Steel Scrap Prices in the U.S.A. and Canada
Steel Scrap prices listed below are national average prices paid by scrap yards in the U.S.A. and Canada. Prices are collected from scrap yards directly and updated bi-weekly.
- "Average Price" indicates the average price paid by all scrap yards in U.S. & Canadian cities listed.
- "High Price" indicates the average for the highest prices paid by all scrap yards in U.S. & Canadian cities listed.
- "Low Price" indicates the average for the lowest prices paid by all scrap yards in U.S. & Canadian cities listed.
United States Steel Scrap Buy Price Index
| Material | Average Price | High Price | Low Price | Price Unit |
| Tin Scrap Dirty | 3.14 | 3.14 | 3.14 | USD/LB |
| Unprepared - Farm equipment Scrap | 155 | 155 | 155 | USD/Ton |
| #2 Prepared | 117.38 | 117.38 | 117.38 | USD/NT |
| #2 Unprepared | 87.44 | 87.44 | 87.44 | USD/NT |
| Large Transformers Scrap | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | USD/LB |
| Plate & Structural Prepared | 126.46 | 126.46 | 126.46 | USD//CWT |
| Scrap Transmissions Scrap | 1.66 | 1.66 | 1.66 | USD/NT |
| Small Transformers Scrap | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | USD/LB |
| Steel Cased Transformers Scrap | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | USD/LB |
| Steel Electric Motors Scrap | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | USD/LB |
| #1 Cast Iron Scrap | 158.58 | 158.58 | 158.58 | USD/Ton |
| #2 Cast Iron Scrap | 88.77 | 88.77 | 88.77 | USD/Ton |
| #2 Steel Scrap | 113.03 | 113.03 | 113.03 | USD/MT |
| Clean Auto Cast | 199.88 | 199.88 | 199.88 | USD/NT |
| Dirty Motor Blocks Scrap | 84.67 | 84.67 | 84.67 | USD/LB |
| Heavy Torch Steel Scrap | 65.84 | 65.84 | 65.84 | USD/NT |
| Junk Cars Scrap | 160 | 160 | 160 | USD/Ton |
| Unclean Motors Scrap | 200.83 | 200.83 | 200.83 | USD/Ton |
| White Goods | 13.26 | 13.26 | 13.26 | USD/MT |
| Long Steel | 123.4 | 123.4 | 123.4 | USD/Ton |
| Prepared Steel Scrap | 86.04 | 86.04 | 86.04 | USD/LB |
| Short Steel | 100.46 | 100.46 | 100.46 | USD/Ton |
| Steel Car Wheels Scrap | 150 | 150 | 150 | USD/LB |
| Torching Steel | 136.67 | 136.67 | 136.67 | USD/Ton |
| Unprepared Steel Scrap | 78.29 | 78.29 | 78.29 | USD/NT |
| Drums and Rotors | 98.48 | 98.48 | 98.48 | USD/GT |
| Mixed Cast Scrap | 177.46 | 177.46 | 177.46 | USD/GT |
| Shredder Steel | 7.25 | 7.25 | 7.25 | USD/CW |
| Rebar | 77.31 | 77.31 | 77.31 | USD/GT |
| Car Bodies | 135.02 | 135.02 | 135.02 | USD/GT |
| Farm Machinery Scrap | 185 | 185 | 185 | USD/NT |
| Motor Blocks Scrap | 94.54 | 94.54 | 94.54 | USD/GT |
| Misc Cast Scrap | 150 | 150 | 150 | USD/LB |
| Whole Autos | 6.75 | 6.75 | 6.75 | USD//CWT |
| Busheling | 271.88 | 271.88 | 271.88 | USD/MT |
| #1 HMS Prepared | 92.59 | 92.59 | 92.59 | USD/GT |
| #1 HMS Unprepared Scrap | 74.8 | 74.8 | 74.8 | USD/GT |
| #2 HMS Prepared | 98.7 | 98.7 | 98.7 | USD/GT |
| #2 HMS Unprepared | 86.2 | 86.2 | 86.2 | USD/GT |
| Heavy w. Light Scrap | 175 | 175 | 175 | USD/GT |
| Light w. Heavy Scrap | 167.5 | 167.5 | 167.5 | USD/GT |
| P&S Scrap | 193.74 | 193.74 | 193.74 | USD/GT |
| P&S Unprepared Scrap | 84.66 | 84.66 | 84.66 | USD/GT |
| Steel Turnings Scrap | 38.05 | 38.05 | 38.05 | USD/GT |
| Torching Unprepared | 182.5 | 182.5 | 182.5 | USD/GT |
| Tin | 59.54 | 59.54 | 59.54 | USD//CWT |
| #1 H.M. Steel | 17.69 | 17.69 | 17.69 | USD/NT |
| Foundry Short Steel Scrap | 220 | 220 | 220 | USD/LB |
| #1 Prepared | 75.27 | 75.27 | 75.27 | USD/NT |
| HMS Prepared | 39.91 | 39.91 | 39.91 | USD//CWT |
| Sheet metal Scrap | 78.35 | 78.35 | 78.35 | USD/CWT |
| Plate & Structural | 104.36 | 104.36 | 104.36 | USD//CWT |
| HMS 80/20 Scrap | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | USD/LB |
| 3 Foot Steel Scrap | 200 | 200 | 200 | USD/NT |
| Heavy Melt Scrap | 112.42 | 112.42 | 112.42 | USD/GT |
| Prepared Structural Scrap | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | USD/LB |
| Unprepared Shearing | 38.4 | 38.4 | 38.4 | USD/LB |
| Unprepared Structural Scrap | 120.03 | 120.03 | 120.03 | USD/LB |
| Iron/Steel Scrap | 230 | 400 | 60 | USD/NT |
| #1 Heavy Melt Scrap | 4.35 | 4.35 | 4.35 | USD/NT |
| #1 HMS Scrap | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | USD/LB |
| #2 Heavy Melt Scrap | 3.75 | 3.75 | 3.75 | USD/NT |
| Steel Base Carburetors Scrap | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | USD/LB |
| Structural Steel Scrap | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | USD/LB |
| #1 Unprepared Heavy Melt Scrap | 83.19 | 83.19 | 83.19 | USD/NT |
| Mixed Steel Scrap | 10.97 | 10.97 | 10.97 | USD/NT |
| Oversized Steel Scrap | 80 | 80 | 80 | USD/NT |
| Tin/Car Bodies | 180 | 180 | 180 | USD//CWT |
| #2 Unprepared Heavy Melt Scrap | 170 | 170 | 170 | USD/NT |
| Block Tin | 3.83 | 3.83 | 3.83 | USD/LB |
| Steel Shot Scrap | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | USD/CWT |
| #1 Prepared Scrap | 68.63 | 68.63 | 68.63 | USD/CWT |
| Steel Block Engines | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | USD/LB |
| Auto Cast Scrap | 169.82 | 169.82 | 169.82 | USD/GT |
| Steel BX Scrap | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.37 | USD/LB |
| #1 Steel Scrap | 56.89 | 56.89 | 56.89 | USD/MT |
| HMS Unprepared | 31.79 | 31.79 | 31.79 | USD//CWT |
| #1 Unprepared Steel | 42.67 | 42.67 | 42.67 | USD/CWT |
| #1 Unprepared Steel Scrap | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | USD/LB |
| #2 Prepared Scrap | 57.21 | 57.21 | 57.21 | USD/CWT |
| #2 Prepared Scrap | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | USD/LB |
| #2 Unprepared Steel | 27.06 | 27.06 | 27.06 | USD/CWT |
| Appliances | 24.81 | 24.81 | 24.81 | USD/LB |
| Appliances | 4.94 | 4.94 | 4.94 | USD/CWT |
| Busheling Scrap | 322 | 322 | 322 | USD/GT |
| Motor Blocks Scrap | 80.03 | 80.03 | 80.03 | USD/NT |
| Plate & Structural Unprepared | 48.23 | 48.23 | 48.23 | USD//CWT |
| Prepared Steel Scrap | 92.52 | 92.52 | 92.52 | USD/NT |
| Sheet Iron | 128.75 | 128.75 | 128.75 | USD/Ton |
| Sheet Metal Scrap | 130 | 130 | 130 | USD/NT |
| Short Steel Scrap | 228.2 | 228.2 | 228.2 | USD/GT |
| Steel Turnings Scrap | 2.25 | 2.25 | 2.25 | USD/CWT |
| Unprepared Steel Scrap | 125 | 126.67 | 123.33 | USD/Ton |
| #1 Prepared Scrap | 147.5 | 147.5 | 147.5 | USD/Ton |
| #1 Prepared Steel Scrap | 3.13 | 3.13 | 3.13 | USD/LB |
| #1 Prepared Steel Scrap | 47.75 | 47.75 | 47.75 | USD/GT |
| #1 Unprepared Scrap | 106.25 | 106.25 | 106.25 | USD/Ton |
| #1 UnPrepared Steel Scrap | 90.18 | 90.18 | 90.18 | USD/GT |
| Plate & Structural Unprepared | 46.46 | 46.46 | 46.46 | USD/LB |
| #1 Prepared Scrap | 173.33 | 173.33 | 173.33 | USD/GT |
| #1 UnPrepared Scrap | 150.36 | 150.36 | 150.36 | USD/GT |
| #1 Steel Scrap | 90.12 | 90.12 | 90.12 | USD/CWT |
| #1 Prepared Scrap | 3.19 | 3.19 | 3.19 | USD/LB |
| Plate & Structural Scrap | 295 | 295 | 295 | USD/NT |
| Short Steel Scrap | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | USD/LB |
| Short Steel Scrap | 252.5 | 252.5 | 252.5 | USD/NT |
| Insulated Steel BX Scrap | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.39 | USD/LB |
| Drums and Rotors | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | USD/LB |
| Sheet Iron | 130.85 | 130.85 | 130.85 | USD/GT |
| #1 Steel Scrap | 225 | 225 | 225 | USD/NT |
| Car Bodies | 97.5 | 97.5 | 97.5 | USD/MT |
| Rebar | 101.67 | 101.67 | 101.67 | USD/NT |
| Drums and Rotors | 300 | 300 | 300 | USD/NT |
| #1 Steel Scrap | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | USD/LB |
| #1 Unprepared | 70.78 | 70.78 | 70.78 | USD/NT |
| Unclean Auto Cast Scrap | 100 | 100 | 100 | USD/NT |
| Whole Auto Bodies | 105.07 | 105.07 | 105.07 | USD//CWT |
| Steel Turnings Scrap | 85 | 85 | 85 | USD/NT |
| Long Steel Scrap | 190 | 190 | 190 | USD/PT |
| Motor/Machine Cast | 240 | 240 | 240 | USD/PT |
| Short Steel Scrap | 240 | 240 | 240 | USD/PT |
| Whole Autos | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | USD/CW |
| Shredded Scrap | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | USD/LB |
| Unprepared Steel Scrap | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | USD/LB |
| Steel Scrap | 27.32 | 27.32 | 27.32 | USD/LB |
| #1 Busheling Scrap | 112.53 | 112.53 | 112.53 | USD/LB |
| Rebar | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | USD/MT |
| Steel compressors sealed units scrap | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | USD/LB |