What did you scrap?

[xippi]

Tin/light Iron $140.00GT 1070 lbs
AL Old Sheet $0.28 lb 48 lb
Al Cu Radiator $0.90 lb 3 lb
Yellow Brass $1.59 lb 3 lb
#2 Copper $2.07 lb 7 lb
#2 CU Insulated 40% $0.27 lb 8 lb
#1 CU Insulated 50% $0.95 lb 10 lb
#2 CU Insulated 50% $0.46 lb 11 lb

[hobo finds]

200 lbs. sheet iron @ $.045 lb.

[xippi]

12/20/2017
AL Old Sheet $0.28 lb 129 lb
Yellow Brass $1.59 lb 38 lb
#2 Copper $2.07 lb 1 lb
#2 CU Insulated 50% $0.46 lb 5 lb

[Dr. Cadmium]

I know someone is going to bring up that I didn't get "full value" for my pewter. I've been saving it for years for a project that never happened. Now I have more space and more money!

200 lbs pewter $3.00/lb
160 lbs light iron 150/GT
7 lbs #1 steel 205/GT
120 lbs old sheet 0.41
15 lbs extruded 0.47
15 lbs lead batteries 0.32
1 lb #2 copper 2.20
3 lbs ACR 1.00
1 lb THHN 1.50
28 lbs brass 1.50
100 returnable cans and bottles $0.05 each

[hobo finds]

I have a box of pewter and need to see what the yards around here are paying

[Dr. Cadmium]

3.00/lb was the highest in my area by far. The next highest I was quoted was 2.80. Many yards only buy it for brass price or even lead.

The "street price" is usually $2.00/lb. I got this special price because I asked for a quote ahead of time and do a large amout of business with this yard. Larger amounts of material can be turned over more quickly.

Newer pewter that's metled and cast into ingots is worth about $10/lb because it's mostly tin, Sn. I came to the conclusion it wasn't worth my time to melt this mess down.

[Recyclersteve]

Cleaning up the yard for the new year...

113- Aluminum Cast Dirty 8 @ 0.13/lb. = $1.05
103- Brass Dirty 3 @ 0.50/lb. = $1.50
25- Aluminum Cans 1 @ 0.60/lb. = $0.60
58- Clean Sheet metal 180 @ 105.00/ton = $9.45
2- Copper #2 Tube 1 @ 2.30/lb. = $2.30
261- Dirty Brass Faucets 10 @ 0.20/lb. = $2.00
13- Insulated 2- 40% 57 @ 0.40/lb. = $22.80
104- Low Grade Motors 31 @ 0.04/lb. = $1.25
23- Painted Old Sheet (Aluminum) 181 @ 0.30/lb. = $54.30
42- Stainless Steel 304 9 @ 0.25/lb. = $2.25
TOTAL FOR ABOVE $97.50

[Dr. Cadmium]

140 lbs light iron @ 150/GT
360 lbs #1 steel 205/GT
330 lbs extruded 0.47
80 lbs o/s Al 0.41/lb
23 lbs brass 1.55
175 lbs irony aluminum 0.11
50 lbs electric motor 0.15
15 lbs copper wire 0.70

[hobo finds]

200 lbs. Prepared Steel $.0725 lb.

[cwgii]

sat . 88 lbs of crushed plastic
today 122 lbs of crushed water bottles.. got a bump due to all crushed .50

tomorrow will be cans

[Recyclersteve]

510# of small compressor/coil assemblies @ 15c = $76.50
12# of circuit boards @ 50c = $6.00
11# of clean aluminum @ 33c = $3.63
11# of steel @ 5.4c = $0.59
58# of small electric motors @ 16c = $9.28
602# total and received $96.00 total

[xippi]

1920 lbs Light Iron @ $175 GT .078125 lb = $150.00

[hobo finds]

140 lbs. sheet iron (fake Christmas tree and some other holiday décor) $.0575 lb.

[cwgii]

200 lbs lof alum cans at a ''special' price of .95

[Recyclersteve]

200 lbs lof alum cans at a ''special' price of .95

Special price indeed! Aluminum is going for 98 cents/lb. on kitcometals.com and you got 95 cents. Wow!

The only thing I can think of is perhaps the buyer was unable to sell what they had until they had maybe a ton or so and your haul is what put them over the top. Just a wild guess.

[cwgii]

lol, crv going to ca

[everything]

My scrapping buddy I met at the scrap yard today scrapped about $400 worth of aluminum, a bit of iron, some brass/copper stuff, some random stuff he didn't tear down, lots of aluminum window frame type of stuff, aluminum must be up or something. Anyway, we talked and I learned literally nothing more about aluminum than I already did, but he had allot.

The guy in line before us had a semi load of stuff, pallets of aluminum cans mostly but some really big copper piping.

Back 11/29/17 I scrapped 21 lbs. insulated copper, 10 lbs. aluminum breakage, 1 lbs. copper radioators, and 7 lbs. brass for 33.85
Today I scrapped iron, yes iron 60 lbs. for 4.65, 7 lbs. mixed aluminum solids, 2 lb.s brass, 8 lbs. copper, 2 lbs. #2 copper, 1 lb. clean die cast, 2 lbs. 18/8 stainless, and 3 lbs. electronic boards, .15 cents on the boards, I know they were worth way more, got jipped again on those darnit and I said I wouldn't bring those into them anymore.
Total 34.31

Oh well, it is what it is, - 5.00 as most of the 8 lb.s copper came from a estate sale where I bought a small box full of copper scrap. Not much of a haul, but I did acquire an old sears garage door opener from someone who drove in and just wanted to get rid of it, thought I would be scrap free, not to be this time around.

[Recyclersteve]

Aluminum went over $1.00 a pound for the first time in at least five years. Maybe even longer, but the chart I looked at only went back five years.

[cwgii]

a bunch of clean sheet stuff, inside a freezer . so they gave me 90%clean//10 shred at a mixed price of 155/ton

[smackvay]

8765 pounds of shrewd scrap at $135 a ton

[Recyclersteve]

Never ever thought about recycling pewter. Thanks for the tip!

[hobo finds]

180 lbs. sheet iron $.0575 lb.

[hobo finds]

14 lbs. uncrushed alum cans $.85 lb.
16 lbs. #1 plastic @ $.30 lb.
22 lbs. sheet iron @ $.0525

$17.86 total

[hobo finds]

I know someone is going to bring up that I didn't get "full value" for my pewter. I've been saving it for years for a project that never happened. Now I have more space and more money!

200 lbs pewter $3.00/lb
160 lbs light iron 150/GT
7 lbs #1 steel 205/GT
120 lbs old sheet 0.41
15 lbs extruded 0.47
15 lbs lead batteries 0.32
1 lb #2 copper 2.20
3 lbs ACR 1.00
1 lb THHN 1.50
28 lbs brass 1.50
100 returnable cans and bottles $0.05 each

I called a yard today they said I could put my pewter in with the sheet iron!

[Recyclersteve]

I know someone is going to bring up that I didn't get "full value" for my pewter. I've been saving it for years for a project that never happened. Now I have more space and more money!

200 lbs pewter $3.00/lb
160 lbs light iron 150/GT
7 lbs #1 steel 205/GT
120 lbs old sheet 0.41
15 lbs extruded 0.47
15 lbs lead batteries 0.32
1 lb #2 copper 2.20
3 lbs ACR 1.00
1 lb THHN 1.50
28 lbs brass 1.50
100 returnable cans and bottles $0.05 each

I called a yard today they said I could put my pewter in with the sheet iron!

And Dr. Cadmium got $3 a lb. Wow, what a HUGE difference! If you do the math (with sheet iron at ~5 cents/lb.) that is roughly like selling silver and getting paid for copper. YIKES!