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 2/04/2026
2.25 USD/LB
AluminumNational Average
Updated on 2/04/2026
0.62 USD/LB
SteelNational Average
Updated on 2/04/2026
217.00 USD/Ton
| Scrap Material | Location | Average Price | High Price | Low Price | Price Unit | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ram Memory | Phoenix, Arizona | 15.00 | 15.00 | 15.00 | USD/LB | 1/21/2025 |
| Aluminum Clad Wheels | Gladwin, Michigan | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.38 | USD/LB | 1/15/2025 |
| Magnesium Clean | Gladwin, Michigan | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | USD/LB | 1/15/2025 |
| Semi Wheel Aluminum | Gladwin, Michigan | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | USD/LB | 1/15/2025 |
| Incomplete Laptops | Gladwin, Michigan | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | USD/LB | 1/15/2025 |
| PC Towers - Incomplete | Gladwin, Michigan | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | USD/LB | 1/15/2025 |
| Aluminum Breakage | Lakeville, Minnesota | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | USD/LB | 1/13/2025 |
| Aluminum Motors | Lakeville, Minnesota | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | USD/LB | 1/13/2025 |
| #2 Copper Wire | Lakeville, Minnesota | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | USD/LB | 1/13/2025 |
| Harness Wire | Lakeville, Minnesota | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | USD/LB | 1/13/2025 |
| #1 Prepared Iron | Lakeville, Minnesota | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | USD/LB | 1/13/2025 |
| #1 Unprepared Iron | Lakeville, Minnesota | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | USD/LB | 1/13/2025 |
| Sheet Iron | Lakeville, Minnesota | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | USD/LB | 1/13/2025 |
| Cu/Al Radiators /Fe | Brantley, Alabama | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | USD/LB | 1/01/2025 |
| Cu/Al Radiators | Brantley, Alabama | 1.60 | 1.60 | 1.60 | USD/LB | 1/01/2025 |
| Hard Lead | Brantley, Alabama | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | USD/LB | 1/01/2025 |
| Irony Stainless Steel | Brantley, Alabama | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | USD/LB | 1/01/2025 |
| Unprepared Stainless Steel | Brantley, Alabama | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | USD/LB | 1/01/2025 |
| P&S Unprepared | Brantley, Alabama | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | USD/LB | 1/01/2025 |
| Plate & Structural Prepared | Brantley, Alabama | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | USD/LB | 1/01/2025 |
| Plate & Structural Unprepared | Kansas City, Missouri | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | USD/LB | 1/01/2025 |
| Aluminum Fins | Fairbanks, Arkansas | 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.90 | USD/LB | 12/13/2024 |
| Insulated Heavy Copper Wire | Fairbanks, Arkansas | 0.20 | 0.35 | 0.05 | USD/LB | 12/13/2024 |
| HMS Unprepared | Brantley, Alabama | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | USD/LB | 12/11/2024 |
| AC compressors | Clifton , New Jersey | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | USD/LB | 12/04/2024 |
| Al/Cu Radiators Ends | Clifton , New Jersey | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.45 | USD/LB | 12/04/2024 |
| Aluminum Extrusion Unclean | Clifton , New Jersey | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | USD/LB | 12/04/2024 |
| Brass Faucets | Clifton , New Jersey | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.55 | USD/LB | 12/04/2024 |
| Brass Turning (clean) | Clifton , New Jersey | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.30 | USD/LB | 12/04/2024 |
| Irony Brass | Clifton , New Jersey | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.55 | USD/LB | 12/04/2024 |
| Lead Coated Light Copper | Clifton , New Jersey | 2.80 | 2.80 | 2.80 | USD/LB | 12/04/2024 |
| #1 HMS | Clifton , New Jersey | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | USD/LB | 12/04/2024 |
| #1 Unprepared | Clifton , New Jersey | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | USD/LB | 12/04/2024 |
| Drums and Rotors | Clifton , New Jersey | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | USD/LB | 12/04/2024 |
| HMS Prepared | Clifton , New Jersey | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | USD/LB | 12/04/2024 |
| Mixed Steel | Clifton , New Jersey | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | USD/LB | 12/04/2024 |
| #1 HMS Prepared | Warren, Ohio | 165.00 | 165.00 | 165.00 | USD/GT | 11/26/2024 |
| #1 HMS Unprepared | Warren, Ohio | 115.00 | 115.00 | 115.00 | USD/GT | 11/26/2024 |
| Transmissions | Greeley, Colorado | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | USD/LB | 11/20/2024 |
| Aluminum Beverage Cans | Darlington, Pennsylvania | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | USD/LB | 10/14/2024 |
| High Grade ICW | Akron, Ohio | 1.27 | 2.00 | 0.55 | USD/LB | 10/14/2024 |
| Small Insulated Wire 80% | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | USD/LB | 10/09/2024 |
| Rainbow Wire | Middleboro, Massachusetts | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | USD/LB | 10/08/2024 |
| Cellular Phones | Heyburn, Idaho | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | USD/LB | 9/12/2024 |
| Tin | Boise, Idaho | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | USD/Ton | 9/12/2024 |
| Heavy Torch Steel | Greeley, Colorado | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | USD/LB | 9/04/2024 |
| Copper Compressor | Huntington, Indiana | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.18 | USD/LB | 8/22/2024 |
| #2 Low Grade Motherboard | Des Moines, Iowa | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | USD/LB | 8/22/2024 |
| High Grade Motherboard | Des Moines, Iowa | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | USD/LB | 8/22/2024 |
| Low Grade Serverboard | Des Moines, Iowa | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | USD/LB | 8/22/2024 |
| Mid Grade Unpopulated | Des Moines, Iowa | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | USD/LB | 8/22/2024 |
| Motor Blocks | Hallowell, Maine | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | USD/LB | 8/13/2024 |
| Hard Drives | Heyburn, Idaho | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | USD/LB | 8/05/2024 |
| Motherboards | Heyburn, Idaho | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | USD/LB | 8/05/2024 |
| HMS 80/20 | Pennsauken, New Jersey | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | USD/LB | 7/30/2024 |
| Mixed Iron | Montville, Maine | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | USD/LB | 7/23/2024 |
| Tin/Steel | Burnt Prairie, Illinois | 170.00 | 170.00 | 170.00 | USD/NT | 7/11/2024 |
| Copper Fins (Unclean) | Middleboro, Massachusetts | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.20 | USD/LB | 6/20/2024 |
| Whole Auto Bodies | Oak Hill, Ohio | 150.00 | 150.00 | 150.00 | USD/NT | 6/20/2024 |
| Aluminum Thermo Extrusion | Allegan, Michigan | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | USD/LB | 6/05/2024 |
| #1 Cast Iron | Davenport, Iowa | 250.00 | 250.00 | 250.00 | USD/NT | 6/05/2024 |
| #1 Insulated Copper Wire 88% Recovery | Pennsauken, New Jersey | 3.22 | 3.22 | 3.22 | USD/LB | 6/03/2024 |
| #2 Mid Grade Board | Des Moines, Iowa | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.80 | USD/LB | 5/20/2024 |
| Ambeductor Wire | Middlesex, Vermont | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | USD/LB | 5/06/2024 |
| Brass Heater Cores | Brantley, Alabama | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.30 | USD/LB | 5/06/2024 |
| #1 Unprepared Heavy Melt | Somerset, New Jersey | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | USD/LB | 5/06/2024 |
| Tin | Brantley, Alabama | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | USD/LB | 5/06/2024 |
| Aluminum Semi Rims | Osgood, Indiana | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | USD/LB | 4/20/2024 |
| 304 Unprepared Stainless Steel | Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | USD/LB | 4/20/2024 |
| Stainless Steel Solids | Bloomington, Indiana | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | USD/LB | 4/20/2024 |
| Prepared Steel | Brantley, Alabama | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | USD/LB | 4/20/2024 |
| Unprepared Steel | Brantley, Alabama | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | USD/LB | 4/20/2024 |
| #1 Copper Solid | Edison, New Jersey | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | USD/LB | 4/05/2024 |
| Mid Grade ICW | Harrisonburg, Virginia | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | USD/LB | 4/05/2024 |
| #1 H.M. Steel | Phoenix, Arizona | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | USD/LB | 4/05/2024 |
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