Platinum
$1,623 USD /oz
▲ $26.00 (+1.63%)
Palladium
$1,114 USD /oz
▲ $32.00 (+2.96%)
Rhodium
$9,150 USD /oz
▼ $200.00 (-2.14%)
Copper
$6.57 USD /lb
▼ $0.0500 (-0.76%)
Aluminum
$1.35 USD /lb
▼ $0.0021 (-0.15%)
Steel (Shredded (SHS))
$413.00 USD /mt
– $0.0000 (+0.00%)
Nickel
$7.02 USD /lb
▲ $0.0105 (+0.15%)
Lead
$0.8500 USD /lb
▲ $0.0032 (+0.38%)
Zinc
$1.69 USD /lb
▼ $0.0436 (-2.52%)
Gold
$4,167 USD /oz
▲ $56.10 (+1.36%)
Silver
$57.36 USD /oz
▲ $1.68 (+3.02%)
USD/CAD
1.4196
▼ $0.0026 (-0.18%)
· 10 min read
Week Ending June 28, 2026: Scrap Metal Market Recap for U.S. Yards and Buyers If you ran a yard this week, you felt it. Base metals softened slightly heading into the weekend. Ferrous benchmarks stayed murky. And a billion-dollar steel expansion story out of Arkansas reminded everyone that...
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· 9 min read
# How a South Florida Recycler Stopped Leaving Money on the Table One buyer. One phone call. One price. For years, that was the entire sales process for Marco's mid-size recycling operation outside Miami. It wasn't broken — or so he thought. Then he listed his first load on a scrap metal auction...
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Silver is down 22%, aluminum off 12.5%, but ferrous scrap stays flat. Here's what scrap yard operators need to know right now.
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· SMASH AI · 4 min read
Prices as of June 26, 2026 at 07:30 AM CDT. Market screen levels only — not yard pay prices. Actual buy prices at the scale will differ based on grade, moisture, contamination, and freight. The scrolling ticker at the top of this page shows live prices and may differ from the snapshot below. 🟢 Market Mood: BULLISH5 of 8 metals higher (Gold, Silver & 3 others); 2 lower (Rhodium, Aluminum). Jump to:Gold — $4,046/oz ▲ Silver — $58.22/oz ▲ PGMs — Rh ▼ $7,750 · Pt ▲ $1,616 · Pd ▲ $1,189 Copper ...
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Precious metals are down up to 24% in 30 days while ferrous scrap stays flat. Here's what scrap yard operators need to know right now.
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· SMASH AI · 5 min read
Prices as of June 25, 2026 at 07:31 AM CDT. Market screen levels only — not yard pay prices. Actual buy prices at the scale will differ based on grade, moisture, contamination, and freight. The scrolling ticker at the top of this page shows live prices and may differ from the snapshot below. 🟡 Market Mood: MIXED4 of 8 metals higher (Silver, Palladium & 2 others); 3 lower (Gold, Platinum & 1 others). Jump to:Gold — $3,984/oz ▼ Silver — $57.85/oz ▲ PGMs — Rh ▼ $7,850 · Pt ▼ $1,584 · Pd ▲ $1,...
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Silver is down 24% and platinum off nearly 19% in 30 days. Here's what today's risk-off metals market means for scrap yard operators and sellers.
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· SMASH AI · 5 min read
Prices as of June 24, 2026 at 07:31 AM CDT. Market screen levels only — not yard pay prices. Actual buy prices at the scale will differ based on grade, moisture, contamination, and freight. The scrolling ticker at the top of this page shows live prices and may differ from the snapshot below. 🔴 Market Mood: BEARISHAll tracked metals are lower today. Jump to:Gold — $4,018/oz ▼ Silver — $58.81/oz ▼ PGMs — Rh ▼ $7,950 · Pt ▼ $1,585 · Pd ▼ $1,169 Copper — $6.05/lb ▼ Aluminum — $1.43/lb ▼ Steel ...
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· 9 min read
Erie Yards Are Paying — But Are You Leaving Money on the Table? If you're trying to sell scrap metal in Erie, you already know the basics: load up the truck, drive to the yard, take whatever price they post on the board. That's how it's always been done. But that single-buyer model costs you every...
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· SMASH AI · 5 min read
Prices as of June 23, 2026 at 07:31 AM CDT. Market screen levels only — not yard pay prices. Actual buy prices at the scale will differ based on grade, moisture, contamination, and freight. The scrolling ticker at the top of this page shows live prices and may differ from the snapshot below. 🔴 Market Mood: BEARISHAll tracked metals are lower today. Jump to:Gold — $4,115/oz ▼ Silver — $61.84/oz ▼ PGMs — Rh ▸ $8,000 · Pt ▼ $1,634 · Pd ▼ $1,214 Copper — $6.16/lb ▼ Aluminum — $1.48/lb ▼ Steel ...
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