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 5/23/2025
1.64 USD/LB
AluminumNational Average
Updated on 5/23/2025
0.51 USD/LB
SteelNational Average
Updated on 5/23/2025
0.12 USD/LB
| Scrap Material | Location | Average Price | High Price | Low Price | Price Unit | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plumbing Brass | Los Angeles, California | 1.40 | 1.70 | 1.10 | USD/LB | 5/21/2025 |
| Red Brass Turnings | Stockertown, Pennsylvania | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | USD/LB | 5/21/2025 |
| #1 Copper Tube | Highland, Illinois | 3.25 | 3.25 | 3.25 | USD/LB | 5/21/2025 |
| #1 Copper Wire | Highland, Illinois | 3.26 | 3.26 | 3.26 | USD/LB | 5/21/2025 |
| #3 Copper | Moorefield, West Virginia | 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.75 | USD/LB | 5/21/2025 |
| Communication Coax | Greenville, South Carolina | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | USD/LB | 5/21/2025 |
| Copper Premium Insulated Wire(Clean) | Stockertown, Pennsylvania | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | USD/LB | 5/21/2025 |
| Copper Premium Insulated Wire(Dirty) | Stockertown, Pennsylvania | 1.80 | 1.80 | 1.80 | USD/LB | 5/21/2025 |
| Cu/Al Radiators | Stockertown, Pennsylvania | 1.75 | 1.75 | 1.75 | USD/LB | 5/21/2025 |
| Heater Cores | Stockertown, Pennsylvania | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.55 | USD/LB | 5/21/2025 |
| Insulated Copper Wire 25% Recovery | Rhinelander, Wisconsin | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | USD/LB | 5/21/2025 |
| String Lights | Greenville, South Carolina | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | USD/LB | 5/21/2025 |
| TV/Monitors | Rhinelander, Wisconsin | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | USD/LB | 5/21/2025 |
| Clean Auto Cast | Bloomington, Indiana | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | USD/Ton | 5/21/2025 |
| Diesel Motors | Bloomington, Indiana | 120.00 | 120.00 | 120.00 | USD/Ton | 5/21/2025 |
| Stove Cast | Bloomington, Indiana | 150.00 | 150.00 | 150.00 | USD/Ton | 5/21/2025 |
| Whole Car Motors | Bloomington, Indiana | 200.00 | 200.00 | 200.00 | USD/Ton | 5/21/2025 |
| 201 Stainless Steel | Highland, Illinois | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | USD/LB | 5/21/2025 |
| 301 Prepared Stainless Steel | Highland, Illinois | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | USD/LB | 5/21/2025 |
| 304 Prepared Stainless Steel | Highland, Illinois | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.42 | USD/LB | 5/21/2025 |
| Long Steel | Bloomington, Indiana | 140.00 | 140.00 | 140.00 | USD/Ton | 5/21/2025 |
| Prepared Steel | Columbia, Pennsylvania | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | USD/LB | 5/21/2025 |
| Short Steel | Bloomington, Indiana | 210.00 | 210.00 | 210.00 | USD/Ton | 5/21/2025 |
| Steel Car Wheels | Rhinelander, Wisconsin | 115.00 | 115.00 | 115.00 | USD/Ton | 5/21/2025 |
| Alternator | Winchester, Kentucky | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.43 | USD/LB | 5/20/2025 |
| CATV - Bare | Winchester, Kentucky | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | USD/LB | 5/20/2025 |
| CATV - Black | Winchester, Kentucky | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | USD/LB | 5/20/2025 |
| Insulated Copper Wire 72% Recovery | Winchester, Kentucky | 1.55 | 1.55 | 1.55 | USD/LB | 5/20/2025 |
| Starters | Winchester, Kentucky | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | USD/LB | 5/20/2025 |
| Hard Drives - Incomplete | Winchester, Kentucky | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | USD/LB | 5/20/2025 |
| Soft Lead | Winchester, Kentucky | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | USD/LB | 5/20/2025 |
| Car Bodies (Complete - No Fluids) | Winchester, Kentucky | 140.00 | 140.00 | 140.00 | USD/NT | 5/20/2025 |
| Car Bodies (Unclean) | Winchester, Kentucky | 110.00 | 110.00 | 110.00 | USD/NT | 5/20/2025 |
| Unprepared Steel | Winchester, Kentucky | 140.00 | 140.00 | 140.00 | USD/NT | 5/20/2025 |
| #2 Copper Tubing | Frederick, Maryland | 2.60 | 2.60 | 2.60 | USD/LB | 5/08/2025 |
| Enamel Coated Copper | Frederick, Maryland | 2.60 | 2.60 | 2.60 | USD/LB | 5/08/2025 |
| Romex 65% Copper Wire | Frederick, Maryland | 1.60 | 1.60 | 1.60 | USD/LB | 5/08/2025 |
| Memory Chips | Rockaway, New Jersey | 15.00 | 15.00 | 15.00 | USD/LB | 5/08/2025 |
| Steel BX | Frederick, Maryland | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | USD/LB | 5/08/2025 |
| 1100 Aluminum | Houston, Texas | 0.74 | 0.74 | 0.74 | USD/LB | 5/07/2025 |
| Aluminum Copper Cooler (Clean) | Decatur, Texas | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.40 | USD/LB | 5/07/2025 |
| Aluminum Copper Cooler (Dirty) | Decatur, Texas | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.20 | USD/LB | 5/07/2025 |
| Contaminated Irony Al/Cu Radiators | St. George, Utah | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | USD/LB | 5/07/2025 |
| Contaminated Irony Aluminum Radiators | St. George, Utah | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | USD/LB | 5/07/2025 |
| Contaminated Irony Red Brass | St. George, Utah | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | USD/LB | 5/07/2025 |
| Contaminated Irony Yellow Brass | St. George, Utah | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.45 | USD/LB | 5/07/2025 |
| Al/Cu Condensers (Clean) | Waynesboro, Pennsylvania | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | USD/LB | 5/07/2025 |
| Al/Cu Condensers (Dirty) | Waynesboro, Pennsylvania | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.40 | USD/LB | 5/07/2025 |
| Contaminated Irony Cu/Br Radiators | St. George, Utah | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.65 | USD/LB | 5/07/2025 |
| Copper Foam Wire | West Babylon, New York | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | USD/LB | 5/07/2025 |
| Fire Alarm Wire | West Babylon, New York | 1.15 | 1.15 | 1.15 | USD/LB | 5/07/2025 |
| 430 Stainless Steel | Houston, Texas | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | USD/LB | 5/07/2025 |
| Contaminated Irony Stainless Steel | St. George, Utah | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | USD/LB | 5/07/2025 |
| Al/Cu Radiators /Fe | Lexington, Kentucky | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.95 | USD/LB | 5/06/2025 |
| Aluminum Cast Secondary | Houston, Texas | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | USD/LB | 5/06/2025 |
| Aluminum Extruded Secondary | Houston, Texas | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | USD/LB | 5/06/2025 |
| Aluminum Radiators /Fe | Lexington, Kentucky | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | USD/LB | 5/06/2025 |
| Red Brass Secondary | Houston, Texas | 1.90 | 1.90 | 1.90 | USD/LB | 5/06/2025 |
| Yellow Brass Secondary | Houston, Texas | 1.90 | 1.90 | 1.90 | USD/LB | 5/06/2025 |
| #1 Copper Heavy Bare | Saginaw, Michigan | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | USD/LB | 5/06/2025 |
| #2 Insulated Copper Wire 52% Recovery | Lexington, Kentucky | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | USD/LB | 5/06/2025 |
| Insulated Copper Wire 62% Recovery | Levittown, Pennsylvania | 1.80 | 1.80 | 1.80 | USD/LB | 5/06/2025 |
| Low Grade Boards | Levittown, Pennsylvania | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | USD/LB | 5/06/2025 |
| Power Supplies | Levittown, Pennsylvania | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | USD/LB | 5/06/2025 |
| 6061 Aluminum sheet | Pennsauken, New Jersey | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.61 | USD/LB | 5/05/2025 |
| Aluminum Electrical Conductor Wire | Texarkana, Arkansas | 0.76 | 0.76 | 0.76 | USD/LB | 5/05/2025 |
| 6061 Aluminum Plate | Pennsauken, New Jersey | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.61 | USD/LB | 5/05/2025 |
| #4 Insulated Copper Wire | Cleveland , Tennessee | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | USD/LB | 5/05/2025 |
| Tin Dirty | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | USD/LB | 4/30/2025 |
| 309 Stainless Steel | Detroit, Michigan | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | USD/LB | 4/30/2025 |
| #2 Painted Aluminum | Huntington Beach, California | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | USD/LB | 4/29/2025 |
| Aluminum Condensors Dirty | Valley Stream, New York | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | USD/LB | 4/29/2025 |
| Bare Extruded Aluminum | Pontiac, Michigan | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.65 | USD/LB | 4/29/2025 |
| Contaminated Al/Cu Radiator | Huntington Beach, California | 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.90 | USD/LB | 4/29/2025 |
| Contaminated Aluminum Radiator | Huntington Beach, California | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | USD/LB | 4/29/2025 |
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