Light Copper Scrap Price
Current Light Copper Scrap Prices in the U.S.A. The prices listed below are national average prices paid by scrap yards in the U.S.A. Prices are collected from scrap yards directly and updated bi-weekly.
- The highest price paid for the Light Copper Scrap in the United States is 4.52 USD/LB
- The lowest price paid for the Light Copper Scrap in the United States is 2.6 USD/LB
- The average price for the Light Copper Scrap in the United States is 3.98 USD/LB
Light Copper Scrap Prices in the U.S.A.
Prices updated on : 19-Aug-2026
| Average Price |
| 3.98 USD/LB |
| High Price | 4.52 USD/LB |
| Low Price |
| 2.6 USD/LB |
Light Copper Scrap U.S. Cities Yards Buy Price List
| City | Average Price | High Price | Low Price | State Average | Price Unit | Price Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland , Tennessee | 3.75 | 3.75 | 3.75 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 19-Aug-2026 |
| Huntsville, Texas | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.07 | USD/LB | 19-Aug-2026 |
| New Haven, Vermont | 4.52 | 4.52 | 4.52 | 4.31 | USD/LB | 19-Aug-2026 |
| Pittsford, Vermont | 4.52 | 4.52 | 4.52 | 4.31 | USD/LB | 19-Aug-2026 |
| Waterbury Village Historic District, Vermont | 4.52 | 4.52 | 4.52 | 4.31 | USD/LB | 19-Aug-2026 |
| Allentown, Pennsylvania | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 18-Aug-2026 |
| Sarver, Pennsylvania | 4.25 | 4.25 | 4.25 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 18-Aug-2026 |
| Kansas City, Missouri | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.9 | USD/LB | 17-Aug-2026 |
| Shippensburg, Pennsylvania | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 17-Aug-2026 |
| Middlesex, Vermont | 4.48 | 4.48 | 4.48 | 4.31 | USD/LB | 17-Aug-2026 |
| Brooklyn, New York | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 14-Aug-2026 |
| Medford, New York | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 14-Aug-2026 |
| Bay Shore, New York | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 14-Aug-2026 |
| Freeport, New York | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 14-Aug-2026 |
| Huntington, New York | 1.92 | 1.92 | 1.92 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 14-Aug-2026 |
| Lindenhurst, New York | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 14-Aug-2026 |
| New Hyde Park, New York | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 14-Aug-2026 |
| Riverhead, New York | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 14-Aug-2026 |
| Valley Stream, New York | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 14-Aug-2026 |
| Essex, Connecticut | 3.35 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.18 | USD/LB | 13-Aug-2026 |
| Jacksonville, Florida | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 2.34 | USD/LB | 11-Aug-2026 |
| Augusta, Georgia | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.33 | USD/LB | 11-Aug-2026 |
| Catasauqua, Pennsylvania | 4.95 | 4.95 | 4.95 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 11-Aug-2026 |
| Apopka, Florida | 2.05 | 2.05 | 2.05 | 2.34 | USD/LB | 10-Aug-2026 |
| Skowhegan, Maine | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 2.92 | USD/LB | 10-Aug-2026 |
| Rockville, Maryland | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.79 | USD/LB | 10-Aug-2026 |
| Florence, South Carolina | 2.02 | 2.02 | 2.02 | 2.08 | USD/LB | 10-Aug-2026 |
| Athens, Georgia | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.33 | USD/LB | 29-Jul-2026 |
| North Truro, Massachusetts | 4.21 | 4.21 | 4.21 | 2.85 | USD/LB | 29-Jul-2026 |
| Hagerstown, Maryland | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.79 | USD/LB | 28-Jul-2026 |
| Pinehurst, Texas | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.07 | USD/LB | 28-Jul-2026 |
| Birmingham, Alabama | 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.15 | USD/LB | 27-Jul-2026 |
| Dundalk, Maryland | 2.77 | 2.77 | 2.77 | 3.79 | USD/LB | 27-Jul-2026 |
| CLIFTON, New Jersey | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.22 | USD/LB | 27-Jul-2026 |
| York, Pennsylvania | 3.31 | 3.31 | 3.31 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 21-Jul-2026 |
| Asheville, North Carolina | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 3.55 | USD/LB | 20-Jul-2026 |
| Hendersonville, North Carolina | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 3.55 | USD/LB | 20-Jul-2026 |
| Frederick, Maryland | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.79 | USD/LB | 17-Jul-2026 |
| West Babylon, New York | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 16-Jul-2026 |
| Waynesboro, Pennsylvania | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 16-Jul-2026 |
| Miami, Florida | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.34 | USD/LB | 15-Jul-2026 |
| Palatka , Florida | 4.05 | 4.05 | 4.05 | 2.34 | USD/LB | 15-Jul-2026 |
| Pompano Beach, Florida | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.34 | USD/LB | 15-Jul-2026 |
| Levittown, Pennsylvania | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 15-Jul-2026 |
| Houston, Texas | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 3.07 | USD/LB | 15-Jul-2026 |
| Corsica, Pennsylvania | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 14-Jul-2026 |
| Homer City, Pennsylvania | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 14-Jul-2026 |
| Kittanning, Pennsylvania | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 14-Jul-2026 |
| Gibsonton, Florida | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.34 | USD/LB | 09-Jul-2026 |
| Friedens, Pennsylvania | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 07-Jul-2026 |
| Lexington, South Carolina | 4.16 | 4.16 | 4.16 | 2.08 | USD/LB | 07-Jul-2026 |
| Stoystown, Pennsylvania | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 06-Jul-2026 |
| Springfield, Missouri | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.9 | USD/LB | 03-Jul-2026 |
| Stockertown, Pennsylvania | 4.55 | 4.55 | 4.55 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 03-Jul-2026 |
| Northwood, New Hampshire | 4.41 | 4.41 | 4.41 | 4.41 | USD/LB | 12-Jun-2026 |
| Holyoke, Massachusetts | 4.25 | 4.25 | 4.25 | 2.85 | USD/LB | 09-Jun-2026 |
| Mount Pleasant, Iowa | 4.75 | 4.75 | 4.75 | 4.75 | USD/LB | 05-Jun-2026 |
| Hazleton, Pennsylvania | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 04-Jun-2026 |
| East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 03-Jun-2026 |
| Wind Gap, Pennsylvania | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 03-Jun-2026 |
| Newport, Vermont | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.31 | USD/LB | 02-Jun-2026 |
| Indiana, Pennsylvania | 4.45 | 4.45 | 4.45 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 01-Jun-2026 |
| New Egypt, New Jersey | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.22 | USD/LB | 27-May-2026 |
| Moosic, Pennsylvania | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 27-May-2026 |
| Topeka, Kansas | 3.75 | 3.75 | 3.75 | 3.75 | USD/LB | 26-May-2026 |
| Hallowell, Maine | 3.95 | 3.95 | 3.95 | 2.92 | USD/LB | 22-May-2026 |
| West Palm Beach, Florida | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.34 | USD/LB | 28-Apr-2026 |
| Durham, North Carolina | 3.01 | 3.01 | 3.01 | 3.55 | USD/LB | 23-Apr-2026 |
| Keyport, New Jersey | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.22 | USD/LB | 22-Apr-2026 |
| Holbrook, New York | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 21-Apr-2026 |
| BayShore, New York | 2.15 | 2.15 | 2.15 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 14-Apr-2026 |
| Montville, Maine | 3.45 | 3.45 | 3.45 | 2.92 | USD/LB | 07-Apr-2026 |
| Port Arthur, Texas | 4.28 | 4.28 | 4.28 | 3.07 | USD/LB | 05-Mar-2026 |
| Charleston, South Carolina | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.08 | USD/LB | 09-Feb-2026 |
| Derby, Connecticut | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.18 | USD/LB | 26-Jan-2026 |
| Stamford, Connecticut | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.18 | USD/LB | 26-Jan-2026 |
| Wingdale, New York | 3.75 | 3.75 | 3.75 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 20-Jan-2026 |
| Johnstown, Pennsylvania | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 01-Jan-2026 |
| Orange, Texas | 3.68 | 3.68 | 3.68 | 3.07 | USD/LB | 01-Jan-2026 |
| South Plainfield, New Jersey | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.22 | USD/LB | 23-Dec-2025 |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 3.75 | 3.75 | 3.75 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 17-Nov-2025 |
| Chelsea, Maine | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.92 | USD/LB | 05-Nov-2025 |
| Jay, Maine | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.92 | USD/LB | 05-Nov-2025 |
| Poulan, Georgia | 3.31 | 3.31 | 3.31 | 3.33 | USD/LB | 16-Oct-2025 |
| Woodville, Texas | 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.75 | 3.07 | USD/LB | 16-Oct-2025 |
| Rome, Georgia | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.33 | USD/LB | 15-Oct-2025 |
| Queens, New York | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 15-Oct-2025 |
| South Austin, Texas | 1.66 | 1.66 | 1.66 | 3.07 | USD/LB | 29-Aug-2025 |
| Harris County, Texas | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.07 | USD/LB | 28-Aug-2025 |
| Lufkin, Texas | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 3.07 | USD/LB | 28-Aug-2025 |
| Austin, Texas | 2.15 | 2.15 | 2.15 | 3.07 | USD/LB | 27-Aug-2025 |
| Dallas West, Texas | 3.77 | 3.77 | 3.77 | 3.07 | USD/LB | 27-Aug-2025 |
| Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania | 3.35 | 3.35 | 3.35 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 26-Aug-2025 |
| Webster, Pennsylvania | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 26-Aug-2025 |
| Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania | 2.66 | 2.66 | 2.66 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 26-Aug-2025 |
| Summerville, South Carolina | 1.75 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 2.08 | USD/LB | 26-Aug-2025 |
| Moncks Corner, South Carolina | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.08 | USD/LB | 26-Aug-2025 |
| North Charleston, South Carolina | 1.55 | 1.55 | 1.55 | 2.08 | USD/LB | 26-Aug-2025 |
| Milton, Pennsylvania | 2.66 | 2.66 | 2.66 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 25-Aug-2025 |
| Ardmore, Oklahoma | 2.43 | 2.43 | 2.43 | 2.48 | USD/LB | 22-Aug-2025 |
| Berwick, Pennsylvania | 2.66 | 2.66 | 2.66 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 22-Aug-2025 |
| Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania | 2.85 | 2.85 | 2.85 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 22-Aug-2025 |
| Somerset, New Jersey | 3.15 | 3.15 | 3.15 | 3.22 | USD/LB | 21-Aug-2025 |
| Staten Island, New York | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 21-Aug-2025 |
| Huntington Station, New York | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 21-Aug-2025 |
| Montrose, New York | 2.57 | 2.57 | 2.57 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 21-Aug-2025 |
| Wingdale, New York | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 21-Aug-2025 |
| Middlesex, New Jersey | 3.15 | 3.15 | 3.15 | 3.22 | USD/LB | 20-Aug-2025 |
| Middleboro, Massachusetts | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.85 | USD/LB | 18-Aug-2025 |
| Taunton, Massachusetts | 1.35 | 1.35 | 1.35 | 2.85 | USD/LB | 18-Aug-2025 |
| Clinton, Maryland | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.79 | USD/LB | 15-Aug-2025 |
| Shreveport, Louisiana | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | USD/LB | 14-Aug-2025 |
| Albans, Maine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.92 | USD/LB | 14-Aug-2025 |
| Elmsford, New York | 1.91 | 1.91 | 1.91 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 11-Aug-2025 |
| Jasper, Indiana | 2.95 | 2.95 | 2.95 | 2.95 | USD/LB | 07-Aug-2025 |
| Deerfield Beach, Florida | 2.05 | 2.05 | 2.05 | 2.34 | USD/LB | 06-Aug-2025 |
| Gainesville , Florida | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.34 | USD/LB | 06-Aug-2025 |
| Ocala, Florida | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 2.34 | USD/LB | 06-Aug-2025 |
| Orlando, Florida | 2.05 | 2.05 | 2.05 | 2.34 | USD/LB | 06-Aug-2025 |
| Stuart, Florida | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.34 | USD/LB | 06-Aug-2025 |
| Alexander City, Alabama | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.15 | USD/LB | 30-Jul-2025 |
| Dallas, Texas | 3.59 | 3.59 | 3.59 | 3.07 | USD/LB | 30-Jul-2025 |
| Baytown , Texas | 3.15 | 3.15 | 3.15 | 3.07 | USD/LB | 02-Jul-2025 |
| Waco, Texas | 1.56 | 1.56 | 1.56 | 3.07 | USD/LB | 28-Apr-2025 |
| Farmingdale, New York | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.07 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 09-Apr-2025 |
| Edison, New Jersey | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.22 | USD/LB | 22-Jan-2025 |
| Clifton , New Jersey | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.22 | USD/LB | 04-Dec-2024 |
| Rome, New York | 3.39 | 3.39 | 3.39 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 31-Jul-2024 |
| Easton, Pennsylvania | 3.65 | 3.65 | 3.65 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 06-May-2024 |
| Hellertown, Pennsylvania | 3.65 | 3.65 | 3.65 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 06-May-2024 |
| Phoenix, Arizona | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | USD/LB | 05-May-2023 |
| Brockton, Massachusetts | 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.85 | USD/LB | 06-Mar-2023 |
| Dover, New Jersey | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.22 | USD/LB | 06-Feb-2023 |
| Tazewell, Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 15-Dec-2022 |
| Irving, Texas | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.07 | USD/LB | 05-Apr-2022 |
| Hudson, Maine | 1.45 | 1.45 | 1.45 | 2.92 | USD/LB | 05-Oct-2021 |
| Dallas South, Texas | 3.45 | 3.45 | 3.45 | 3.07 | USD/LB | 05-Oct-2021 |
| Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania | 2.66 | 2.66 | 2.66 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 24-Aug-2021 |
| Scranton, Pennsylvania | 2.66 | 2.66 | 2.66 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 24-Aug-2021 |
| Marion, North Carolina | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 3.55 | USD/LB | 17-Aug-2021 |
| Worcester, Massachusetts | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.85 | USD/LB | 16-Aug-2021 |
| Trenton, New Jersey | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.22 | USD/LB | 16-Aug-2021 |
| Fort Worth, Texas | 3.54 | 3.54 | 3.54 | 3.07 | USD/LB | 02-Aug-2021 |
| Sikeston, Missouri | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.9 | USD/LB | 17-Jun-2021 |
| Tulsa, Oklahoma | 2.52 | 2.52 | 2.52 | 2.48 | USD/LB | 18-Nov-2020 |
| Chattanooga, Tennessee | 1.52 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 2.42 | USD/LB | 13-Apr-2020 |
| Butler, Pennsylvania | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 25-Mar-2020 |
| Spartanburg, South Carolina | 1.79 | 1.79 | 1.79 | 2.08 | USD/LB | 04-Feb-2020 |
| Houston, Texas | 1.88 | 1.88 | 1.88 | 3.07 | USD/LB | 31-Jul-2019 |
| Shreveport, Louisiana | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | USD/LB | 15-Jul-2019 |
| Lowell, Massachusetts | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.85 | USD/LB | 28-Mar-2019 |
| Fyffe, Alabama | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.15 | USD/LB | 07-Jan-2019 |
| Narvon , Pennsylvania | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 12-Apr-2018 |
| Quarryville, Pennsylvania | 1.85 | 1.85 | 1.85 | 3.58 | USD/LB | 09-Apr-2018 |
| Dayton, Ohio | 1.35 | 1.35 | 1.35 | 1.35 | USD/LB | 22-Mar-2018 |
- "Average Price" indicates the average light copper scrap price paid by all scrap yards in U.S. cities listed.
- "High Price" indicates the average for the highest light copper scrap price paid by all scrap yards in U.S. cities listed.
- "Low Price" indicates the average for the lowest light copper scrap price paid by all scrap yards in U.S. cities listed.