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Scrap Material | National Average | Price Change | High Price | Low Price | Price Date |
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#1 Brass | $1.35/LB | 0.05 (3.85%) | 1.35 | 1.35 | 6/03/2025 |
#2 Brass | $1.33/LB | 0.01 (0.76%) | 1.33 | 1.33 | 6/03/2025 |
6061 Aluminum sheet | $0.62/LB | 0.02 (3.33%) | 0.62 | 0.62 | 6/02/2025 |
Lead Wheel Weights | $0.10/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.10 | 0.10 | 6/02/2025 |
70/30 Brass | $1.83/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 1.83 | 1.83 | 5/29/2025 |
Brass Dirty | $0.77/LB | 0.01 (1.32%) | 0.78 | 0.76 | 5/28/2025 |
Contaminated Stainless Steel | $0.15/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.15 | 0.15 | 5/27/2025 |
18-8 Prepared | $0.40/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.40 | 0.40 | 5/26/2025 |
Mixed paper | $5.44/Ton | 0.00 (0.00%) | 5.44 | 5.44 | 5/26/2025 |
Brass Heater Cores | $1.31/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 1.31 | 1.31 | 5/26/2025 |
Electronic Transformers | $0.08/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.08 | 0.08 | 5/26/2025 |
Aluminum Beverage Cans | $0.43/LB | -0.07 (14.00%) | 0.43 | 0.43 | 5/23/2025 |
#2 Steel | $205.00/NT | -30.00 (12.77%) | 205.00 | 205.00 | 5/23/2025 |
Laptops | $0.45/LB | -0.01 (2.17%) | 0.46 | 0.44 | 5/23/2025 |
Computer/Server (Incomplete) | $0.23/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.23 | 0.23 | 5/23/2025 |
#2 Insulated Copper Wire | $0.89/LB | 0.02 (2.30%) | 0.90 | 0.87 | 5/23/2025 |
#1 Copper Pipe | $3.05/LB | 0.09 (3.04%) | 3.10 | 3.01 | 5/23/2025 |
Irony Lead | $0.08/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.08 | 0.08 | 5/22/2025 |
Lead Dirty | $0.16/LB | 0.01 (6.67%) | 0.16 | 0.16 | 5/22/2025 |
Alternator | $20.00/CWT | 2.50 (14.29%) | 20.00 | 20.00 | 5/22/2025 |
Bare Bright Copper | $3.25/LB | 0.01 (0.31%) | 3.25 | 3.24 | 5/22/2025 |
Aluminum Cans | $0.51/LB | 0.01 (2.00%) | 0.51 | 0.51 | 5/22/2025 |
Copper Bearings | $0.11/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.11 | 0.11 | 5/22/2025 |
Brass Borings | $0.67/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.67 | 0.67 | 5/22/2025 |
304 Stainless Steel | $0.32/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.32 | 0.32 | 5/21/2025 |
TV/Monitors | $0.67/LB | 0.03 (4.69%) | 0.67 | 0.67 | 5/21/2025 |
Aluminum Radiators | $0.39/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.39 | 0.39 | 5/21/2025 |
201 Stainless Steel | $0.14/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.14 | 0.14 | 5/21/2025 |
301 Prepared Stainless Steel | $0.37/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.37 | 0.37 | 5/21/2025 |
Cu/Al Radiators | $1.35/LB | -0.01 (0.74%) | 1.35 | 1.35 | 5/21/2025 |
#3 Copper | $2.50/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 2.50 | 2.50 | 5/21/2025 |
Soft Lead | $0.41/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.41 | 0.41 | 5/20/2025 |
Alternator | $0.32/LB | 0.01 (3.23%) | 0.32 | 0.32 | 5/20/2025 |
#2 Steel | $0.09/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.09 | 0.09 | 4/25/2025 |
#1 Insulated Copper Wire 75% Recovery | $2.18/LB | -0.06 (2.68%) | 2.18 | 2.18 | 4/24/2025 |
Burnt Copper | $1.24/LB | 0.07 (5.98%) | 1.24 | 1.24 | 2/20/2025 |
Brass Radiator /Fe | $0.92/LB | 0.03 (3.37%) | 0.92 | 0.92 | 2/20/2025 |
Hard Lead | $0.26/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.26 | 0.26 | 1/30/2025 |
#1 HMS Prepared | $186.43/GT | -27.86 (13.00%) | 186.43 | 186.43 | 1/23/2025 |
Bronze | $1.74/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 1.75 | 1.73 | 1/22/2025 |
Lead Coated Light Copper | $2.01/LB | -0.09 (4.29%) | 2.01 | 2.01 | 1/22/2025 |
Romex Wire | $1.79/LB | 0.02 (1.13%) | 1.80 | 1.79 | 1/21/2025 |
Cellular Phones | $1.32/LB | -0.01 (0.75%) | 1.33 | 1.31 | 1/21/2025 |
Hard Drives | $0.59/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.60 | 0.57 | 1/21/2025 |
Aluminum Mixed | $0.46/LB | 0.01 (2.22%) | 0.46 | 0.46 | 11/01/2024 |
Brass Pipe | $2.00/LB | 0.03 (1.52%) | 2.00 | 2.00 | 10/29/2024 |
Range Lead | $0.36/LB | 0.01 (2.86%) | 0.36 | 0.36 | 10/25/2024 |
Mixed Lead | $0.25/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.25 | 0.25 | 8/22/2024 |
#1 HMS Prepared | $9.17/CWT | -0.83 (8.30%) | 9.17 | 9.17 | 6/20/2024 |
Industrial Batteries | $0.11/LB | 0.01 (10.00%) | 0.11 | 0.11 | 8/22/2023 |
#1 HMS Prepared | $0.08/LB | 0.02 (33.33%) | 0.08 | 0.08 | 1/20/2023 |
#2 Steel | $160.00/Ton | 25.00 (18.52%) | 160.00 | 160.00 | 10/17/2022 |
Wheel Weights | $0.12/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.12 | 0.12 | 5/20/2022 |
301 Stainless Steel | $0.47/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.47 | 0.47 | 3/30/2021 |
Lead | $0.36/LB | -0.01 (2.70%) | 0.36 | 0.35 | 12/29/2020 |
Lead Batteries | $0.16/LB | 0.02 (14.29%) | 0.16 | 0.16 | 12/29/2020 |
Auto Batteries | $0.21/LB | -0.13 (38.24%) | 0.21 | 0.21 | 4/04/2018 |
Scrap Material | National Average | Price Change | High Price | Low Price | Price Date |
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Steel Car Rims | $273.20/NT | 0.00 (0.00%) | 273.20 | 273.20 | 6/06/2025 |
Aluminum Beverage Cans | $1.18/LB | 0.09 (8.26%) | 1.18 | 1.18 | 6/06/2025 |
Aluminum Die Cast | $0.42/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.42 | 0.42 | 6/06/2025 |
Soft Lead | $0.90/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.90 | 0.90 | 6/06/2025 |
Hard Lead | $0.20/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.20 | 0.20 | 6/06/2025 |
Heater Cores | $1.47/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 1.47 | 1.47 | 6/05/2025 |
316 Stainless Steel | $1.12/LB | 0.07 (6.67%) | 1.12 | 1.12 | 6/05/2025 |
Mixed Lead | $0.70/LB | 0.01 (1.45%) | 0.70 | 0.70 | 6/05/2025 |
Romex Wire | $2.70/LB | 0.15 (5.88%) | 2.70 | 2.70 | 6/05/2025 |
Aluminum Painted Extrusion | $1.40/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 1.40 | 1.40 | 6/05/2025 |
#1 Copper Bare Bright | $4.92/LB | 0.22 (4.68%) | 4.92 | 4.92 | 6/04/2025 |
Al/Cu Radiators | $2.05/LB | 0.04 (1.99%) | 2.05 | 2.05 | 6/04/2025 |
304 Stainless Steel | $0.45/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.45 | 0.45 | 6/04/2025 |
Lead Wheel Weights | $0.12/LB | 0.01 (9.09%) | 0.12 | 0.12 | 6/04/2025 |
Lead | $0.60/LB | 0.02 (3.45%) | 0.60 | 0.60 | 6/04/2025 |
Lead Batteries | $0.22/LB | -0.01 (4.35%) | 0.22 | 0.22 | 6/04/2025 |
Copper Transformer | $1.19/LB | -0.11 (8.46%) | 1.19 | 1.19 | 6/04/2025 |
#1 Insulated Copper Wire | $2.69/LB | 0.08 (3.07%) | 2.72 | 2.65 | 6/04/2025 |
#2 Insulated Copper Wire | $1.75/LB | 0.07 (4.17%) | 1.75 | 1.75 | 6/04/2025 |
Bare Bright Copper | $5.14/LB | 0.18 (3.63%) | 5.14 | 5.14 | 6/04/2025 |
6061 Aluminum Solids | $0.94/LB | -0.03 (3.09%) | 0.94 | 0.94 | 5/13/2025 |
Aluminum Solids | $0.71/LB | -0.04 (5.33%) | 0.71 | 0.71 | 5/13/2025 |
Household Batteries | $0.03/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.03 | 0.03 | 5/13/2025 |
Burnt Copper | $4.09/LB | -0.08 (1.92%) | 4.09 | 4.09 | 5/12/2025 |
Cu/Al Radiators | $2.27/LB | 0.06 (2.71%) | 2.27 | 2.27 | 11/04/2024 |
Brass Dirty | $1.19/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 1.19 | 1.19 | 11/04/2024 |
Aluminum Radiators /Fe | $0.36/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.36 | 0.36 | 11/04/2024 |
Aluminum Radiators | $0.61/LB | 0.01 (1.67%) | 0.61 | 0.61 | 11/04/2024 |
Lead Cable Strip | $0.69/LB | 0.02 (2.99%) | 0.69 | 0.69 | 8/02/2024 |
Lead Dirty | $0.77/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.77 | 0.77 | 4/05/2024 |
#1 Insulated Copper Wire 75% Recovery | $3.10/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 3.10 | 3.10 | 9/20/2023 |
Lead Coated Light Copper | $3.63/LB | -0.04 (1.09%) | 3.65 | 3.61 | 5/29/2023 |
Brass Heater Cores | $0.79/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.79 | 0.79 | 4/20/2023 |
Dry Cell Batteries | $0.36/LB | 0.33 (1100.00%) | 0.36 | 0.36 | 11/23/2020 |
Auto Batteries | $0.25/LB | 0.01 (4.17%) | 0.25 | 0.25 | 3/04/2020 |
Wheel Weights | $0.15/LB | 0.00 (0.00%) | 0.15 | 0.15 | 5/26/2018 |