Inventory	9 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2022
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]
Inventory	NOTE B – Inventory Due to the recent decline in steel pricing, the net realizable value of our inventory was lower than the cost reflected in our records at February 28, 2022. Accordingly, we recorded a lower of cost or net realizable value adjustment during the third quarter of fiscal 2022 totaling $15,698,000 to reflect this lower value. The entire amount related to our Steel Processing operating segment and was recorded in cost of goods sold in the consolidated statement of earnings.

The entire disclosure for inventory. Includes, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 330
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2126998

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