Revenue (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2021

Revenue From Contract With Customer [Abstract]

Summary of Revenues Disaggregated by Major Product and Sales Destination

The table below illustrates the Company’s revenues disaggregated by major product and sales destination (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended November 30,
	2021		2020
Major product information:
Ferrous revenues	$	465,856	$	252,206
Nonferrous revenues		194,429		119,709
Steel revenues(1)		103,238		88,414
Retail and other revenues		34,595		31,778
Total revenues	$	798,118	$	492,107
Revenues based on sales destination:
Foreign	$	471,173	$	268,399
Domestic		326,945		223,708
Total revenues	$	798,118	$	492,107

(1) Steel revenues include predominantly sales of finished steel products, in addition to sales of semi-finished goods (billets) and steel manufacturing scrap.