Light Copper Scrap Prices in the U.S.A.
Current Light Copper Scrap Prices in the U.S.A.. The prices listed below are national average prices paid by scrap yards in the U.S.A. Prices are collected from scrap yards directly and updated bi-weekly.
- "Average Price" indicates the average light copper scrap price paid by all scrap yards in U.S. cities listed.
- "High Price" indicates the average for the highest light copper scrap price paid by all scrap yards in U.S. cities listed.
- "Low Price" indicates the average for the lowest light copper scrap price paid by all scrap yards in U.S. cities listed.
U.S.A. Scrap Dealer National Price Index
Prices updated on : 23-Apr-2025
| Average Price | High Price | Low Price |
| 2.51 USD/LB | 3.65 USD/LB | 1 USD/LB |
| U.S.A. Cities Yards Buy Price List |
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 City | State | Average Price | High Price | Low Price | State Average | Price Unit | Price Date |
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| Chelsea | Maine | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.82 | USD/LB | 23-Apr-2025 |
| Hallowell | Maine | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.82 | USD/LB | 23-Apr-2025 |
| Jay | Maine | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.82 | USD/LB | 23-Apr-2025 |
| Montville | Maine | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.82 | USD/LB | 23-Apr-2025 |
| Skowhegan | Maine | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.82 | USD/LB | 23-Apr-2025 |
| Rockville | Maryland | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | USD/LB | 23-Apr-2025 |
| Springfield | Missouri | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.82 | USD/LB | 23-Apr-2025 |
| Stockertown | Pennsylvania | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 23-Apr-2025 |
| Dallas | Texas | 3.52 | 3.52 | 3.52 | 2.66 | USD/LB | 23-Apr-2025 |
| Farmingdale | New York | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.35 | USD/LB | 09-Apr-2025 |
| Kansas City | Missouri | 2.95 | 2.95 | 2.95 | 2.82 | USD/LB | 07-Apr-2025 |
| Frederick | Maryland | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.8 | USD/LB | 04-Apr-2025 |
| Baytown | Texas | 3.15 | 3.15 | 3.15 | 2.66 | USD/LB | 04-Apr-2025 |
| Houston | Texas | 3.15 | 3.15 | 3.15 | 2.66 | USD/LB | 04-Apr-2025 |
| West Babylon | New York | 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.35 | USD/LB | 31-Mar-2025 |
| Waynesboro | Pennsylvania | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 31-Mar-2025 |
| Palatka | Florida | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.07 | USD/LB | 28-Mar-2025 |
| Levittown | Pennsylvania | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 28-Mar-2025 |
| Newport | Vermont | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.78 | USD/LB | 28-Mar-2025 |
| Corsica | Pennsylvania | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 27-Mar-2025 |
| Homer City | Pennsylvania | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 27-Mar-2025 |
| Kittanning | Pennsylvania | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 27-Mar-2025 |
| Cleveland | Tennessee | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.01 | USD/LB | 27-Mar-2025 |
| Derby | Connecticut | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.03 | USD/LB | 26-Mar-2025 |
| Stamford | Connecticut | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.03 | USD/LB | 26-Mar-2025 |
| Brooklyn | New York | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.35 | USD/LB | 26-Mar-2025 |
| Medford | New York | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.35 | USD/LB | 26-Mar-2025 |
| Bay Shore | New York | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.35 | USD/LB | 26-Mar-2025 |
| Freeport | New York | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.35 | USD/LB | 26-Mar-2025 |
| Huntington | New York | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.35 | USD/LB | 26-Mar-2025 |
| Lindenhurst | New York | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.35 | USD/LB | 26-Mar-2025 |
| New Hyde Park | New York | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.35 | USD/LB | 26-Mar-2025 |
| Riverhead | New York | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.35 | USD/LB | 26-Mar-2025 |
| Valley Stream | New York | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.35 | USD/LB | 26-Mar-2025 |
| Middlesex | Vermont | 2.96 | 2.96 | 2.96 | 2.78 | USD/LB | 26-Mar-2025 |
| Topeka | Kansas | 2.65 | 2.65 | 2.65 | 2.65 | USD/LB | 25-Mar-2025 |
| Moosic | Pennsylvania | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 25-Mar-2025 |
| Waco | Texas | 1.58 | 1.58 | 1.58 | 2.66 | USD/LB | 25-Mar-2025 |
| Augusta | Georgia | 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.75 | USD/LB | 24-Mar-2025 |
| Catasauqua | Pennsylvania | 3.45 | 3.45 | 3.45 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 24-Mar-2025 |
| Friedens | Pennsylvania | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 24-Mar-2025 |
| Stoystown | Pennsylvania | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 24-Mar-2025 |
| Lexington | South Carolina | 2.05 | 2.05 | 2.05 | 1.86 | USD/LB | 24-Mar-2025 |
| Jacksonville | Florida | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.07 | USD/LB | 21-Mar-2025 |
| Florence | South Carolina | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 1.86 | USD/LB | 21-Mar-2025 |
| CLIFTON | New Jersey | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.96 | USD/LB | 05-Mar-2025 |
| Miami | Florida | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.07 | USD/LB | 04-Mar-2025 |
| Pompano Beach | Florida | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.07 | USD/LB | 04-Mar-2025 |
| East Stroudsburg | Pennsylvania | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 03-Mar-2025 |
| Wind Gap | Pennsylvania | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 03-Mar-2025 |
| Allentown | Pennsylvania | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 28-Feb-2025 |
| Indiana | Pennsylvania | 3.15 | 3.15 | 3.15 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 28-Feb-2025 |
| BayShore | New York | 2.09 | 2.09 | 2.09 | 2.35 | USD/LB | 27-Feb-2025 |
| New Egypt | New Jersey | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.96 | USD/LB | 24-Feb-2025 |
| Mount Pleasant | Iowa | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | USD/LB | 31-Jan-2025 |
| Holbrook | New York | 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.35 | USD/LB | 31-Jan-2025 |
| Gibsonton | Florida | 1.13 | 1.13 | 1.13 | 2.07 | USD/LB | 24-Jan-2025 |
| Edison | New Jersey | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.96 | USD/LB | 22-Jan-2025 |
| Rome | Georgia | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.75 | USD/LB | 06-Jan-2025 |
| Clifton | New Jersey | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.96 | USD/LB | 04-Dec-2024 |
| Huntsville | Texas | 2.65 | 2.65 | 2.65 | 2.66 | USD/LB | 26-Nov-2024 |
| Wingdale | New York | 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.35 | USD/LB | 20-Nov-2024 |
| Middlesex | New Jersey | 3.15 | 3.15 | 3.15 | 2.96 | USD/LB | 29-Oct-2024 |
| Somerset | New Jersey | 3.15 | 3.15 | 3.15 | 2.96 | USD/LB | 29-Oct-2024 |
| Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 3.45 | 3.45 | 3.45 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 09-Oct-2024 |
| Middleboro | Massachusetts | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.3 | USD/LB | 08-Oct-2024 |
| Shippensburg | Pennsylvania | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 08-Oct-2024 |
| Rome | New York | 3.39 | 3.39 | 3.39 | 2.35 | USD/LB | 31-Jul-2024 |
| Apopka | Florida | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.07 | USD/LB | 05-Jul-2024 |
| Sarver | Pennsylvania | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 20-Jun-2024 |
| West Palm Beach | Florida | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.07 | USD/LB | 05-Jun-2024 |
| Easton | Pennsylvania | 3.65 | 3.65 | 3.65 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 06-May-2024 |
| Hellertown | Pennsylvania | 3.65 | 3.65 | 3.65 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 06-May-2024 |
| Stroudsburg | Pennsylvania | 3.55 | 3.55 | 3.55 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 20-Apr-2024 |
| Pinehurst | Texas | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.66 | USD/LB | 20-Feb-2024 |
| Ardmore | Oklahoma | 2.43 | 2.43 | 2.43 | 2.48 | USD/LB | 06-Nov-2023 |
| Johnstown | Pennsylvania | 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 22-Aug-2023 |
| Orlando | Florida | 2.05 | 2.05 | 2.05 | 2.07 | USD/LB | 05-Jun-2023 |
| Phoenix | Arizona | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | USD/LB | 05-May-2023 |
| South Plainfield | New Jersey | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.96 | USD/LB | 20-Apr-2023 |
| Dundalk | Maryland | 2.52 | 2.52 | 2.52 | 2.8 | USD/LB | 20-Mar-2023 |
| Brockton | Massachusetts | 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.3 | USD/LB | 06-Mar-2023 |
| Hagerstown | Maryland | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | USD/LB | 20-Feb-2023 |
| Dover | New Jersey | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.96 | USD/LB | 06-Feb-2023 |
| Staten Island | New York | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.35 | USD/LB | 06-Feb-2023 |
| Birmingham | Alabama | 2.35 | 2.35 | 2.35 | 1.75 | USD/LB | 20-Jan-2023 |
| Athens | Georgia | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.75 | USD/LB | 20-Jan-2023 |
| Tazewell | Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.01 | USD/LB | 15-Dec-2022 |
| Essex | Connecticut | 2.7 | 3 | 2.4 | 3.03 | USD/LB | 05-Dec-2022 |
| Austin | Texas | 2.15 | 2.15 | 2.15 | 2.66 | USD/LB | 05-Aug-2022 |
| Irving | Texas | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.66 | USD/LB | 05-Apr-2022 |
| Huntington Station | New York | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.35 | USD/LB | 07-Mar-2022 |
| Clinton | Maryland | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.8 | USD/LB | 20-Jan-2022 |
| Jasper | Indiana | 2.95 | 2.95 | 2.95 | 2.95 | USD/LB | 20-Dec-2021 |
| Hudson | Maine | 1.45 | 1.45 | 1.45 | 1.82 | USD/LB | 05-Oct-2021 |
| Dallas South | Texas | 3.45 | 3.45 | 3.45 | 2.66 | USD/LB | 05-Oct-2021 |
| Berwick | Pennsylvania | 2.66 | 2.66 | 2.66 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 24-Aug-2021 |
| Bloomsburg | Pennsylvania | 2.66 | 2.66 | 2.66 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 24-Aug-2021 |
| Hazleton | Pennsylvania | 2.66 | 2.66 | 2.66 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 24-Aug-2021 |
| Lehigh Valley | Pennsylvania | 2.66 | 2.66 | 2.66 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 24-Aug-2021 |
| Milton | Pennsylvania | 2.66 | 2.66 | 2.66 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 24-Aug-2021 |
| Scranton | Pennsylvania | 2.66 | 2.66 | 2.66 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 24-Aug-2021 |
| Wilkes Barre | Pennsylvania | 2.66 | 2.66 | 2.66 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 24-Aug-2021 |
| Elmsford | New York | 2.57 | 2.57 | 2.57 | 2.35 | USD/LB | 17-Aug-2021 |
| Montrose | New York | 2.57 | 2.57 | 2.57 | 2.35 | USD/LB | 17-Aug-2021 |
| Marion | North Carolina | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.38 | USD/LB | 17-Aug-2021 |
| Worcester | Massachusetts | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 | USD/LB | 16-Aug-2021 |
| Trenton | New Jersey | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.96 | USD/LB | 16-Aug-2021 |
| Webster | Pennsylvania | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 06-Aug-2021 |
| Dallas West | Texas | 3.54 | 3.54 | 3.54 | 2.66 | USD/LB | 02-Aug-2021 |
| Fort Worth | Texas | 3.54 | 3.54 | 3.54 | 2.66 | USD/LB | 02-Aug-2021 |
| Sikeston | Missouri | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.82 | USD/LB | 17-Jun-2021 |
| Wingdale | New York | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.35 | USD/LB | 20-May-2021 |
| Stuart | Florida | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.07 | USD/LB | 29-Dec-2020 |
| Tulsa | Oklahoma | 2.52 | 2.52 | 2.52 | 2.48 | USD/LB | 18-Nov-2020 |
| Deerfield Beach | Florida | 2.05 | 2.05 | 2.05 | 2.07 | USD/LB | 15-Oct-2020 |
| Chattanooga | Tennessee | 1.52 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 2.01 | USD/LB | 13-Apr-2020 |
| Taunton | Massachusetts | 1.35 | 1.35 | 1.35 | 2.3 | USD/LB | 07-Apr-2020 |
| Butler | Pennsylvania | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 25-Mar-2020 |
| Charleston | South Carolina | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.86 | USD/LB | 25-Mar-2020 |
| Moncks Corner | South Carolina | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.86 | USD/LB | 25-Mar-2020 |
| Albans | Maine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.82 | USD/LB | 24-Mar-2020 |
| Alexander City | Alabama | 1.39 | 1.39 | 1.39 | 1.75 | USD/LB | 04-Feb-2020 |
| Gainesville | Florida | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.07 | USD/LB | 04-Feb-2020 |
| Ocala | Florida | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 2.07 | USD/LB | 04-Feb-2020 |
| Spartanburg | South Carolina | 1.79 | 1.79 | 1.79 | 1.86 | USD/LB | 04-Feb-2020 |
| North Charleston | South Carolina | 1.55 | 1.55 | 1.55 | 1.86 | USD/LB | 10-Jan-2020 |
| South Austin | Texas | 1.66 | 1.66 | 1.66 | 2.66 | USD/LB | 13-Aug-2019 |
| Houston | Texas | 1.88 | 1.88 | 1.88 | 2.66 | USD/LB | 31-Jul-2019 |
| Lufkin | Texas | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.66 | USD/LB | 22-Jul-2019 |
| Shreveport | Louisiana | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | USD/LB | 15-Jul-2019 |
| Lowell | Massachusetts | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.3 | USD/LB | 28-Mar-2019 |
| Fyffe | Alabama | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.75 | USD/LB | 07-Jan-2019 |
| Summerville | South Carolina | 1.75 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 1.86 | USD/LB | 08-Nov-2018 |
| Narvon | Pennsylvania | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 12-Apr-2018 |
| Quarryville | Pennsylvania | 1.85 | 1.85 | 1.85 | 2.91 | USD/LB | 09-Apr-2018 |
| Dayton | Ohio | 1.35 | 1.35 | 1.35 | 1.35 | USD/LB | 22-Mar-2018 |
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