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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 Double Insulated Copper | Afton, Oklahoma | 1.70 | 1.70 | 1.70 | USD/LB | 12/09/2025 |
| #2 Single Insulated Copper | Afton, Oklahoma | 1.45 | 1.45 | 1.45 | USD/LB | 12/09/2025 |
| Aluminum Old Sheet (Light) | Danbury, Connecticut | 0.57 | 0.60 | 0.55 | USD/LB | 12/08/2025 |
| Composition Brass | Bridgeport, Connecticut | 3.10 | 3.20 | 3.00 | USD/LB | 12/08/2025 |
| Low Grade Extension Cords | Springfield, Massachusetts | 0.90 | 1.00 | 0.80 | USD/LB | 12/08/2025 |
| Contaminated Al/Cu Radiator | Duluth, Minnesota | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | USD/LB | 11/26/2025 |
| Contaminated Aluminum Radiator | Duluth, Minnesota | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | USD/LB | 11/26/2025 |
| Rod Borings | Troy, Michigan | 2.16 | 2.16 | 2.16 | USD/LB | 11/26/2025 |
| Stainless Steel Solids | Duluth, Minnesota | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.65 | USD/LB | 11/26/2025 |
| #2 Cast Iron | Duluth, Minnesota | 200.00 | 200.00 | 200.00 | USD/NT | 11/26/2025 |
| #2 Heavy Melt | Duluth, Minnesota | 225.00 | 225.00 | 225.00 | USD/NT | 11/26/2025 |
| Motor/Machine Cast | Janesville , Wisconsin | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | USD/LB | 11/26/2025 |
| Unclean Motors | Gladwin, Michigan | 220.00 | 220.00 | 220.00 | USD/GT | 11/26/2025 |
| #1 Insulated Copper Wire 45-50% Recovery | York, Pennsylvania | 1.05 | 1.05 | 1.05 | USD/LB | 11/21/2025 |
| Tin Dirty | Visalia, California | 25.00 | 25.00 | 25.00 | USD/Ton | 11/18/2025 |
| 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 |
| Unprepared - Farm equipment | Fargo, North Dakota | 200.00 | 200.00 | 200.00 | USD/Ton | 11/14/2025 |
| #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 |
| Junk Cars | Catasauqua, Pennsylvania | 120.00 | 120.00 | 120.00 | USD/Ton | 11/07/2025 |
| Brass Radiators Prepared | Chelsea, Maine | 1.60 | 1.60 | 1.60 | USD/LB | 11/05/2025 |
| Brass Radiators Unprepared | Chelsea, Maine | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | USD/LB | 11/05/2025 |
| 6063 Painted Extrusion Aluminum | Edwardsville, Illinois | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.65 | USD/LB | 10/17/2025 |
| Heavy Brass | Queens, New York | 1.80 | 1.80 | 1.80 | USD/LB | 10/15/2025 |
| Unprepared Structural | Sheridan, Michigan | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | USD/GT | 10/13/2025 |
| 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 | Elizabeth City, North Carolina | 2.85 | 2.85 | 2.85 | USD/LB | 9/29/2025 |
| 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 |
| Heavy Melt | Allegan, Michigan | 165.00 | 165.00 | 165.00 | USD/NT | 9/24/2025 |
| Steel compressors sealed units scrap | Thomasville, North Carolina | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.18 | USD/LB | 9/24/2025 |
| 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 |
| #3 Insulated Copper Wire 30% Recovery | Clifford Township, Pennsylvania | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 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 |
| #1 Prepared Steel | Derry, New Hampshire | 150.00 | 150.00 | 150.00 | USD/GT | 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 |
| Yellow Brass Turnings | Saint Peters, Missouri | 1.53 | 1.53 | 1.53 | 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 |
| Busheling | Bay City, Michigan | 310.00 | 310.00 | 310.00 | USD/Ton | 8/18/2025 |
| Cast Iron | Dallas South, Texas | 13.00 | 13.00 | 13.00 | USD/CWT | 8/15/2025 |
| 6061 Extrusions | Davenport, Iowa | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.65 | USD/LB | 8/14/2025 |
| Contaminated Irony Aluminum Radiators | Iowa city, Iowa | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | USD/LB | 8/14/2025 |
| #3 Copper Sheet | Salyersville, Kentucky | 2.90 | 2.90 | 2.90 | 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 |
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