Scrap Metal Prices in Texas, United States
Price Updated on 2026-09-10
Current scrap metal prices from scrap buyers in cities across Texas. Scrap pricing depends on metal grade, purity, and location of the metal.
- Aluminum scrap prices range from 0.01 USD/LB for aluminum breakage scrap to 80 USD/Ton for dirty cast scrap.
- Brass scrap prices range from 0.15 USD/LB for brass breakage to 5.31 USD/LB for berrylium copper solids scrap.
- Copper scrap prices range from 0.01 USD/LB for catv - black scrap to 5.59 USD/LB for #1 copper scrap.
- Electronics scrap prices range from 0.1 USD/LB for floppy/cd drive to 6.5 USD/LB for memory chips scrap.
- Iron scrap prices range from 0.03 USD/LB for light iron scrap to 140 USD/Ton for short iron scrap.
- Lead scrap prices range from 0.01 USD/LB for lead wheel weights scrap to 0.64 USD/LB for lead scrap.
- Others prices range from 125 USD/NT for car bodies (unclean) to 150 USD/NT for car bodies (complete - no fluids).
- Stainless steel scrap prices range from 0.01 USD/LB for stainless steel unclean to 1.2 USD/LB for 316 stainless steel scrap.
- Steel scrap prices range from 0.04 USD/LB for #1 steel scrap to 196 USD/NT for #2 prepared.
- Tin prices range from 5 USD/CWT for shred/tin to 165 USD/NT for shred/tin.
- Zinc scrap prices range from 0.09 USD/LB for zinc die cast w/ fe to 0.6 USD/LB for zinc die cast scrap.
The prices listed below are average prices paid by scrap yards in Texas, United States. Prices are collected from scrap yards directly and updated bi-weekly.