Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023
Current assets:
Cash	$ 951,521	$ 790,931
Accounts receivable, less allowance for credit losses of $2.3 million at March 2024 and $2.4 million at September 2023	66,881,140	70,878,420
Inventories, net	121,324,279	158,582,816
Income taxes receivable	844,730	1,854,484
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	15,244,494	13,564,056
Total current assets	205,246,164	245,670,707
Property and equipment, net	94,475,740	80,607,451
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net	22,830,252	23,173,287
Goodwill	5,778,325	5,778,325
Other intangible assets, net	5,016,084	5,284,935
Other assets	2,810,304	2,914,495
Total assets	336,156,869	363,429,200
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	51,726,762	43,099,326
Accrued expenses	12,661,273	14,922,279
Accrued wages, salaries and bonuses	5,371,550	8,886,529
Current operating lease liabilities	6,031,117	6,063,048
Current maturities of long-term debt	4,485,028	1,955,065
Current mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interest	1,812,558	1,703,604
Total current liabilities	82,088,288	76,629,851
Credit facilities	99,194,708	140,437,989
Deferred income tax liability, net	5,071,404	4,917,960
Long-term operating lease liabilities	17,106,256	17,408,758
Long-term debt, less current maturities	16,045,738	11,675,439
Mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interest, less current portion	8,012,406	7,787,227
Other long-term liabilities	686,435	402,882
Shareholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized
Common stock, $.01 par value, 3,000,000 shares authorized, 630,362 shares outstanding at March 2024 and 608,689 shares outstanding at September 2023	9,648	9,431
Additional paid-in capital	33,160,639	30,585,388
Retained earnings	106,053,510	104,846,438
Treasury stock at cost	(31,272,163)	(31,272,163)
Total shareholders' equity	107,951,634	104,169,094
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$ 336,156,869	$ 363,429,200