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 4/30/2026
2.31 USD/LB
AluminumNational Average
Updated on 4/30/2026
0.72 USD/LB
SteelNational Average
Updated on 4/29/2026
258.00 USD/GT
| Scrap Material | Location | Average Price | High Price | Low Price | Price Unit | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irony Brass Car Radiators | Dunmore, Pennsylvania | 1.95 | 1.95 | 1.95 | USD/LB | 4/27/2026 |
| Prepared Structural | Dunmore, Pennsylvania | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | USD/LB | 4/27/2026 |
| Yellow Brass Solids | Carrollton, Ohio | 3.10 | 3.10 | 3.10 | USD/LB | 4/23/2026 |
| Insulated Copper Heliax | Frederick, Maryland | 1.70 | 1.70 | 1.70 | USD/LB | 4/22/2026 |
| Aluminum Copper Cooler (Dirty) | Decatur, Texas | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | USD/LB | 4/21/2026 |
| Contaminated Irony Al/Cu Radiators | Salt Lake City, Utah | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.38 | USD/LB | 4/21/2026 |
| Contaminated Irony Red Brass | Salt Lake City, Utah | 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.90 | USD/LB | 4/21/2026 |
| Contaminated Irony Yellow Brass | Salt Lake City, Utah | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | USD/LB | 4/21/2026 |
| Al/Cu Condensers (Dirty) | Waynesboro, Pennsylvania | 2.20 | 2.20 | 2.20 | USD/LB | 4/21/2026 |
| Contaminated Irony Cu/Br Radiators | Salt Lake City, Utah | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | USD/LB | 4/21/2026 |
| Copper Foam Wire | West Babylon, New York | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | USD/LB | 4/21/2026 |
| Contaminated Irony Stainless Steel | Salt Lake City, Utah | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | USD/LB | 4/21/2026 |
| Aluminum Copper Cooler (Clean) | Texarkana, Arkansas | 2.56 | 2.56 | 2.56 | USD/LB | 4/20/2026 |
| #4 Insulated Copper Wire | Cleveland , Tennessee | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | USD/LB | 4/17/2026 |
| CRV Plastic #3 | Upland, California | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.48 | USD/LB | 4/14/2026 |
| CRV Plastic #4 | Upland, California | 1.98 | 1.98 | 1.98 | USD/LB | 4/14/2026 |
| CRV Plastic #5 | Upland, California | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.56 | USD/LB | 4/14/2026 |
| CRV Plastic #6 | Upland, California | 5.45 | 5.45 | 5.45 | USD/LB | 4/14/2026 |
| CRV Plastic #7 | Upland, California | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.31 | USD/LB | 4/14/2026 |
| Contaminated Stainless Steel | Huntington Beach, California | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | USD/LB | 4/13/2026 |
| Prepared Non-Magnetic Stainless Steel | Benton, Tennessee | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | USD/LB | 4/13/2026 |
| #2 Prepared | Nitro, West Virginia | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | USD/LB | 4/13/2026 |
| A-Boards P/C | Taylor, Missouri | 2.15 | 2.15 | 2.15 | USD/LB | 4/10/2026 |
| B-Boards | Taylor, Missouri | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | USD/LB | 4/10/2026 |
| Colored Boards | Taylor, Missouri | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.65 | USD/LB | 4/10/2026 |
| Electronic Transformers | Taylor, Missouri | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | USD/LB | 4/10/2026 |
| P-4 Boards | Taylor, Missouri | 1.15 | 1.15 | 1.15 | USD/LB | 4/10/2026 |
| 18-8 Unprepared | Hellertown, Pennsylvania | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | USD/LB | 4/10/2026 |
| Large Transformers | Taylor, Missouri | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | USD/LB | 4/10/2026 |
| Steel Cased Transformers | Taylor, Missouri | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | USD/LB | 4/10/2026 |
| Yellow Brass Shell Casings | Springfield, Missouri | 2.20 | 2.20 | 2.20 | USD/LB | 4/09/2026 |
| Al/Cu Condensers (Clean) | Cape May Court House, New Jersey | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | USD/LB | 4/09/2026 |
| Single Tube ACR | Catasauqua, Pennsylvania | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | USD/LB | 4/09/2026 |
| Steel Coated Copper Wire | Cape May Court House, New Jersey | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | USD/LB | 4/09/2026 |
| #1 Low Grade Motherboard | Springfield, Missouri | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | USD/LB | 4/09/2026 |
| Unsorted Iron | Marshfield, Wisconsin | 190.00 | 190.00 | 190.00 | USD/NT | 4/09/2026 |
| AC Core Radiator Dirty | Centerville, Kansas | 1.15 | 1.15 | 1.15 | USD/LB | 4/08/2026 |
| AC Core Radiator | Centerville, Kansas | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.40 | USD/LB | 4/08/2026 |
| Aluminum Heavy Breakage 30% Recovery | Centerville, Kansas | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | USD/LB | 4/08/2026 |
| Brass Borings | Centerville, Kansas | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | USD/LB | 4/08/2026 |
| Misc Cast | Centerville, Kansas | 180.00 | 180.00 | 180.00 | USD/Ton | 4/08/2026 |
| Steel Car Wheels | Rhinelander, Wisconsin | 155.00 | 155.00 | 155.00 | USD/Ton | 4/07/2026 |
| #2 Insulated Copper Wire 25% Recovery | Independence, Kansas | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | USD/LB | 3/12/2026 |
| Al/Cu Fins w/ Fe | Levittown, Pennsylvania | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | USD/LB | 3/06/2026 |
| Aluminum Bronze Solids | Indiana, Pennsylvania | 2.20 | 2.20 | 2.20 | USD/LB | 3/04/2026 |
| 3 Foot Steel | Fond du Lac, Wisconsin | 260.00 | 260.00 | 260.00 | USD/NT | 2/27/2026 |
| Farm Machinery | Fond du Lac, Wisconsin | 200.00 | 200.00 | 200.00 | USD/NT | 2/27/2026 |
| #2 HMS UnPrepared Iron | Spartanburg, South Carolina | 5.50 | 5.50 | 5.50 | USD/CWT | 2/23/2026 |
| Copper Premium Insulated Wire(Clean) | Stockertown, Pennsylvania | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | USD/LB | 2/20/2026 |
| Copper Premium Insulated Wire(Dirty) | Stockertown, Pennsylvania | 1.60 | 1.60 | 1.60 | USD/LB | 2/20/2026 |
| Small Transformers | Baden, Pennsylvania | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | USD/LB | 2/06/2026 |
| Unprepared Non-Magnetic Stainless Steel | Hazleton, Pennsylvania | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | USD/LB | 2/02/2026 |
| Torching Steel | Lexington, Kentucky | 90.00 | 90.00 | 90.00 | USD/NT | 1/30/2026 |
| #2 Insulated Copper Wire 52% Recovery | Lexington, Kentucky | 1.05 | 1.05 | 1.05 | USD/LB | 1/30/2026 |
| Clean Car Radiators (Cu. & Brass) | Paducah, Kentucky | 1.60 | 1.60 | 1.60 | USD/LB | 1/30/2026 |
| Telecom Boards | Chicago, Illinois | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | USD/LB | 1/30/2026 |
| #1 Copper Heavy Bare | West Branch, California | 3.95 | 3.95 | 3.95 | USD/LB | 1/29/2026 |
| Clean Auto Cast | West Branch, California | 180.00 | 180.00 | 180.00 | USD/NT | 1/29/2026 |
| #1 H.M. Steel | Texarkana, Arkansas | 6.25 | 6.25 | 6.25 | USD/CWT | 1/28/2026 |
| Prepared Aluminum | New Egypt, New Jersey | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | USD/LB | 1/22/2026 |
| 18/8 Stainless Steel Solid | Gaylord, Michigan | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | USD/LB | 1/22/2026 |
| Steel Electric Motors | Gaylord, Michigan | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | USD/LB | 1/22/2026 |
| Unprepared Irony Stainless Steel | Cape May Court House, New Jersey | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | USD/LB | 1/21/2026 |
| Torch Iron | Centerville, Kansas | 125.00 | 125.00 | 125.00 | USD/Ton | 1/20/2026 |
| #1 Copper Wire Double Insulated | Afton, Oklahoma | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | USD/LB | 1/19/2026 |
| #1 Single Insulated Copper | Afton, Oklahoma | 2.25 | 2.25 | 2.25 | USD/LB | 1/19/2026 |
| #2 Copper Wire Single Insulated | Afton, Oklahoma | 1.45 | 1.45 | 1.45 | USD/LB | 1/19/2026 |
| Aluminum Big Rig Rims | Troy, Maine | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.60 | USD/LB | 12/23/2025 |
| Shredder Steel | Gaffney, South Carolina | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | USD/CWT | 12/22/2025 |
| Whole Autos | Gaffney, South Carolina | 7.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | USD/CWT | 12/22/2025 |
| New Cast Aluminum | Greenville, Pennsylvania | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.37 | USD/LB | 12/17/2025 |
| Insulated Aluminum Triplex | Taylor, Missouri | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | USD/LB | 12/12/2025 |
| Coax Copper Core | Taylor, Missouri | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | USD/LB | 12/12/2025 |
| Yellow Brass Dirty 60% Recovery | Mountain View, Missouri | 1.46 | 1.46 | 1.46 | USD/LB | 12/11/2025 |
| #2 Steel | Tampa, Florida | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | USD/LB | 12/11/2025 |
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