Inventories (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market. Inventories at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 consisted of the following:



	September 30, 2017			December 31, 2016
Inventories carried at LIFO:
Finished goods	$	47,734		$	39,142
Raw materials, production parts and work-in-process	24,275			23,980
LIFO reserve	(28,190		)	(28,190		)
Total LIFO inventories	43,819			34,932
Inventories carried at FIFO:
Finished goods	56,477			31,044
Raw materials, production parts and work-in-process	41,223			12,646
Total FIFO inventories	97,700			43,690
Total inventories	$	141,519		$	78,622