• Natural gas prices fell 10.9% in March but are 48.5% higher than one year ago.

• Crude energy prices fell 6.8% in March but are 13.6% higher than one year ago.

• Steel mill products prices shed 1.1% for the month but are 1.4% higher than one year ago.

• Crude petroleum prices fell 6.4% in March but are up 3.9% from March 2013.

• Prices for plumbing fixtures shed 0.8% for the month but are up 1.9% from the same time last year.

• Fabricated structural metal product prices are down 0.2% for the month but have risen 0.5% from one year ago.

• Softwood lumber prices fell 0.8% in March and are 2.1% lower than one year ago.