Scrap Metal Prices in Texas, United States
Price Updated on 11 Feb 2026
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 USD/LB for bare bright 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.