Terms not specified

  • The series basis identifies 61 62% Fe Transitional Spread as the quoted location but does not specify the delivery Incoterm.
  • The series basis does not specify a product specification beyond its name and basis; none is assumed here.

Specification · series name and basis only

The series basis does not specify a product specification beyond its name and basis; none is assumed.

Basis: 61/62% Fe Transitional Basis Spread

The basis is shown as defined for this series; no delivery term is inferred.

Unit: USD/dmt

  • The unit printed with the price is the unit of this series. European coil is in EUR per metric tonne. Seaborne finished steel is in USD per metric tonne. Seaborne iron ore is in USD per dry metric tonne. US mill coil and rebar are in USD per short ton. US domestic scrap is in USD per long ton. Chinese port iron-ore free-on-truck levels are in CNY per wet metric tonne, and Chinese domestic mill steel is in CNY per metric tonne. Indian domestic levels are in INR per metric tonne, Brazilian domestic scrap is in BRL per metric tonne, Mexican domestic scrap is in MXN per metric tonne, and Moscow levels are in RUB per metric tonne.
  • A series published in short tons stays in short tons. A series published in cents per pound stays in cents per pound. No unit is converted into another on the page.
How to use this series, and what it is not for

How to use this series

  • Track one series over time using the chart, monthly averages and the recent-assessment table.
  • Compare two series only when the unit, currency and delivery basis match.

What it is not suitable for

  • Treating a domestic mill assessment and an export assessment as one price.
  • Intraday trading: values are end-of-day assessments, not live quotes.

Product and market references

Assessment, assessment range and computed statistics: CommodityScope. The assessment range is an uncertainty interval around the midpoint, not a bid/offer spread. See the Steel Assessment Methodology v1.0 for assessment basis, calculation principles and data policy.