Metal Prices

[DemonWolfe]

Price of unprepared steel in central Kansas down to $80 a ton. Hopefully it starts going back up soon.

 

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[hobo finds]

$45.00 net ton for sheet iron in So. AZ

 

[bjornlobo]

Scrap steel, iron, tin, and mixed is $0.035-$0.045 here in brevard county Florida. Aluminum ranges $0.35-$0.55, motors and batteries down to $0.15 a pound

 

[DemonWolfe]

Aluminum cans holding at 0.40 a pound in Russell ks. 74 lbs got my 6 year old $30. She was happy, put it in her savings account.

 

[markmopar]

lite iron/junk cars/shredder feed way down here in NJ.
5 bucks a hundred. Not worth getting out of bed for that.

 

[hobo finds]

So AZ Prices
Auto Batts $.30 lb
Sealed Units $.18 lb
Brown Boards $.20 lb
Green Boards $.22 lb
Electric motors $.15 lb
Yellow Brass $1.48 lb
#1 ins wire $1.53 lb
#2 copper $2.20 lb
#2 ins wire $.85 lb
Lead $.55 lb
Dirty Alum $.30 lb
Sheet iron $45 ton
Torch P&S $65 ton
#1 plastic $.35 lb
#2 plastic $.10 lb
paper $.02 lb
Also sent out some ink cartarges mil in 3 lbs got $15.65 for them

 

[hobo finds]

Sheet iron $.0225 lb. Still sucks.....

 

[Mad Machinist]

hobo finds,

Where you at in Southern AZ? IF the sheet iron is clean, I might be willing to give you more for it. I don't want any from appliances though, that coating is pretty much impossible to get off

 

[hobo finds]

Tucson Az prices

Sheet iron $.0325
Clean Sheet iron $.04
Prepared $.05

 

[hobo finds]

So, AZ prices
Green Boards $.25
Brown Boards $.25
Alum clean sheet $.53
#2 copper $2.21
Die cast $.30
Yellow Brass $1.66
Auto Batts $.30
#2 ins wire $.93
Copper content $.14
Cast Alum $.55
Compressor $.23
Dirty Alum $.29

 

[billjustbill]

LEAD is worth more than Alum. Cans

GEE WIZ....at what price does one stop selling and just keep what you have?

Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex Scrap Prices: as of 7/29/2015

Lead........................... 0.49
Aluminum Cans.............0.44
Copper #1 .................. 2.02
#2 Copper .................. 1.86
Red Brass ................... 1.65
Yellow Brass ............... 1.48

 

[joncutt87]

#1Cu $2/lb stainless $0.34/lb yesterday

 

[pepperj]

LEAD is worth more than Alum. Cans

GEE WIZ....at what price does one stop selling and just keep what you have?

Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex Scrap Prices: as of 7/29/2015

Lead........................... 0.49
Aluminum Cans.............0.44
Copper #1 .................. 2.02
#2 Copper .................. 1.86
Red Brass ................... 1.65
Yellow Brass ............... 1.48

I was buying #1 copper in the late 90's for under $1 a pound, 10 yrs later or so it was $4 so at $2 it seems that it can go either way. Kitco - Spot Copper Historical Charts and Graphs - Copper charts - Industrial metals

 

[joncutt87]

I've got 20 pounds or so, and I'm in no real hurry to turn it in.

 

[hobo finds]

Sheet iron down to $.0225 lb
Prepared down to $.0375 lb

 

[hobo finds]

Sheet iron $.0165 $33 a ton... Some places here are at $.005 so $10 a ton Sucks big time...

 

[hobo finds]

Dirty Brass $1.00 lb with coupon

 

[hobo finds]

So. AZ prices bad, bad, bad
Painted Alum $.35 lb
Extruded Alum $.49 lb
Green Circuit Bds $.18 lb
Dirty Stainless $.19 lb
Brown Circuit Bds $.18 lb
Coax $.14 lb
Compressor / Sealed Units $.12 lb
Ballasts $.12 lb
Yellow Brass $1.24 lb
Alum Transmissions $.27 lb
Copper Content $.13 lb
Die Cast Zinc $.30 lb
Dirty Brass $.42 lb
Stainless Steel $.35 lb
#2 Copper $1.60 lb
Auto Batts $.25 lb
Auto Raid $1.25 lb
Cast Alum $.52 lb
#2 Ins Wire $.60 lb
Wheel Weights $.21 lb
Lead $.40 lb
Ni Cad Batts $.25 lb
Dirty Alum $.21 lb
Cu/Alum Raid $.88 lb

 

[The Dirt Pirate]

Where I am right now they aren't paying anything for scrap metal. I took 600 lbs to the scrap yard last month and all I got was $3. It's not even worth hauling at that price. They said they pay half a penny per pound. They do pay really well for aluminum cans $1.85 per pound plastic bottles $1.20 per pound and water jugs .90 per pound but everything else is so low I won't be messing with it until I figure out a better place to take it so I can actually make money. Copper isn't bringing anything here either.

 

[SoCalDesertFox]

Where I am right now they aren't paying anything for scrap metal. I took 600 lbs to the scrap yard last month and all I got was $3. It's not even worth hauling at that price. They said they pay half a penny per pound. They do pay really well for aluminum cans $1.85 per pound plastic bottles $1.20 per pound and water jugs .90 per pound but everything else is so low I won't be messing with it until I figure out a better place to take it so I can actually make money. Copper isn't bringing anything here either.

You gotta have clean sorted scrap to make money, right down to copper. Place near me in Rubidoux gives good money, however the type of aluminum will make the price vary. Cans get like $0.60/pound. Aluminum heat sinks get me like $1.20/pound. Copper/aluminum mixed radiators from AC units get me $1/pound. Clean copper wire or anything pure copper gets $0.90/pound.