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What Going Rate for Scrap Metal in Your Area?

Jan 8, 2014#1

davbell22602

Scrap metal prices depend on gas prices. Right now regular gas is cheap at $3.25 per gallon. So scrap metal is $8.50 per 100 pound.

Jan 8, 2014#2

exotion

davbell22602 said:
Scrap metal prices depend on gas prices. Right now regular gas is cheap at $3.25 per gallon. So scrap metal is $8.50 per 100 pound.

Just called we are at .0975 a pound or 9.75 per 100 lb

Jan 8, 2014#3

ILENGINE

In my area it is going for $220/ton.

Jan 8, 2014#4

Carscw

ILENGINE said:
In my area it is going for $220/ton.

So that's 11 cents a pound.

Jan 8, 2014#5

Carscw

Here are some pics of me and my son scrapping one of our sand dredge setups.

Jan 8, 2014#6

wjjones

exotion said:
Just called we are at .0975 a pound or 9.75 per 100 lb

Last I heard its about the same here.

Jan 8, 2014#7

midnite rider

Got $13 at the local recycling center for a leaking 40 gallon gas water heater I replaced last week.

Jan 8, 2014#8

Two-Stroke

Carscw said:
Here are some pics of me and my son scrapping one of our sand dredge setups.

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Was that used to dredge a channel in a river? Just curious.

Jan 8, 2014#9

Carscw

Two-Stroke said:
Was that used to dredge a channel in a river? Just curious.

We pumped sand out of the river and sold it to mostly concret companies.
We still have one site left.

A few years ago there was 12 sites dredging sand out of the. Chattahoochee River around Atlanta now I think there are 3.

Some people go fishing or hunting to relax I like to sit on the river pumping sand.
It's very relaxing when things are running as they should.

It's one of them jobs if your bored your making money if your working hard your not making money.

Jan 9, 2014#10

Two-Stroke

Carscw said:
We pumped sand out of the river and sold it to mostly concret companies.
We still have one site left.

A few years ago there was 12 sites dredging sand out of the. Chattahoochee River around Atlanta now I think there are 3.

Some people go fishing or hunting to relax I like to sit on the river pumping sand.
It's very relaxing when things are running as they should.

It's one of them jobs if your bored your making money if your working hard your not making money.

Thanks for explaining that. I thought it was probably for navigation but I guess it's also a good way to get sand.

Jan 9, 2014#11

C

Crawdad

Carscw said:
So that's 11 cents a pound.

220 a ton is not exactly the same as .11 per pound, at most scrap yards. If you have 3 and a half tons, for example, you get paid for 3 tons.

Jan 9, 2014#12

OldMasterTech

Carscw said:
So that's 11 cents a pound.

It would be .098 - steel scrap prices are quoted in long ton = 2,240 lbs.

When requesting price quotes from places always ask price per pound to avoid misunderstanding when you get to a yard with your material and find out the price is 10% less than you had calculated.

Jan 9, 2014#13

Carscw

OldMasterTech said:
It would be .098 - steel scrap prices are quoted in long ton = 2,240 lbs. When requesting price quotes from places always ask price per pound to avoid misunderstanding when you get to a yard with your material and find out the price is 10% less than you had calculated.

Have never been been quoted by the ton.
Always quoted by a 100 pounds.

My last quote was $13.50 per 100 pounds and $100 haul fee for the container.

This time last year it was $11.25 per 100

Jan 9, 2014#14

wjjones

Carscw said:
Have never been been quoted by the ton.
Always quoted by a 100 pounds.

My last quote was $13.50 per 100 pounds and $100 haul fee for the container.

This time last year it was $11.25 per 100

Thats a decent increase.

Jan 9, 2014#15

R

Rivets

Scrap steel $245/ton, clean steel and cast $285/ton, dirty aluminum $340/ton and clean aluminum $395/ton. Prices change constantly, last fall we received $445/ton for clean aluminum.

Jan 9, 2014#16

Carscw

The thing is how many people really bring a ton to the scrap yard?
I have never heard of getting quotes by the ton unless your a big company that scraps 10 tons a week.

If your going to scrap some old mowers and parts why would you ask what they pay per ton.

Last year I scraped over 60.000 pounds and got paid $11.25 for every 100 pounds. Not once did anyone say anything about tons.

Jan 9, 2014#17

exotion

Carscw said:
The thing is how many people really bring a ton to the scrap yard?
I have never heard of getting quotes by the ton unless your a big company that scraps 10 tons a week.

If your going to scrap some old mowers and parts why would you ask what they pay per ton.

Last year I scraped over 60.000 pounds and got paid $11.25 for every 100 pounds. Not once did anyone say anything about tons.

Ya I don't know I don't take my metal to the scrap yard I leave it in a bucket in my alley with a "free" sign on it I have a guy who makes a living with scrap metal and me making 20 or so dollars is not a big deal but for him it might be one time I put out about 13 mower decks he stopped by the next day and left an envelope with 20 bucks in it on my shop door lol

Jan 9, 2014#18

Two-Stroke

Rivets said:
Scrap steel $245/ton, clean steel and cast $285/ton, dirty aluminum $340/ton and clean aluminum $395/ton. Prices change constantly, last fall we received $445/ton for clean aluminum.

I'm a bit surprised that the difference between steel and aluminum is so small. I would have thought that aluminum would be 3x or even 5x the price of steel.

But then I know nothing about the scrap business. :laughing:

Jan 10, 2014#19

P

possum

I got six dollars for a window air conditioner this fall.

Jan 14, 2014#20

wjjones

Two-Stroke said:
I'm a bit surprised that the difference between steel and aluminum is so small. I would have thought that aluminum would be 3x or even 5x the price of steel.

But then I know nothing about the scrap business. :laughing:

Aluminum is way down here too it seems copper is the big thing right now.

Jan 14, 2014#21

davbell22602

wjjones said:
Aluminum is way down here too it seems copper is the big thing right now.

Aluminum is way down here also. I remember 5 years ago aluminum wheel with no tire were getting $40-60 each and aluminum wheel with tire was $30. Now aluminum wheel with no tire is $30 and aluminum wheel with tire is $12.

Jan 15, 2014#22

wjjones

davbell22602 said:
Aluminum is way down here also. I remember 5 years ago aluminum wheel with no tire were getting $40-60 each and aluminum wheel with tire was $30. Now aluminum wheel with no tire is $30 and aluminum wheel with tire is $12.

Yep hold on to them, and wait to see if they go back up is all you can do.

Jan 15, 2014#23

midnite rider

Two-Stroke said:
I'm a bit surprised that the difference between steel and aluminum is so small. I would have thought that aluminum would be 3x or even 5x the price of steel.

But then I know nothing about the scrap business. :laughing:

Maybe cost is why the new Ford F-150 pickup is going to be all aluminum body and bed as well as in the engine block and parts of the frame. A 500# to 700# weight savings which equates to better fuel economy and performance. There will still be questions of its structural integrity that only time will tell.

Mar 16, 2014#24

davbell22602

Called 2-3 weeks ago and scrap was down to $7.50 per 100 now in my area.

Mar 16, 2014#25

jakewells

220 per ton. been that way since december.

Mar 16, 2014#26

M

Mikel1

davbell22602 said:
Called 2-3 weeks ago and scrap was down to $7.50 per 100 now in my area.

Same price here, aluminum .40 per lb, brass $1 per lb, unstripped copper .50 per lb. Stripped copper was over $2(don't recall exact price).

Mar 16, 2014#27

Two-Stroke

Is cast iron worth anything? I recently removed some cast iron drain pipes from my house. I'm remodeling a bathroom and most of the old stuff had to go.

It's incredibly heavy. :shocked:

Mar 17, 2014#28

OldMasterTech

Carscw said:
So that's 11 cents a pound.

It would be .098 light iron is quoted by long ton so 220/2240=.098

Mar 17, 2014#29

Carscw

OldMasterTech said:
It would be .098 light iron is quoted by long ton so 220/2240=.098

I have never got a quote per ton. It is always per 100 pounds.

Mar 28, 2014#30

Ean

Carscw said:
Here are some pics of me and my son scrapping one of our sand dredge setups.

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How much did that weigh I like your eskvator

Mar 28, 2014#31

Carscw

Ean said:
How much did that weigh I like your eskvator

Around 30,000

May 21, 2014#32

davbell22602

Going rate is $6.50 per 100 in my area.

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