scrap prices

I used three large steel beams in the house I'm building. Paid 32 cents/pound for them, new.

This was about five years ago. I realize prices are up, but that's absurd.

Harold

Last I bought was 40 cents a pound, ten dollar minimum. This was up from 30 cents a pound, ten dollar minimum, which it had been for years. This is in Northern California.

Jerry

Last Monday I bought some stainless steel sheet for $1 a pound, down from $1.50 a few months ago.

Catcon needs a new heat shield.

jw

I just came from the scrap yard and they were paying 6.5 cents per pound for chips on a 4800 lb. load. I could have probably swapped them even for some other metal that they had lying around. On good straight beams, rounds and structural steel, its going for about 35 cents/lb around here( North East PA). You can buy new steel for what they are charging you. MSC doesn't even charge that much. A steel supply company would probaly sell you drops or cutoffs for less than what you paid.

I don't know what you are looking for but we use a lot of 4140 and A36 and get a lot of one to four inch drops that go to the scrap yard. Id rather see them go to someone that can use them.

John

One of the local small scrap places sells mild for $0.35/#, stainless for $0.75/#. The larger outfit (Schnitzer Steel) sells mild for IIRC $0.20/#.

Jon

Thanks everyone for the input. No I didnt buy I was just checking the current stock and prices. This place is not strickly scrap but surplus also

Isn't it just amazing how your scrap isn't worth but a few cents to these bastards, but when you want to buy their scrap, it's gold-plated....

Yep!

I'm not against anyone making a profit, but making a retirement from each and every sale is a bit extreme.

Harold

Yikes. Most of the steak I eat doesn't cost that much.

Wes

It does if you mail order it.

You're getting taken to the cleaners. I just bought a sheet of 5/16"

Dimensioned 1018 cold-rolled bar stock and angle iron goes for 60 cents a pound retail here, at the place I get it from.