Scrap Metal Prices per Pound
Metal | Price Per Pound |
---|---|
Aluminum | $1.03 |
Aluminum Alloy | $0.72 |
Copper | $3.69 |
Brass | $2.83 |
Lead | $1.03 |
Nickel | $8.54 |
Tin | $11.21 |
Zinc | $1.16 |
Steel Scrap | $0.17 |
Steel Rebar | $0.27 |
Scrap Aluminum Prices per Pound
Metal | Price Per Pound |
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Aluminum 1100 | $0.71 |
Aluminum 3003 | $0.71 |
Aluminum 356 Wheels (clean) | $0.71 |
Aluminum 356 Wheels (dirty) | $0.51 |
Aluminum 5052 Scrap | $0.96 |
Aluminum 6061 Extrusions | $0.63 |
Aluminum 6063 Extrusions | $0.84 |
Aluminum 6063 Extrusions/Fe | $0.61 |
Aluminum/Cu Radiators | $1.67 |
Aluminum/Cu/Fe Radiators | $1.55 |
Aluminum Radiators | $0.40 |
Aluminum/Fe Radiators | $0.30 |
Transformers | $0.18 |
Breakage 50% Recovery | $0.23 |
Chrome Wheels | $0.67 |
E.C. Wire | $1.11 |
Litho Sheets | $0.71 |
Mixed Turnings | $0.41 |
MLC Clips | $0.70 |
Aluminum Old Cast | $0.68 |
Aluminum Old Sheet | $0.67 |
Painted Siding | $0.66 |
UBC | $0.70 |
Zorba 90% NF | $0.67 |
Aluminum Cans (clean) | $0.52 |
Aluminum Cans (dirty) | $0.26 |

Scrap Brass Prices per Pound
Metal | Price Per Pound |
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Red Brass | $1.92 |
Yellow Brass | $1.81 |
Brass Rod | $1.77 |
Brass Hair Wire | $1.90 |
Brass Pipe | $1.73 |
Brass Radiators | $1.47 |
Brass Shells | $1.63 |
Brass Turnings | $1.67 |
Bronze | $1.98 |
Bronze Turnings | $1.04 |
Dirty Brass | $0.86 |
Dirty Brass Radiators | $0.86 |
Plumbers Brass | $1.73 |
Semi-Red Brass | $1.75 |
Scrap Copper Prices per Pound
Metal | Price Per Pound |
---|---|
#1 Bare Bright Copper Wire | $3.23 |
#1 Copper Tubing | $3.02 |
#1 Flashing Copper | $3.02 |
#2 Copper Tubing | $2.85 |
#2/3 Mix Copper | $2.76 |
#3 Copper with Tar | $2.59 |
#3 Roofing Copper | $2.67 |
Dirty Roofing Copper | $2.50 |
Electric Motors – Copper | $2.24 |
Enameled Copper | $2.54 |
Insulated Copper Wire | $2.59 |
Lead Coated Copper | $2.18 |
Silver Plated Copper | $2.76 |
Tin Coated Copper | $2.41 |
Tin Insulated Copper Wire | $2.41 |
Scrap Lead Prices per Pound
Metal | Price Per Pound |
---|---|
Lead Batteries | $0.21 |
Lead Shot | $0.49 |
Lead Wheel Weights | $0.31 |
Solid Lead | $0.65 |
Soft Lead | $0.67 |
Scrap Zinc Prices per Pound
Metal | Price Per Pound |
---|---|
New Zinc Die Cast | $0.72 |
Old Zinc Die Cast | $0.62 |
Scrap Gold Prices
Metal | Price per Gram | Price per Troy Ounce |
---|---|---|
9ct Gold | $22.12 | $687.91 |
14ct Gold | $34.50 | $1,073.14 |
18ct Gold | $44.23 | $1,375.82 |
22ct Gold | $54.02 | $1,680.35 |
24ct Gold | $58.97 | $1,834.24 |

Scrap Prices for other Precious Metals
Metal | Price per Gram | Price per Troy Ounce |
---|---|---|
Palladium | $27.95 | $869.42 |
Platinum | $20.93 | $650.94 |
Silver | $0.58 | $17.98 |
Scrap Prices for Steel per Pound
Metal | Price Per Pound |
---|---|
#1 Bundle | $0.10 |
#1 Busheling | $0.10 |
#1 HMS | $0.07 |
HMS 80/20 | $0.06 |
Sheet Metal | $0.06 |
Shredded Auto Scrap | $0.07 |
Structural Steel | $0.07 |
Scrap Prices for Stainless Steel per Pound
Metal | Price Per Pound |
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201 SS | $0.29 |
301 SS | $0.43 |
304 SS Solid | $0.61 |
304 SS Turning | $0.53 |
309 SS | $0.80 |
310 SS | $1.21 |
316 SS Solid | $0.80 |
330 SS | $1.98 |
Scrap Prices for other Ferrous Metals per Pound
Metal | Price Per Pound |
---|---|
Scrap #1 Prepared | $0.08 |
Scrap #2 Prepared | $0.08 |
Scrap #1 Unprepared | $0.06 |
Scrap #2 Unprepared | $0.06 |
Scrap Auto Slabs Whole | $0.07 |
Scrap Cast Iron | $0.10 |
Scrap Dishwashers | $0.07 |
Scrap Dryers | $0.07 |
Scrap Oversize Torch | $0.09 |
Scrap Rebar | $0.20 |
Scrap Washing Machines | $0.07 |
Scrap Water Heaters | $0.07 |
Legal Mandates
Updated: January 2014
***Changes Effective September 2013
State Requirements
In order to sell scrap metal, sellers will be required to:
· Agree to allow a photocopy of driver’s license or state ID card;
· Sign a statement indicating that they are the owner of or are authorized to sell the metal;
· Sign a statement that they have not been convicted of metal theft;
· Allow the buyer to take a right index finger print;
Buyer’s must:
- Record state and license plate number of sellers vehicle used to transport scrap;
- ***Keep a record for all sales of sellers name, address, telephone number;
- Record must also include a physical description of the seller, including gender, race, height, weight, and eye color;
- ***A photograph of the seller.
- ***A right index finger print (or other finger if necessary).
- A video or photograph of the material being sold, including a description and weight of the material.
- All sales tickets must have date and time and place of the sale, as well as the name of the clerk completing the sale.
- Must also show the weight, quantity and/or volume of the material.
- Sales tickets must also show the dollar amount paid for the material.
- Sales tickets must be signed by the seller. Seller will receive a copy of the receipt and buyer will retain a copy.
· Buyer must report purchased vehicle information to NMVTIS
· Tag and hold policies are in effect for a minimum of 15 days
NOTE: Scrap recyclers must maintain a record of all purchases for a minimum of 2 years and is subject to inspection by any law enforcement at any time. There is a 15-day tag-and-hold policy when notified by law enforcement to do so.
Any purchases must be paid for with a non-transferrable check which will be mailed to the seller’s home.
Recyclers cannot buy materials from the same customer more than once per day.
It is unlawful to purchase scrap metal from persons under the age of 16 years (with the exception of aluminum beverage cans).
It is unlawful to purchase manhole covers, brass or bronze valves or fittings, water meters, aluminum trenches or ramps, catalytic converters, cooling coils or condensers without valid licensure to do so.
No scrap metal business may purchase or receive beer kegs from anyone except a distributor or manufacturer of beer kegs or licensed brewery.
No scrap metal business may enter into a transaction to purchase or receive metallic wire that was burned in whole or in part to remove insulation unless the seller can produce written proof to the scrap metal business that the wire was lawfully burned or lawfully recovered from a burned structure.
Within 24 hours of receipt of scrap metals, except from an industrial account or a scrap metal dealer, for which a record is required to be kept by section 44-1642, a scrap metal dealer shall electronically submit to the department of public safety a record of the receipt of the scrap metals. The record shall include the following information:
- The date, time and place of the receipt of the scrap metal.
- An identifying description of the specific scrap metal received including the weight and amount of the transaction or other consideration given.
- A description of the person delivering the metal to the scrap metal dealer including the person’s gender, height, weight, race and hair and eye color, address and date of birth and a photocopy of a current driver license, non-operating identification license issued pursuant to section 28-3165 or photo identification card issued by a tribal government or the United States military.
- The number and state of issuance of the license on the vehicle used to deliver the scrap metal.
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/ars/44/01644.htm&Title=44&DocType=ARS
Links to Other Important Information for Arizona Salvage/Recycling
Auto-Parts Salvage/Recycling
- Tires – It is unlawful to store more than 100 tires outdoors (Other related tire regulations at http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/ars/44/01304-01.htm&Title=44&DocType=ARS)
- Lead Battery – http://www.azdps.gov/Services/smtdb/
- Other related Arizona scrap yard laws, rules and regulations Article 3.1 at http://www.azleg.state.az.us/arizonarevisedstatutes.asp?title=44 http://www.azleg.gov//FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/50leg/2r/adopted/h.2395-com.doc.htm&Session_ID=107