Current Scrap Metal Prices in the United States
The prices listed below are paid by the scrap yards in United States cities.
CopperNational Average
Updated on 8/11/2026
2.64 USD/LB
AluminumNational Average
Updated on 8/11/2026
0.77 USD/LB
SteelNational Average
Updated on 8/11/2026
202.50 USD/GT
| Scrap Material | Location | Average Price | High Price | Low Price | Price Unit | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single Tube ACR | Catasauqua, Pennsylvania | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | USD/LB | 8/11/2026 |
| Unsorted Iron | Marshfield, Wisconsin | 200.00 | 200.00 | 200.00 | USD/NT | 8/11/2026 |
| Copper Premium Insulated Wire(Clean) | Stockertown, Pennsylvania | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | USD/LB | 8/10/2026 |
| Copper Premium Insulated Wire(Dirty) | Stockertown, Pennsylvania | 1.60 | 1.60 | 1.60 | USD/LB | 8/10/2026 |
| Steel Car Wheels | Rhinelander, Wisconsin | 140.00 | 140.00 | 140.00 | USD/Ton | 8/10/2026 |
| Unprepared Shearing | Dunmore, Pennsylvania | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | USD/LB | 7/28/2026 |
| Copper Starters | Lynbrook, New York | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | USD/LB | 7/20/2026 |
| Insulated Copper Heliax | Frederick, Maryland | 1.70 | 1.70 | 1.70 | USD/LB | 7/17/2026 |
| Aluminum Copper Cooler (Dirty) | Decatur, Texas | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | USD/LB | 7/16/2026 |
| Contaminated Irony Al/Cu Radiators | Salt Lake City, Utah | 1.45 | 1.45 | 1.45 | USD/LB | 7/16/2026 |
| Contaminated Irony Red Brass | Salt Lake City, Utah | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.95 | USD/LB | 7/16/2026 |
| Contaminated Irony Yellow Brass | Salt Lake City, Utah | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | USD/LB | 7/16/2026 |
| Al/Cu Condensers (Dirty) | Waynesboro, Pennsylvania | 2.55 | 2.55 | 2.55 | USD/LB | 7/16/2026 |
| Contaminated Irony Cu/Br Radiators | Salt Lake City, Utah | 1.60 | 1.60 | 1.60 | USD/LB | 7/16/2026 |
| Copper Foam Wire | West Babylon, New York | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | USD/LB | 7/16/2026 |
| Contaminated Irony Stainless Steel | Salt Lake City, Utah | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | USD/LB | 7/16/2026 |
| Aluminum Big Rig Rims | Bakersfield, California | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | USD/LB | 7/15/2026 |
| Aluminum Copper Cooler (Clean) | Texarkana, Arkansas | 2.74 | 2.74 | 2.74 | USD/LB | 7/15/2026 |
| Insulated Copper Wire 62% Recovery | Levittown, Pennsylvania | 2.85 | 2.85 | 2.85 | USD/LB | 7/15/2026 |
| #4 Insulated Copper Wire | Cleveland , Tennessee | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | USD/LB | 7/14/2026 |
| CRV Plastic #3 | Upland, California | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.48 | USD/LB | 7/13/2026 |
| CRV Plastic #4 | Upland, California | 1.98 | 1.98 | 1.98 | USD/LB | 7/13/2026 |
| CRV Plastic #5 | Upland, California | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.56 | USD/LB | 7/13/2026 |
| CRV Plastic #6 | Upland, California | 5.45 | 5.45 | 5.45 | USD/LB | 7/13/2026 |
| CRV Plastic #7 | Upland, California | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.31 | USD/LB | 7/13/2026 |
| Contaminated Stainless Steel | Huntington Beach, California | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | USD/LB | 7/10/2026 |
| Insulated Aluminum Triplex | Taylor, Missouri | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | USD/LB | 7/09/2026 |
| A-Boards P/C | Taylor, Missouri | 2.15 | 2.15 | 2.15 | USD/LB | 7/09/2026 |
| B-Boards | Taylor, Missouri | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | USD/LB | 7/09/2026 |
| Colored Boards | Taylor, Missouri | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.65 | USD/LB | 7/09/2026 |
| Electronic Transformers | Taylor, Missouri | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | USD/LB | 7/09/2026 |
| P-4 Boards | Taylor, Missouri | 1.15 | 1.15 | 1.15 | USD/LB | 7/09/2026 |
| Large Transformers | Taylor, Missouri | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | USD/LB | 7/09/2026 |
| Small Transformers | Taylor, Missouri | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | USD/LB | 7/09/2026 |
| Steel Cased Transformers | Taylor, Missouri | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | USD/LB | 7/09/2026 |
| 3 Foot Steel | Fond du Lac, Wisconsin | 260.00 | 260.00 | 260.00 | USD/NT | 7/08/2026 |
| AC Core Radiator Dirty | Prescott, Kansas | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.30 | USD/LB | 7/06/2026 |
| AC Core Radiator | Prescott, Kansas | 1.72 | 1.72 | 1.72 | USD/LB | 7/06/2026 |
| Aluminum Heavy Breakage 30% Recovery | Prescott, Kansas | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | USD/LB | 7/06/2026 |
| Brass Borings | Prescott, Kansas | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | USD/LB | 7/06/2026 |
| #2 Insulated Copper Wire 15% Recovery | Prescott, Kansas | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.85 | USD/LB | 7/06/2026 |
| Misc Cast | Prescott, Kansas | 180.00 | 180.00 | 180.00 | USD/Ton | 7/06/2026 |
| #1 Copper Wire Double Insulated | Afton, Oklahoma | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | USD/LB | 7/03/2026 |
| #1 Single Insulated Copper | Afton, Oklahoma | 2.50 | 2.50 | 2.50 | USD/LB | 7/03/2026 |
| #2 Single Insulated Copper | Afton, Oklahoma | 1.90 | 1.90 | 1.90 | USD/LB | 7/03/2026 |
| Al/Cu Fins w/ Fe | Douglas, Georgia | 1.80 | 1.80 | 1.80 | USD/LB | 6/11/2026 |
| Prepared Structural | Scranton, Pennsylvania | 285.00 | 285.00 | 285.00 | USD/GT | 6/10/2026 |
| Yellow Brass Solids | Carrollton, Ohio | 3.25 | 3.25 | 3.25 | USD/LB | 6/09/2026 |
| #2 Insulated Copper Wire 25% Recovery | Commerce, Oklahoma | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | USD/LB | 6/09/2026 |
| Clean Car Radiators (Cu. & Brass) | Paducah, Kentucky | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | USD/LB | 6/03/2026 |
| Aluminum Car Wheels Dirty | Puryear, Tennessee | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | USD/LB | 6/02/2026 |
| Aluminum Piston W/Rod (Dirty) | Forest Hill, Texas | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | USD/LB | 6/02/2026 |
| Aluminum Water Pumps Large | Forest Hill, Texas | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | USD/LB | 6/02/2026 |
| Aluminum Water Pumps | Forest Hill, Texas | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | USD/LB | 6/02/2026 |
| Steel Base Carburetors | Forest Hill, Texas | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | USD/LB | 6/02/2026 |
| Al/Cu Condensers (Clean) | Dennisville, New Jersey | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | USD/LB | 5/29/2026 |
| Prepared Aluminum | New Egypt, New Jersey | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | USD/LB | 5/27/2026 |
| 18-8 Unprepared | Hellertown, Pennsylvania | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | USD/LB | 5/27/2026 |
| #2 HMS Unprepared | Everett, Massachusetts | 160.00 | 160.00 | 160.00 | USD/GT | 5/26/2026 |
| Heavy w. Light | Everett, Massachusetts | 150.00 | 150.00 | 150.00 | USD/GT | 5/26/2026 |
| Light w. Heavy | Everett, Massachusetts | 145.00 | 145.00 | 145.00 | USD/GT | 5/26/2026 |
| Steel Electric Motors | Gaylord, Michigan | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | USD/LB | 5/26/2026 |
| Torching Unprepared | Everett, Massachusetts | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | USD/GT | 5/26/2026 |
| Whole Car Motors | Bloomington, Indiana | 230.00 | 230.00 | 230.00 | USD/Ton | 5/22/2026 |
| Irony Brass Car Radiators | Scranton, Pennsylvania | 2.11 | 2.11 | 2.11 | USD/LB | 4/27/2026 |
| #1 H.M. Steel | Paulding, Ohio | 200.00 | 200.00 | 200.00 | USD/Ton | 4/23/2026 |
| Prepared Non-Magnetic Stainless Steel | Benton, Tennessee | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | USD/LB | 4/13/2026 |
| Unprepared Non-Magnetic Stainless Steel | Benton, Tennessee | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | USD/LB | 4/13/2026 |
| #2 Prepared | Nitro, West Virginia | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | USD/LB | 4/13/2026 |
| 2024 Aluminum | El Monte, California | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | USD/LB | 3/18/2026 |
| Jelly Wire | Gloucester City, New Jersey | 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.90 | USD/LB | 3/06/2026 |
| Aluminum Bronze Solids | Indiana, Pennsylvania | 2.20 | 2.20 | 2.20 | USD/LB | 3/04/2026 |
| New Cast Aluminum | Warren, Ohio | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.37 | USD/LB | 3/04/2026 |
| #2 Steel | Lancaster, Kentucky | 220.00 | 220.00 | 220.00 | USD/Ton | 2/11/2026 |
| Zinc Dirty | Lexington, Kentucky | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | USD/LB | 1/30/2026 |
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