Yesterdays prices...Cincy area

Shred .10
Alum Sheet .48
Extrusion .65
Alum Cans .55
Cu/Al Rads 1.35
Alum Irony .13
#2 insulated 35% .40
#2 insulated 50% 1.10
Christmas lights .20
Motors .15
Lead Acid Batteries 8.00 ea

Holding on to copper, SS, brass... for now.

Have a great day. BroJer

Originally Posted by jghilino

the pricing on alu cans and motors seems too low .65 and .25 here

There are other yards that pay +/- on things but are just not worth the time and fuel. What I am getting the .15 for, is the byproducts of escrap. small fans, motors, transformers. A few of the yards will not even take the PC fans. So, for this region, and the convenience of the 2 yards I use from me, I am OK with the pricing. AND...they do not allow walk ins, nor, are there mud holes to drive through. All clean concrete!! THAT... has added value to me ;-)

Originally Posted by BroJer

AND...they do not allow walk ins, nor, are there mud holes to drive through. All clean concrete!! THAT... has added value to me ;-)

Where do you go, BroJer? I use the Cohen Brothers in Hamilton. Prices similar to yours, except... shred has been hanging tough at .075 for quite a while. I'd love .10.

I wish they had concrete, too. Saturday morning was an ankle-deep mud soup. Also, I've gotten very good at plugging my tires...

Originally Posted by BroJer

Shred .10
Alum Sheet .48
Extrusion .65
Alum Cans .55
Cu/Al Rads 1.35
Alum Irony .13
#2 insulated 35% .40
#2 insulated 50% 1.10
Christmas lights .20
Motors .15
Lead Acid Batteries 8.00 ea

Holding on to copper, SS, brass... for now.

Have a great day. BroJer

I've been in contact with a lot of scrap yards in the last month or so in Central and Southeastern Ohio and the prices you're getting fit right in middle. The highest I seen for cans are .62lb and the lowest .45lb. I'm waiting till I talk to our buyer Tuesday but we will probably pay .50-.55lb. It's a 30 mile drive to the next nearest buyer that pays .62 so would take a lot of cans to make it worth the drive. From what I hear the UBC market is trending slightly down right now.

Originally Posted by Wolfwerx

Where do you go, BroJer? I use the Cohen Brothers in Hamilton. Prices similar to yours, except... shred has been hanging tough at .075 for quite a while. I'd love .10.

I wish they had concrete, too. Saturday morning was an ankle-deep mud soup. Also, I've gotten very good at plugging my tires...

I use River Metal on State St. Would be a bit of a drive for you. I got 2200lbs of old wax and laser printers, out by you, a few weeks ago. (Pisgah) It was a referral from the yard manager at State St. Was well worth the trips and they are stacking more for another PU soon.

I have never had a flat, the only walk ins they allow are with bags of cans, do not have to wait in line while tweakers are sorting stuff...

If you get a load that may be worth the extra fuel, they are about 2 minutes off I75, so it is an easy drive. I live 10min from there. Will buy ya coffee ;-)

We have no walk-ins, even for cans, but the meth heads still take up space/time.

Since that post, I've gotten a raise on shred- 9 cents a pound! Woohoo!


Also, we're going to have to set up some boundaries, no pickups in my area

What do you do with old wax? Candle making business?