A Scrappers Dream; Metal Prices

[Patriot76]

I would like to ask members what the scrap metal prices are in their market as of now. I need the information for my latest project. If you could post your board price for prepared and unprepared scrap and location. If you do not want to disclose your location, please state the region, state, province, etc. Thank you for your help.

Dakota's

Unprepared $ 205
Prepared $ 235

[JohnC4X4]

$200 a ton (2000 pounds) for cars
after I pull all the good stuff >> Copper wire, radiators,Heater & AC Cores,Alternator, AC Compressor, Battery, Aluminum wheels and of course the cat

Just South of Boston ma

[Mechanic688]

my last load on 12-20- was;

appliance's - 225.00 nt
alum old sheet - .50 lb
alum ext. - .63 lb
motors - .25 lb

all I got.

[redcrossnj]

Heavy iron $240
Light iron $180
BB wire $3.03
Aluminum - $0.50
Yellow brass- $1.97
Elec motors - $0.30
Insulated wire $0.90

Central jersey

Kevin

[mseashell]

In south central ky, as of 1/4/14
Tin-215/ton
Short iron-225/ton
Bb-2.45/lb
#1 clean-2.40/lb
#2 clean-2.20/lb
Unclean #2- 0.69/lb
Brass-1.96/lb
Cans-0.63/lb
Motors-0.28/lb
Cast alum-0.49/lb
Ext alum-0.52/lb
Clean sheet alum-0.50/lb

[BroJer]

Should get an update this week.

26-Dec-2013
Jerry
		Delivered to Kellogg
Clean Sheet		240 NT
Unclean Sheet		215 NT
Unprepared #2		235 NT
#2 Prepared		250 NT
Unprepared P/S		235 NT
Prepared P/S		270 NT
Cast Iron		240 NT
NF pricing good through 1/3/14
#1 Copper		2.95	Yellow Brass	2.00
#2 Copper		2.80	Mixed Brass	1.15
Sheet Copper		2.60	Unc Brass	0.50
#1 Ins Copper		1.80
#2 Ins Copper		1.02	Batteries	0.30
#3 Ins Copper		0.75
Barebright		3.00
Electric Motors		0.24
Compressors		0.15
Transformers		0.23
Irony A/C Rads		1.25
A/C Rads		1.40
Cans		0.57
Aluminum Sheet		0.50
MLC/Painted Clip Aluminum
Aluminum Breakage		0.15
Aluminum Cast		0.50
Aluminum Extrusion		0.60
Ins AL wire		0.32
Lead		0.60
Stainless		0.50
Unc Stainless		0.20
Solids 400		0.15

[Gravitar]

The prices haven't fluctuated that much for a while. Two different yards in Central Texas


Or

Material Price/lb
#2 EXTRUDED $0.41
#1 EXTRUDED $0.54
#2 PLATE $0.37
WHOLE AUTO TRANSMISSION $0.13
ALUMINUM-CAST $0.43
#1 PLATE $0.47
FOIL $0.21
SIDING $0.43
ALUMINUM/ALUMINUM CORE $0.42
SHEET $0.45
PAINTED SHEET $0.35
WHEELS- CHROME $0.46
ALUMINUM-CANS $0.46
RADIATOR-BRASS/COPPER $1.46
PLUMBING $0.63
CLEAN YELLOW $1.45
#1 COPPER $2.54
#2 COPPER $2.13
BALLAST NO PCB $0.13
BARE BRIGHT $2.62
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS $0.34
ELECTRIC MOTOR $0.22
TRANSFORMER- DRY $0.18
#1 WIRE - AWG $1.48
#2 WIRE - CAT5 $0.98
LOW GRADE WIRE $0.21
A/C WINDOW UNIT $0.14
SOFT LEAD $0.46
WHEEL WEIGHTS $0.28
CATALYTIC CONVERTER $12.00
AC COIL $0.98
ALUMINUM/COPPER CORE $1.05
COMPRESSOR $0.14
CLEAN $0.38
LEAD ACID $0.21
BATTERY BACK UP- UPS $0.17
HARD DRIVE $0.49
OPTICAL DRIVE $0.15
POWER SUPPLY $0.22
FERROUS STEEL $0.06

[Yunkman]

Northeast Nebraska: As of 1/3/14

Unprepared Iron 175/ton (Includes fence wire, tin and appliances)
Prepared (Short) 215/ton
Car Bodies 150/ton

Save my precious metals for another buyer / no recent pricelist.

[hobo finds]

In So. AZ
Aluminum Cans / UBC $.80 lb
Aluminum MLC $.50 lb
Painted Aluminum $.50 lb
Dirty Aluminum $.25 lb
#2 Insulated wire $1.05 lb
Electric Motors $.25 lb
Stainless Steel $.45 lb
Dirty Stainless Steel $.13 lb
#1 Plastic Bottles $.30 lb
Sheet Iron $.0925 lb / $185 ton

[lousypirate]

I'll have a sheet tomorrow.

[JohnC4X4]

My cars dropped last week from $200.00 a ton to $190.00 a ton >> Boston Ma area

[Focker]

last month i was getting $255 a ton for cars this month it is ? Waiting for my return call.

[Focker]

well got the return call.Said today $250 but next week may call me because it might go down more.But said anywhere from atleast $240-$250 so still not to bad.

[MattInTheHat]

utica ny
236 prepared/short
209 unprepared/long
180 shred

brass 1.89 lb
dirty aluminum .13 lb

[corycouch]

This may be a little late, but last week I was getting 250/t car bodies, this week it fell to 230 or 11.5 cents a lb

[Carhuntr]

3 different yards for me but ranges from
80-175 for appliances
120-175 for cars
120-175 for shred
135-190 for prepared

all these are based on a 2000# ton

west central mn

but they all say that its going down again in the next week or two

[Patriot76]

Thank you Hobo Finds for bringing this thread back alive. This information is still valuable. If one were to study the information posted, it provides some patterns that could benefit everyone. The more people that share their information, the more we will learn about the metals markets.

[lousypirate]

today's haul

[Focker]

235 gt that isnt good

[lousypirate]

235 gt that isnt good

Meh. Mostly computer cases.

I feel like the other prices made up for it.