What's scrap going for in your area?

I took some brake rotors, ball joints and wheel bearings today and was paid 5.50/ hundred. Last summer the same place paid 7.50/ hundred.

its finally going up car crusher is paying 80 ton... and said sounds like going up next month i can make it work when crush gets 100.... usualy puts no2 prepared 80m over crush.... ill get a quote tomorrow on shear iron...i been sittin on a pile and i need money!!

Still low here

Its been sucking this spring and summer. I took a little (very little) in back in August and it was $1.5 a pound. I think coon prices are still better for me

Hydropillar, good to hear your area is going up in price. I think the same clan owns your steel yard as well as the one here and one in Sioux City and probably some other places filled in between you and me. Their modern yard here is very nice and close to my place, way better than their crazy old place over off of 12th & Marion. The new yard here built an outside steel staircase for covid so people don't go inside their oficef anymore, just deal with a window. I suspect its a drag on the stairs if its raining hard, but since we've only had less than 3 inches since July 1 here, that's not much of a problem

Sounds good Hydropiller,

I needed to clean up some or I'd have waited. Still have a couple ton of the good stuff, ill wait some more.

Guess china hasnt restarted taking recyclables yet?

Don't know.
This will probably end up about 5 miles from where I sold it, at Standard Steel in Burnham. They make railroad wheels and axles from recycled steel.

I keep hearing about an aluminum can shortage, but last I saw the place by me was only paying 25 cents/pound. What are you guys seeing for can prices?

I didn't think to ask about aluminum.

23 cents for alum cans here at a strictly non-ferrous place. They weren't even posting their prices for a while. I guess a can "shortage" doesn't mean prices rise much, although it was only 20 cents a pound in August.

I sold a load of shred 2 weeks ago for $75 a ton, and sold a couple of autos last week at $85 a ton

Hippie, you should be selling those brake rotors to trappers.

or at least give em to friends who are trappers

I would.
Only ever had one guy want some and I fixed him right up.

I had them laying all around, that's why I loaded a batch up today. Still a bunch in the outside junk pile I bet.

my scrap metal pile is huge right now cause of prices too.

yup i think its same outfit that owns it.... your prices should br at least 10 bucks a ton higher for freight !! maybe 20

Yep, gonna sit on the rest awhile. I have two vehicles I need did of too.

copper ??

was at a live auction sat..... was a definite feud between 2 dealers .... looked to me like they were pushing 150 ton on machinery type iron......probably over market value