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US Scrap Yard Metal Prices Price Updated on 23 Apr 2026 Current scrap metal prices from scrap buyers in the U.S. cities. Scrap pricing depends on metal grade, purity, and location of the metal. Aluminum scrap prices range from 0.01 USD/LB for aluminum transformers scrap to 375 USD/Ton for aluminum radiators /fe scrap.
discard, cast, shed, slough, scrap, junk mean to get rid of. discard implies the letting go or throwing away of something that has become useless or superfluous though often not intrinsically valueless.
To break down into parts for disposal or salvage: scrap an old stove. 2. To discard or abandon as useless; cancel: scrap a plan. [Middle English, from Old Norse skrap, trifles, pieces; see sker- in Indo-European roots.] To fight, usually with the fists. n. A fight or scuffle. See Synonyms at brawl. [Perhaps variant of scrape.] scrap′per n.
SCRAP definition: 1. to not continue with a system or plan: 2. to get rid of something that is no longer useful or…. Learn more.
SCRAP definition: a small piece or portion; fragment: scraps of cloth. See examples of scrap used in a sentence.
Scrap is often taken to a wrecking yard (also known as a scrapyard, junkyard, or breaker's yard), where it is processed for later melting into new products.