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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cast Iron | Houston, Texas | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.06 | USD/LB | 5/22/2023 |
| Light Iron | Houston, Texas | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | USD/LB | 5/22/2023 |
| Car batteries | Houston, Texas | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.22 | USD/LB | 5/22/2023 |
| 304 Non-Magnetic Stainless Steel | Houston, Texas | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | USD/LB | 5/22/2023 |
| 304 Stainless Steel Turning | Houston, Texas | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | USD/LB | 5/22/2023 |
| 316 Non-Magnetic Stainless Steel | Houston, Texas | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.45 | USD/LB | 5/22/2023 |
| 316 Stainless Steel Turning | Houston, Texas | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.60 | USD/LB | 5/22/2023 |
| #1 Steel | Houston, Texas | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.03 | USD/LB | 5/22/2023 |
| Insulated Steel BX | Houston, Texas | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | USD/LB | 5/22/2023 |
| Extruded Aluminum | Houston, Texas | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | USD/LB | 5/05/2023 |
| Brass Pipe | Houston, Texas | 1.37 | 1.37 | 1.37 | USD/LB | 5/05/2023 |
| Semi Red Brass | Brantley, Alabama | 2.10 | 2.10 | 2.10 | USD/LB | 5/05/2023 |
| #1 Insulated (Romex) | Houston, Texas | 1.95 | 1.95 | 1.95 | USD/LB | 5/05/2023 |
| #1 Insulated (Size 10 and 12 THNN) | Houston, Texas | 2.45 | 2.45 | 2.45 | USD/LB | 5/05/2023 |
| #2 Insulated (Cat 5 or Cat 6) Wire | Houston, Texas | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.40 | USD/LB | 5/05/2023 |
| Extension Cord | Houston, Texas | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.85 | USD/LB | 5/05/2023 |
| HARD DRIVES W/BOARDS | Houston, Texas | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | USD/LB | 5/05/2023 |
| Non Green Mother Boards | Houston, Texas | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.55 | USD/LB | 5/05/2023 |
| 6063 Aluminum Painted Extrusion | Edwardsville, Illinois | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.65 | USD/LB | 4/20/2023 |
| Steel BX W/Cu Wire | Stockertown, Pennsylvania | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | USD/LB | 4/20/2023 |
| High Grade Insulated Copper Wire | Farmingdale, New York | 1.51 | 1.51 | 1.51 | USD/LB | 3/20/2023 |
| Insulated Copper Power Cable | Baltimore, Maryland | 2.55 | 2.55 | 2.55 | USD/LB | 3/20/2023 |
| Copper Electric Motors | Greeley, Colorado | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | USD/LB | 3/06/2023 |
| Irony Aluminum Extrusion | Middlesex, New Jersey | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | USD/LB | 2/20/2023 |
| #1 Copper Tube | Bristol, Connecticut | 2.25 | 2.25 | 2.25 | USD/LB | 2/20/2023 |
| Vehicles - w/o fluids | Dodge Center, Minnesota | 180.00 | 180.00 | 180.00 | USD/Ton | 2/20/2023 |
| Vehicles - With fluids | Dodge Center, Minnesota | 170.00 | 170.00 | 170.00 | USD/Ton | 2/20/2023 |
| Car Bodies | Berea, Kentucky | 150.00 | 150.00 | 150.00 | USD/Ton | 2/20/2023 |
| Long Steel | Bloomington, Indiana | 180.00 | 180.00 | 180.00 | USD/Ton | 2/20/2023 |
| #1 UnPrepared Steel | Derry, New Hampshire | 125.00 | 125.00 | 125.00 | USD/GT | 2/06/2023 |
| #1 Prepared Steel | Berea, Kentucky | 170.00 | 170.00 | 170.00 | USD/Ton | 1/20/2023 |
| Aluminum Breakage Dirty | Ardmore, Oklahoma | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | USD/LB | 1/05/2023 |
| Aluminum Clean Die Cast | Edison, New Jersey | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | USD/LB | 1/05/2023 |
| Aluminum Litho | Houston, Texas | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.47 | USD/LB | 1/05/2023 |
| Complete E- | Easton, Pennsylvania | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | USD/LB | 1/05/2023 |
| Power Supplies | Houston, Texas | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | USD/LB | 1/05/2023 |
| Black Cast Iron | Berea, Kentucky | 130.00 | 130.00 | 130.00 | USD/LB | 1/05/2023 |
| Prepared Steel | Berea, Kentucky | 130.00 | 130.00 | 130.00 | USD/Ton | 1/05/2023 |
| CPU Towers | Stockertown, Pennsylvania | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | USD/LB | 12/15/2022 |
| Lithium-Ion Battery | Houston, Texas | 2.00 | 2.50 | 1.50 | USD/LB | 12/15/2022 |
| Cast Iron | Warren, Ohio | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | USD/LB | 12/15/2022 |
| Aluminum Electrical Conductor Wire | Afton, Oklahoma | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | USD/LB | 11/15/2022 |
| Higher Grade Aluminum | Visalia, California | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | USD/LB | 11/15/2022 |
| Irony Cast Aluminum | Spokane, Washington | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | USD/LB | 11/15/2022 |
| #1 Insulated Copper Cable | Houston, Texas | 1.58 | 1.58 | 1.58 | USD/LB | 11/15/2022 |
| Copper Breakage | Visalia, California | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | USD/LB | 11/15/2022 |
| Cu Yokes | Houston, Texas | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | USD/LB | 11/15/2022 |
| CPU Processors | Topeka, Kansas | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | USD/LB | 11/15/2022 |
| #1 Heavy Melt | Middleboro, Massachusetts | 2.05 | 2.05 | 2.05 | USD/LB | 11/15/2022 |
| Low Yield Copper 35% | Frederick, Maryland | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.60 | USD/LB | 11/10/2022 |
| Low yield Copper less than 35% | Frederick, Maryland | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | USD/LB | 11/10/2022 |
| Aluminum Die Cast | Brantley, Alabama | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | USD/LB | 10/17/2022 |
| Aluminum Die Cast Unclean | Brantley, Alabama | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | USD/LB | 10/17/2022 |
| Aluminum Wheel Rims (Clean) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | USD/LB | 10/17/2022 |
| Prepared Aluminum | Skowhegan, Maine | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | USD/LB | 10/17/2022 |
| Unprepared Aluminum | Skowhegan, Maine | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | USD/LB | 10/17/2022 |
| Jelly Wire | Newport, Vermont | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | USD/LB | 10/17/2022 |
| UPS Backup | East Saint Louis, Illinois | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | USD/LB | 10/17/2022 |
| #1 HMS Prepared Iron | Everett, Massachusetts | 170.00 | 170.00 | 170.00 | USD/GT | 10/17/2022 |
| Mixed Cast Iron | Battle Creek, Michigan | 115.00 | 115.00 | 115.00 | USD/NT | 10/17/2022 |
| Diesel Motors | Freedom, New York | 80.00 | 80.00 | 80.00 | USD/NT | 10/17/2022 |
| #1 Busheling | Everett, Massachusetts | 225.00 | 225.00 | 225.00 | USD/GT | 10/17/2022 |
| Steel Turnings | Mitchell, Indiana | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | USD/LB | 10/17/2022 |
| HG Motherboards | Chouteau, Oklahoma | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | USD/LB | 9/05/2022 |
| Light Iron | Middlesex, New Jersey | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | USD/LB | 9/05/2022 |
| Diesel Motors | Stoystown, Pennsylvania | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | USD/CWT | 9/05/2022 |
| White Goods | Kansas City, Missouri | 95.00 | 95.00 | 95.00 | USD/NT | 9/05/2022 |
| #2 Prepared | Nitro, West Virginia | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | USD/LB | 9/05/2022 |
| Appliances | Stoystown, Pennsylvania | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | USD/CWT | 9/05/2022 |
| Drums and Rotors | Middlesex, New Jersey | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | USD/LB | 9/05/2022 |
| Sheet Iron | Bloomington, Indiana | 130.00 | 130.00 | 130.00 | USD/Ton | 9/05/2022 |
| Sheet Metal | Winchester, Kentucky | 130.00 | 130.00 | 130.00 | USD/NT | 9/05/2022 |
| Short Steel | Clifford Township, Pennsylvania | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | USD/LB | 9/05/2022 |
| Unprepared Steel | Clifford Township, Pennsylvania | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | USD/LB | 9/05/2022 |
| Aluminum Wheel Rims (Dirty) | Stockertown, Pennsylvania | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | USD/LB | 8/22/2022 |
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