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 12/12/2025
2.21 USD/LB
AluminumNational Average
Updated on 12/12/2025
0.56 USD/LB
SteelNational Average
Updated on 12/12/2025
7.25 USD/CWT
| Scrap Material | Location | Average Price | High Price | Low Price | Price Unit | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coax Copper Core | Taylor, Missouri | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | USD/LB | 12/12/2025 |
| A-Boards P/C | Taylor, Missouri | 2.15 | 2.15 | 2.15 | USD/LB | 12/12/2025 |
| B-Boards | Taylor, Missouri | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | USD/LB | 12/12/2025 |
| Electronic Transformers | Taylor, Missouri | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | USD/LB | 12/12/2025 |
| P-4 Boards | Taylor, Missouri | 1.15 | 1.15 | 1.15 | USD/LB | 12/12/2025 |
| 3 Foot Steel | Fond du Lac, Wisconsin | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | USD/NT | 12/12/2025 |
| Large Transformers | Taylor, Missouri | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | USD/LB | 12/12/2025 |
| Steel Cased Transformers | Taylor, Missouri | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | USD/LB | 12/12/2025 |
| Unprepared Irony Stainless Steel | Cape May Court House, New Jersey | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | USD/LB | 12/11/2025 |
| Yellow Brass Dirty 60% Recovery | Lebanon, Missouri | 1.46 | 1.46 | 1.46 | USD/LB | 12/10/2025 |
| Yellow Brass Shell Casings | Springfield, Missouri | 2.05 | 2.05 | 2.05 | USD/LB | 12/10/2025 |
| AC Core Radiator Dirty | Centerville, Kansas | 1.15 | 1.15 | 1.15 | USD/LB | 12/09/2025 |
| AC Core Radiator | Centerville, Kansas | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.40 | USD/LB | 12/09/2025 |
| Aluminum Heavy Breakage 30% Recovery | Centerville, Kansas | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | USD/LB | 12/09/2025 |
| #1 Double Insulated Copper | Afton, Oklahoma | 1.70 | 1.70 | 1.70 | USD/LB | 12/09/2025 |
| #2 Insulated Copper Wire 15% Recovery | Centerville, Kansas | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | USD/LB | 12/09/2025 |
| #2 Single Insulated Copper | Afton, Oklahoma | 1.45 | 1.45 | 1.45 | USD/LB | 12/09/2025 |
| Misc Cast | Centerville, Kansas | 160.00 | 160.00 | 160.00 | USD/Ton | 12/09/2025 |
| Steel Car Wheels | Rhinelander, Wisconsin | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | USD/Ton | 12/09/2025 |
| Copper Premium Insulated Wire(Clean) | Stockertown, Pennsylvania | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | USD/LB | 12/08/2025 |
| Copper Premium Insulated Wire(Dirty) | Stockertown, Pennsylvania | 1.60 | 1.60 | 1.60 | USD/LB | 12/08/2025 |
| Colored Boards | Phoenix, Arizona | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | USD/LB | 12/08/2025 |
| Rod Borings | Troy, Michigan | 2.16 | 2.16 | 2.16 | USD/LB | 11/26/2025 |
| Unprepared Shearing | Dunmore, Pennsylvania | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | USD/LB | 11/24/2025 |
| #2 Insulated Copper Wire 25% Recovery | Commerce, Oklahoma | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | USD/LB | 11/21/2025 |
| Mixed Aluminum Cast | Bad Axe, Michigan | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.62 | USD/LB | 11/20/2025 |
| Coated Brass Shells | Waynesboro, Pennsylvania | 1.80 | 1.80 | 1.80 | USD/LB | 11/19/2025 |
| Al/Cu Condensers (Dirty) | Waynesboro, Pennsylvania | 1.70 | 1.70 | 1.70 | USD/LB | 11/19/2025 |
| Enamel Coated Copper | Frederick, Maryland | 3.40 | 3.40 | 3.40 | USD/LB | 11/19/2025 |
| Shredder Steel | Duncan, South Carolina | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | USD/CWT | 11/19/2025 |
| Aluminum Copper Cooler (Dirty) | Decatur, Texas | 1.10 | 1.10 | 1.10 | USD/LB | 11/18/2025 |
| Contaminated Irony Al/Cu Radiators | Salt Lake City, Utah | 1.18 | 1.18 | 1.18 | USD/LB | 11/18/2025 |
| Contaminated Irony Red Brass | Salt Lake City, Utah | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | USD/LB | 11/18/2025 |
| Contaminated Irony Yellow Brass | Salt Lake City, Utah | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.55 | USD/LB | 11/18/2025 |
| #1 Copper Heavy Bare | Saginaw, Michigan | 3.40 | 3.40 | 3.40 | USD/LB | 11/18/2025 |
| Al/Cu Fins w/ Fe | Levittown, Pennsylvania | 1.80 | 1.80 | 1.80 | USD/LB | 11/18/2025 |
| Contaminated Irony Cu/Br Radiators | Salt Lake City, Utah | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | USD/LB | 11/18/2025 |
| Copper Foam Wire | West Babylon, New York | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | USD/LB | 11/18/2025 |
| Telecom Boards | Chicago, Illinois | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | USD/LB | 11/18/2025 |
| Contaminated Irony Stainless Steel | Salt Lake City, Utah | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | USD/LB | 11/18/2025 |
| Aluminum Big Rig Rims | Bakersfield, California | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.45 | USD/LB | 11/17/2025 |
| Aluminum Copper Cooler (Clean) | Texarkana, Arkansas | 1.93 | 1.93 | 1.93 | USD/LB | 11/17/2025 |
| Aluminum Electrical Conductor Wire | Texarkana, Arkansas | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.80 | USD/LB | 11/17/2025 |
| Brass Borings | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 1.70 | 1.70 | 1.70 | USD/LB | 11/17/2025 |
| #4 Insulated Copper Wire | Cleveland , Tennessee | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | USD/LB | 11/17/2025 |
| Large Insulated Wire 90% | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 3.60 | 3.60 | 3.60 | USD/LB | 11/17/2025 |
| Medium Insulated Wire 83% | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 3.40 | 3.40 | 3.40 | USD/LB | 11/17/2025 |
| Aluminum Bronze Solids | Indiana, Pennsylvania | 1.95 | 1.95 | 1.95 | USD/LB | 11/14/2025 |
| Al/Cu Condensers (Clean) | Dennisville, New Jersey | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | USD/LB | 11/14/2025 |
| Unprepared - Farm equipment | Dodge Center, Minnesota | 200.00 | 200.00 | 200.00 | USD/Ton | 11/14/2025 |
| Unprepared Aluminum | Binghamton, New York | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.55 | USD/LB | 11/13/2025 |
| CRV Plastic #3 | Upland, California | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.48 | USD/LB | 11/13/2025 |
| CRV Plastic #4 | Upland, California | 1.98 | 1.98 | 1.98 | USD/LB | 11/13/2025 |
| CRV Plastic #5 | Upland, California | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.55 | USD/LB | 11/13/2025 |
| CRV Plastic #6 | Upland, California | 5.43 | 5.43 | 5.43 | USD/LB | 11/13/2025 |
| CRV Plastic #7 | Upland, California | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.31 | USD/LB | 11/13/2025 |
| Contaminated Al/Cu Radiator | Huntington Beach, California | 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.90 | USD/LB | 11/11/2025 |
| Contaminated Aluminum Radiator | Huntington Beach, California | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | USD/LB | 11/11/2025 |
| Contaminated Stainless Steel | Huntington Beach, California | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | USD/LB | 11/11/2025 |
| Prepared Non-Magnetic Stainless Steel | Benton, Tennessee | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | USD/LB | 11/11/2025 |
| Unprepared Non-Magnetic Stainless Steel | Benton, Tennessee | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | USD/LB | 11/11/2025 |
| #2 HMS Unprepared | Everett, Massachusetts | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | USD/GT | 11/10/2025 |
| Heavy w. Light | Everett, Massachusetts | 110.00 | 110.00 | 110.00 | USD/GT | 11/10/2025 |
| Torching Unprepared | Everett, Massachusetts | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | USD/GT | 11/10/2025 |
| Prepared Aluminum | New Egypt, New Jersey | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | USD/LB | 11/07/2025 |
| Single Tube ACR | Catasauqua, Pennsylvania | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.85 | USD/LB | 11/07/2025 |
| Unsorted Iron | Marshfield, Wisconsin | 140.00 | 140.00 | 140.00 | USD/NT | 11/07/2025 |
| #2 Cast Iron | Catasauqua, Pennsylvania | 120.00 | 120.00 | 120.00 | USD/Ton | 11/07/2025 |
| Junk Cars | Catasauqua, Pennsylvania | 120.00 | 120.00 | 120.00 | USD/Ton | 11/07/2025 |
| Unclean Motors | Catasauqua, Pennsylvania | 120.00 | 120.00 | 120.00 | USD/Ton | 11/07/2025 |
| Clean Auto Cast | Bloomington, Indiana | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | USD/Ton | 11/05/2025 |
| 6063 Painted Extrusion Aluminum | Edwardsville, Illinois | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.65 | USD/LB | 10/17/2025 |
| Irony Brass Car Radiators | Scranton, Pennsylvania | 1.44 | 1.44 | 1.44 | USD/LB | 10/13/2025 |
| Yellow Brass Solids | Scranton, Pennsylvania | 2.36 | 2.36 | 2.36 | USD/LB | 10/13/2025 |
| 18-8 Prepared | Scranton, Pennsylvania | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.43 | USD/LB | 10/13/2025 |
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