North American Scrap Metal Prices See No Variation on the Index- October 7, 2026

Daily Scrap Metal Price Report  |  2026-10-08 02:15:11   |   By

Copper prices held steady after the previous day's rebound.

MONTREAL (Scrap Monster):  North American scrap metal buying benchmarks were unchanged on the ScrapMonster Price Index on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, with no daily movement recorded across copper, aluminum, steel, stainless steel, or brass/bronze.

Copper Scrap Prices

Copper prices held steady after the previous day's modest rebound.

#1 Copper Wire and Tubing, #2 Copper Wire and Tubing, #1 Copper Bare Bright and #3 Copper-Light Copper were all → unchanged.

Alternator Scrap, #1 Insulated Copper Wire with 85% Recovery and #2 Insulated Copper Wire with 50% Recovery also recorded no movement.

Copper Radiator Scrap, Copper Transformer Scrap and Cu Yokes held steady.

Cu/Al Radiator Ends, Cu/Al Radiators and Cu/Al Radiators/Fe were unchanged.

Harness Wire with 35% Recovery, Heater Cores, Romex Wire, Scrap Electric Motors, Starters, Sealed Units and Xmas Lights also remained flat.

Aluminum Scrap Prices

Aluminum scrap remained completely unchanged across the tracked categories.

1100 Scrap, 3003 Scrap, 356 Aluminum Wheels, 6063 Extrusions/Fe, 6063 Extrusions, 5052 Scrap and 6061 Extrusions were all flat.

Al/Cu Radiators, Al/Cu Radiators/Fe, Aluminum Radiators, Aluminum Radiators/Fe, Aluminum Transformers, and Breakage 50% Recovery also recorded no movement.

E.C. Aluminum Wire, Chrome Wheels, Litho Sheets, MLC Clips, Mixed Aluminum Turnings, Old Cast, UBC, Old Sheet, Painted Siding, and Zorba 90% NF remained unchanged.

Steel Scrap Prices

  • Steel scrap prices held steady across every reported benchmark grade.

  • #1 Bundle, #1 Busheling, #1 HMS and HMS 80/20 were unchanged.
  • Sheet Metal, Shredded Auto Scrap, and Structural Steel also remained flat.

Stainless Steel Scrap Prices

The stainless steel market also recorded no daily movement.

201 SS, 301 SS, 304 SS Solid, 304 SS Turning, 309 SS, 310 SS, 330 SS and 316 SS Solid were all unchanged.

Brass/Bronze Scrap Prices

Brass and bronze scrap prices were unchanged across all listed grades.

70/30 Brass Scrap, 80/20 Brass Scrap, 85/15 Brass Scrap and Brass Radiator Scrap held steady.

Brass Radiator/Fe and Brass Radiator Ends maintained their previous-day levels.

Red Brass, Red Borings, and Yellow Brass also recorded no change.

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