Wire, Cable & Conductor Manufacturing calculator
Cable Quote Price Calculator
Price a cable order at a chosen gross margin. Enter accepted axial meters, fully loaded cost per meter, additional fixed costs and margin on selling price.
What this calculator does
- Price a cable order at a chosen gross margin.
Formula used
- Order cost = Accepted meters × Fully loaded cost/m + Fixed costs
- Quote = Order cost ÷ (1 − Gross margin % ÷ 100)
- Quoted price/m = Quote ÷ Accepted meters
- Gross profit = Quote − Order cost
Inputs explained
- Accepted Order Length: Axial cable meters included in the quoted deliverable.
- Fully Loaded Cable Cost: Cost per accepted meter before separately entered order charges.
- Additional Fixed Order Costs: Setup or order costs excluded from the per-meter cost.
- Target Gross Margin: Desired gross profit as a percentage of selling price.
How to use the result
- Best suited to cable order quotes, gross margin planning.
- Taxes, credit terms and commercial charges outside the entered scope are excluded.
Current U.S. benchmarks
- The producer price index for primary nonferrous metals (a broad metals benchmark, not copper alone) stands at 544.731 (BLS, Aug 2026), up 49.3% from a year earlier. Quotes priced off last quarter's material cost miss this move. Global copper trades at $13,543 per tonne (IMF via FRED, Jul 2026).
- The U.S. has 5,397 electrical equipment and appliances establishments employing about 369,437 workers (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
Common questions
- Is this a markup calculation? No. It solves gross margin on selling price.
- Are fixed costs marked up? They are included in total cost before the requested gross margin is applied.
- Can I enter feet as order length? No. Convert the order to axial meters and use a matching cost per meter.
- What happens at zero margin? The quote equals the entered total order cost.
Last reviewed 2026-10-12.