Monday, August 17
Junkyard News
Monday, August 17

Scrap board

Exchange (COMEX / CME)
Copper
$/lb · 30d +6.3%
$6.61
+0.01 (+0.2%)
Aluminum
$/mt · 30d -2.8%
$3,430
+74 (+2.2%)
US HRC steel
$/st · 30d +1.8%
$1,175
-21 (-1.8%)
Gold
$/oz · 30d +11.2%
$4462.00
+81.60 (+1.9%)
Platinum
$/oz · 30d +10.6%
$1775.60
+25.60 (+1.5%)
Palladium
$/oz · 30d +7.0%
$1331.00
+8.50 (+0.6%)
Silver
$/oz · 30d +17.5%
$65.86
+0.87 (+1.3%)
Yard cash (US avg, 220+ yards)
Bare Bright Copper
$/lb
$5.30-5.36
+0.2%
#1 Copper
$/lb
$4.60-5.49
+2.1%
#2 Copper
$/lb
$4.60-5.40
+2.4%
Aluminum Cans (UBC)
$/lb
$0.65-0.88
-1.9%
Clean Aluminum Auto Wheels (Alloy 356)
$/lb
$1.05-1.44
-1.3%
Clean Aluminum Sheet
$/lb
$0.55-0.86
+10.0%
Light Iron & Shredder
$/lb
$0.10-0.13
+0.5%
#1 Prepared Steel (HMS)
$/lb
$0.09-0.10
+8.9%
Yellow Brass Solids
$/lb
$2.75-3.54
-5.8%
Automotive Batteries (Car & Truck)
$/lb
$0.15-0.25
+5.0%

Exchange is the board. Yard cash is what the scale is paying, national average. Not a local bid.

Metals recycling

If you've been watching the bins, the quiet move this week is copper staying stubborn. Today it's $6.61/lb, up 0.2% on the day and up 6.3% over 30. That keeps bright and bare talk alive at the scale house. Aluminum is the weird one, up 2.2% today to $3,430/mt, still down 2.8% on the month. HRC is $1,175/st, off 1.8% today, up 1.8% over 30.

Today's part

Part COG Sale 90d
Cabin Fuse BOX
Cabin Fuse BOX
2004 Toyota Tundra
+$228
$34 $262 120%

Green is profit per part. COG is junkyard cost. Sale is typical sold value. 90d is sell-through on a 90-day cycle.

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