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Steel A500 GR B Square Tube 3" x 3" x 3/16" wall Price

Estimated Market Range
$0.98 – $1.06/lb
2.7% (30d)

≈ $7.31/ft · $146.22 per 20ft bar

Based on published distributor pricing adjusted for typical volume discounts. See methodology.

A500 GR B Steel Square Tube

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  • •Prices have been relatively stable over the past 30 days.

Similar Sizes

Same material, closest dimensions. Use $/lb to compare across sizes.

Dimensions$/lb$/ft$/ea
3" x 3" x 3/16" wallThis item$1.02Lowest$6.99$139.84
3" x 3" x 1/4" wall$1.02$8.97$179.33
3-1/2" x 3-1/2" x 3/16" wall$1.02$8.29$165.89
3" x 3" x 1/8" wall$1.02$4.83$96.69
2-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 3/16" wall$1.02$5.69$113.78

Market Context

Raw Material Market Prices
3.4%30d
Steel HRC
$1,198/short ton
$0.60/lb

Hot Rolled Coil (HRC) is the benchmark for raw steel prices.

About A500 GR B|Structural tubing, Grade B. Minimum 42 KSI yield, 58 KSI tensile. This is the lower-strength tier of the A500 spec (Grade C bumps yield to 46 KSI). Most mills today produce to Grade C anyway and dual-certify, so standalone Grade B is becoming less common in new production. If you're seeing it, it's either older inventory or the customer specified B because that's what the engineer's calculation needed. Same welded-seam HSS (hollow structural sections) product as A500 GR B/C. Not for precision machining. Compare to A500 GR B/C (dual-cert, effectively the same product) and A36 (plate/bar equivalent structural grade).
About Square Tube|A hollow structural section (HSS) used for frames, supports, roll cages, and fabricated assemblies. It's mostly a cut-and-weld product, not typically used as machining stock.

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