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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-8 Unprepared | Scranton, Pennsylvania | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.38 | USD/LB | 10/13/2025 |
| Prepared Structural | Scranton, Pennsylvania | 200.00 | 200.00 | 200.00 | USD/GT | 10/13/2025 |
| Unprepared Structural | Sheridan, Michigan | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | USD/GT | 10/13/2025 |
| Small Transformers | Baden, Pennsylvania | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | USD/LB | 10/07/2025 |
| Insulated Aluminum Triplex | Dunn, North Carolina | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | USD/LB | 10/06/2025 |
| #1 H.M. Steel | Paulding, Ohio | 190.00 | 190.00 | 190.00 | USD/Ton | 10/06/2025 |
| Insulated Copper Heliax | Frederick, Maryland | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.20 | USD/LB | 10/03/2025 |
| Aluminum Piston W/Rod (Dirty) | Forest Hill, Texas | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | USD/LB | 9/30/2025 |
| Aluminum Water Pumps Large | Forest Hill, Texas | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | USD/LB | 9/30/2025 |
| Aluminum Water Pumps | Forest Hill, Texas | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | USD/LB | 9/30/2025 |
| Steel Base Carburetors | Forest Hill, Texas | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | USD/LB | 9/30/2025 |
| Steel Block Engines | Forest Hill, Texas | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | USD/LB | 9/30/2025 |
| 90/10 Brass | Fairmont, North Carolina | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | USD/LB | 9/29/2025 |
| Heavy Brass | Stamford, Connecticut | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | USD/LB | 9/26/2025 |
| Jelly Wire | Hazard, Kentucky | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | USD/LB | 9/25/2025 |
| Aluminum Old Extrusion | Allegan, Michigan | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.37 | USD/LB | 9/24/2025 |
| Municipal | Allegan, Michigan | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | USD/LB | 9/24/2025 |
| #2 Insulated Copper Wire 35% Recovery | Allegan, Michigan | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | USD/LB | 9/24/2025 |
| Stove Cast | Caspian, Michigan | 90.00 | 90.00 | 90.00 | USD/NT | 9/24/2025 |
| Fire Alarm Wire | Catasauqua, Pennsylvania | 1.15 | 1.15 | 1.15 | USD/LB | 9/23/2025 |
| Whole Car Motors | Bloomington, Indiana | 200.00 | 200.00 | 200.00 | USD/Ton | 9/19/2025 |
| Aluminum Cast Secondary | Harris County, Texas | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | USD/LB | 8/28/2025 |
| Aluminum Extruded Secondary | Harris County, Texas | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.80 | USD/LB | 8/28/2025 |
| Aluminum Secondary Sheet | Harris County, Texas | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | USD/LB | 8/28/2025 |
| Red Brass Secondary | Harris County, Texas | 1.90 | 1.90 | 1.90 | USD/LB | 8/28/2025 |
| Yellow Brass Secondary | Harris County, Texas | 1.90 | 1.90 | 1.90 | USD/LB | 8/28/2025 |
| 316 Irony Stainless Steel | Clarksville, Tennessee | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | USD/LB | 8/27/2025 |
| 409 Stainless Steel | Clarksville, Tennessee | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | USD/LB | 8/27/2025 |
| Oversized Steel | Nashville, Tennessee | 80.00 | 80.00 | 80.00 | USD/NT | 8/27/2025 |
| #1 Strippable Wire | Moncks Corner, South Carolina | 1.60 | 1.60 | 1.60 | USD/LB | 8/26/2025 |
| Finger Boards | Summerville, South Carolina | 3.20 | 3.20 | 3.20 | USD/LB | 8/26/2025 |
| Cars with no motors | Scranton, Pennsylvania | 132.00 | 132.00 | 132.00 | USD/GT | 8/26/2025 |
| TV/Monitors | Erie, Pennsylvania | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.65 | USD/LB | 8/25/2025 |
| Irony Aluminum Sheet | Clifford Township, Pennsylvania | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | USD/LB | 8/22/2025 |
| Mouse/Keyboard | Berwick, Pennsylvania | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | USD/LB | 8/22/2025 |
| Dirty Cast | Wade, North Carolina | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | USD/LB | 8/21/2025 |
| #2 Copper Dirty | Derry, New Hampshire | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | USD/LB | 8/20/2025 |
| Aluminum Pop Cans | New London, Minnesota | 0.54 | 0.54 | 0.54 | USD/LB | 8/19/2025 |
| Aluminum Wound Motors | Saint Peters, Missouri | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | USD/LB | 8/19/2025 |
| Plumbers brass | Saint Paul, Minnesota | 2.02 | 2.02 | 2.02 | USD/LB | 8/19/2025 |
| New Aluminum | Middleboro, Massachusetts | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.55 | USD/LB | 8/18/2025 |
| Automobile Copper Radiators | Coldwater, Michigan | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | USD/LB | 8/18/2025 |
| Automobile Copper Radiators Unclean | Coldwater, Michigan | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | USD/LB | 8/18/2025 |
| Copper Fins | Middleboro, Massachusetts | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.40 | USD/LB | 8/18/2025 |
| Contaminated Irony Aluminum Radiators | Iowa city, Iowa | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | USD/LB | 8/14/2025 |
| Brass Radiators Unprepared | Finksburg, Maryland | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | USD/LB | 8/14/2025 |
| #3 Copper Sheet | Salyersville, Kentucky | 2.90 | 2.90 | 2.90 | USD/LB | 8/14/2025 |
| Clean Car Radiators (Cu. & Brass) | Paducah, Kentucky | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.20 | USD/LB | 8/14/2025 |
| Light Brass | Elmsford, New York | 1.82 | 1.82 | 1.82 | USD/LB | 8/11/2025 |
| #1 Copper Cable | Elmsford, New York | 3.48 | 3.48 | 3.48 | USD/LB | 8/11/2025 |
| #1 Insulated Plated Copper Cable | Elmsford, New York | 1.58 | 1.58 | 1.58 | USD/LB | 8/11/2025 |
| Dirty Light Copper | Elmsford, New York | 1.47 | 1.47 | 1.47 | USD/LB | 8/11/2025 |
| Plated Copper Cable | Elmsford, New York | 2.25 | 2.25 | 2.25 | USD/LB | 8/11/2025 |
| Plated Light Copper | Elmsford, New York | 1.53 | 1.53 | 1.53 | USD/LB | 8/11/2025 |
| Lead-Solid Lead | Carrollton, Ohio | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.45 | USD/LB | 8/11/2025 |
| Yellow Brass Turnings | East Hardin, Illinois | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.30 | USD/LB | 8/08/2025 |
| Cocks and Faucets | Lake Station, Indiana | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.80 | USD/LB | 8/07/2025 |
| Irony Red Brass | Bedford , Indiana | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | USD/LB | 8/07/2025 |
| Irony Yellow Brass | Bedford , Indiana | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.46 | USD/LB | 8/07/2025 |
| Meter Brass | Jasper, Indiana | 2.38 | 2.38 | 2.38 | USD/LB | 8/07/2025 |
| #1 Insulated Copper Wire 95% Recovery | Jasper, Indiana | 2.48 | 2.48 | 2.48 | USD/LB | 8/07/2025 |
| Mixed Copper Motors | East Alton, Illinois | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | USD/LB | 8/07/2025 |
| Finger Cards | Chicago, Illinois | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | USD/LB | 8/07/2025 |
| Memory | Chicago, Illinois | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | USD/LB | 8/07/2025 |
| Irony Lead | Bedford , Indiana | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | USD/LB | 8/07/2025 |
| Lead Dirty | Addison , Illinois | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | USD/LB | 8/07/2025 |
| Zinc Dirty | Lexington, Kentucky | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | USD/LB | 8/06/2025 |
| Aluminum Cast w/Fe | Boise, Idaho | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | USD/LB | 8/06/2025 |
| Aluminum Evaporator Clean | West Palm Beach, Florida | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | USD/LB | 8/06/2025 |
| Aluminum Evaporator Dirty | West Palm Beach, Florida | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | USD/LB | 8/06/2025 |
| Aluminum Old Cast | Lexington, Kentucky | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | USD/LB | 8/06/2025 |
| #2 Insulated Copper Wire 52% Recovery | Lexington, Kentucky | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | USD/LB | 8/06/2025 |
| CRV Aluminum Cans | Turlock, California | 1.68 | 1.68 | 1.68 | USD/LB | 8/05/2025 |
| #2 Heavy Melt | Texarkana, Arkansas | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | USD/CWT | 8/05/2025 |
| Aluminum Borings | Escondido, California | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | USD/LB | 8/04/2025 |
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