Thursday, August 27
Junkyard News
Thursday, August 27

Scrap board

Exchange (COMEX / CME)
Copper
$/lb · 30d +5.2%
$6.67
+0.07 (+1.1%)
Aluminum
$/mt · 30d -5.3%
$3,353
+9 (+0.3%)
US HRC steel
$/st · 30d +2.7%
$1,187
-12 (-1.0%)
Gold
$/oz · 30d +13.5%
$4625.80
+27.60 (+0.6%)
Platinum
$/oz · 30d +12.9%
$1830.00
-5.70 (-0.3%)
Palladium
$/oz · 30d +2.7%
$1324.50
-0.60 (-0.0%)
Silver
$/oz · 30d +17.6%
$68.74
+0.75 (+1.1%)
Yard cash (US avg, 220+ yards)
Bare Bright Copper
$/lb
$5.10-5.70
+3.9%
#1 Copper
$/lb
$4.90-5.55
+2.8%
#2 Copper
$/lb
$4.75-5.45
+2.3%
Aluminum Cans (UBC)
$/lb
$0.68-0.85
-8.1%
Clean Aluminum Auto Wheels (Alloy 356)
$/lb
$1.00-1.60
-5.1%
Clean Aluminum Sheet
$/lb
$0.65-0.84
-13.8%
Light Iron & Shredder
$/lb
$0.08-0.15
-2.5%
#1 Prepared Steel (HMS)
$/lb
$0.09-0.10
+8.3%
Yellow Brass Solids
$/lb
$3.00-3.89
-1.3%
Automotive Batteries (Car & Truck)
$/lb
$0.16-0.25
-5.7%

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

Metals recycling

Copper keeps creeping, $6.67/lb today, up 1.1% on the day and 5.2% over 30 days, so the clean bright pile is getting treated like a priority again. Steel is doing the opposite, US HRC is $1,187/st, down 1.0% today while still up 2.7% on the month, which feels like mills tapping the brakes after a decent run. Aluminum at $3,353/mt is basically flat today (+0.3%) and off 5.3% in 30 days, so cans and breakage feel a little heavier.

Today's part

Part COG Sale 90d
CUP Holder
CUP Holder
2005 Ford Crown Victoria
+$165
$14 $180 153%

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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