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    $2.40 for #1 &2 ? at my Reg yard. $2.30 at a smaller yard close by.



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    Got burned in Phoenix

    Didn't realize prices went up and got burned at 2.40 a pouind for #2 last week beware of lowballers when the price is going up everywhere else. I would mention them by name but I guess that wouldn't be cool on this site.

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    3.10 today for #1 copper!

    Time to dig out my stash and cash it in

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    I hauled in a $3k load of nonferrous on Friday. #1 was 3.30 but they said it is dropping here in Michigan.

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    My yard here in Milwaukee, WI is for the most part is solid at 2.80 a pound for #2. When it dropped from 2.85 a couple of months ago, the price on yellow brass jumped .20 too 1.85.
    Go figure that?

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    $3.40 for BB this past Wednesday.
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    $3.10 #1 $2.95 #2 $1.40 clean aluminum copper radiators/fin =) here in kansas city

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    Finally, Finally,Finally, found over $3 lb. $3.04 at a yard on the west side. It would be worth the extra half hour to and from my usual yard to make up to both the $2.40 lowballers at the yard 5 minutes away and my usual yard 20 minutes away. I've been saving since Jan looking for over 3$.

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    Got $2.00 for my #1 last week.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 206driver View Post
    Got $2.00 for my #1 last week.
    you got taken,

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    Yup. Montana sucks for recycling. Must me lower because of the transportation costs. And there is no compition here. There is not another scrap yard for ninety miles and it is of the same chain.

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    doesnt prices typically see a drop as winter comes in? is right now the ideal time to sell?
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    Today in rural MN #1 insulated is $1.20, #2 clean $2.05, #2 insulated (they called it Harnesses) $0.80.
    15 miles to the yard for me, the closest big market yards are four hours away so actually considering all I am happy with it.

    The rest of the break down:
    Yellow brass (clean) $1.45
    Brass breakage (coated yellow brass) $0.32
    AL cast $0.43
    Shred (they call it P&S unprepared) $160.00/NT

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    Nice money

    #1 copper 3:29 a lb.
    #2 copper 3:12 a lb
    Yellow brass 2:07 a lb
    #1 insulated wire 2:00 a lb
    #2 insulated wire 1:19 a lb
    Everyone who scraps should call the scrap yard before u go and talk to a buyer this will increase your profit tremendously these prices are Louisville ky today

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    I was going to have a heart attack this morning, Looked at the market and copper showed 2.60, from 3.70 the day before. But they had some error and it when back too 3.60, Thank goodness!
    'There is two kinds of people in this world, One opens his wallet and pays for it, and the other opens his toolbox and fixes it' Quote from my grandfather, A quote me and my father live by.

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    Got $3.35/lb for 940 pounds of bright bare in North Adams Massachusetts last Wednesday.


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