Current Scrap Metal Prices in Kansas City, Missouri
The prices listed below are paid by the scrap yards in Kansas City.
Aluminum ScrapCity Average
Updated on 5/28/2025
0.82 USD/LB
Brass ScrapCity Average
Updated on 5/28/2025
2.22 USD/LB
Copper ScrapCity Average
Updated on 5/28/2025
1.61 USD/LB
| Scrap Material | Average Price | High Price | Low Price | Price Unit | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum Mixed | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Electric Motors | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.33 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Insulated Copper Wire 65% recovery | 1.91 | 1.91 | 1.91 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Xmas Lights | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Auto Batteries | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Lead Wheel Weights | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Soft Lead | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| ACSR Wire | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| #2 Prepared | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| #2 Unprepared | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Steel BX | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.45 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Zinc Die Cast | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.48 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Zinc Die Cast w/ Fe | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| White Goods | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Aluminum BX (MC) | 1.65 | 1.65 | 1.65 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| 304 Stainless Steel | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.33 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| P&S Unprepared | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Bare Bright Copper | 3.34 | 3.34 | 3.34 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| #2 Insulated Copper Wires (Cu 55%) | 1.44 | 1.44 | 1.44 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Alternator | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.52 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| #2 Insulated Copper Wire 45% Recovery | 1.15 | 1.15 | 1.15 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Cell Phones w/o Battery | 1.28 | 1.28 | 1.28 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| HARD DRIVES W/BOARDS | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| HARD DRIVES W/O BOARDS | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Silver Memory | 2.25 | 2.25 | 2.25 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Low Grade Boards | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Medium Grade Boards | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Tablets | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Chrome Wheels | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| CATV - Bare | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Al/Cu Radiators /Fe | 1.80 | 1.80 | 1.80 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Al/Cu Radiators | 1.95 | 1.95 | 1.95 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Aluminum Cans | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.78 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Aluminum Cast | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.52 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Aluminum Extrusion | 0.91 | 0.91 | 0.91 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Aluminum Radiators /Fe | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Aluminum Radiators | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Aluminum Wheels Clean | 0.88 | 0.88 | 0.88 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Aluminum Wire (No coating) | 0.91 | 0.91 | 0.91 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Red Brass | 2.77 | 2.77 | 2.77 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Yellow Brass | 2.35 | 2.35 | 2.35 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| #1 Copper | 3.16 | 3.16 | 3.16 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| CATV - Black | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| #1 Insulated Copper Wire 85% Recovery | 2.48 | 2.48 | 2.48 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| #2 Copper | 3.01 | 3.01 | 3.01 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Heater Cores | 1.55 | 1.55 | 1.55 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Dirty Auto Radiators | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Auto Radiators | 2.25 | 2.25 | 2.25 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Aluminum Transmissions | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Light Copper | 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.75 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Aluminum Painted Siding | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.78 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| #1 Insulated Copper Wire | 1.63 | 3.00 | 0.25 | USD/LB | 5/28/2025 |
| Starters | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | USD/LB | 4/07/2025 |
| Aluminum Dirty | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.60 | USD/LB | 4/07/2025 |
| Aluminum Sheet | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | USD/LB | 4/07/2025 |
| Mixed Lead | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | USD/LB | 1/27/2025 |
| Plate & Structural Unprepared | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | USD/LB | 1/01/2025 |
| Insulated Copper Wire 55% Recovery | 1.64 | 1.64 | 1.64 | USD/LB | 12/11/2024 |
| #2 Insulated Copper Wire 50% Recovery | 1.53 | 1.53 | 1.53 | USD/LB | 10/28/2024 |
| #1 Prepared | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | USD/LB | 10/08/2024 |
| Steel compressors sealed units scrap | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | USD/LB | 10/08/2024 |
| PC Towers - Complete | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | USD/LB | 6/05/2024 |
| PC Towers - Incomplete | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | USD/LB | 6/05/2024 |
| #2 Prepared | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | USD/LB | 3/05/2024 |
| CATV - Irony | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | USD/LB | 11/20/2023 |
| Plate & Structural Prepared | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | USD/LB | 11/20/2023 |
| #3 Insulated Copper Wire 30% Recovery | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.55 | USD/LB | 4/20/2023 |
| Insulated Copper Wire 50% Recovery | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.62 | USD/LB | 10/17/2022 |
| White Goods | 95.00 | 95.00 | 95.00 | USD/NT | 9/05/2022 |
| Brass Radiator /Fe | 1.13 | 1.15 | 1.10 | USD/LB | 5/15/2018 |
| Brass Radiator | 1.70 | 1.75 | 1.65 | USD/LB | 5/15/2018 |
