ScrapYard entrance gate with scale house and stacked crushed steel cubes in background under flat afternoon light
Open Mon – Sat · 7 AM – 5 PM

Weighed, paid, and out the gate before the truck engine cools.

Scrap Metal Recycling
—Right in Your Neighborhood.

Ferrous SteelCast IronCopper WireAluminum CansStainless SteelBrass FittingsLeadCatalytic ConvertersCar BatteriesHVAC CoilsRebarSheet MetalFerrous SteelCast IronCopper WireAluminum CansStainless SteelBrass FittingsLeadCatalytic ConvertersCar BatteriesHVAC CoilsRebarSheet Metal
Today's Rates

Scrap Price Board

Updated daily · Feb 26, 2026 · 7:02 AM · All prices per pound

ScrapYard|Portland, OR · Gate 1
LIVE RATES
Ferrous
Heavy Melt Steel (#1 HMS)(Structural beams, plate)$0.07/lb
Light Iron / Sheet Metal$0.04/lb
Cast Iron(Radiators, engine blocks)$0.06/lb
Rebar / Turnings$0.05/lb
Non-Ferrous
Bare Bright Copper(Clean, no insulation)$3.85/lb
Copper #1 (Tubing)$3.60/lb
Copper #2 (Dirty)(Painted, soldered)$3.20/lb
Aluminum Extrusion$0.68/lb
Aluminum Cans$0.55/lb
Brass (Yellow)(Valves, fittings)$1.90/lb
Stainless Steel 304$0.40/lb
Lead$0.38/lb

Prices subject to change. Final rate set at scale. Call ahead for loads over 2,000 lbs.

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What We Buy

If it's metal, we weigh it.

Bring the whole load. We sort it at the scale and pay you on the spot.

Old washing machine and refrigerator appliances stacked outdoors on concrete ready for scrap
Accepted

Appliances

Old water heaters, yes. Freon units, call first.

Structural steel I-beams and rebar stacked at a demolition site with concrete debris
Accepted

Structural Steel & Rebar

Demo debris, beams, rebar, all gauges. Concrete attached is fine.

Coiled copper wire and electrical cable cutoffs in a bin at a recycling yard
Top Dollar

Copper & Wire

Bare bright, #1 tubing, insulated wire — sorted or unsorted.

Crushed aluminum cans and aluminum extrusion pieces in a large metal bin
Accepted

Aluminum

Cans, extrusion, sheet, cast — all grades accepted.

Junk car bodies and automotive scrap metal crushed at a salvage yard
Accepted

Automotive

Engines, rotors, rims, body panels. Fluids drained, no tires.

HVAC copper coil units and brass fittings from plumbing shop cleanout
Call First

HVAC & Plumbing

Coils, brass valves, fittings. Freon units: call ahead.

Not sure if we take it? Call the yard — we'll tell you straight.

Find Us

We're in the neighborhood.

Off SE Milwaukie Ave — look for the chain-link gate and the painted cinder-block office. Pull up to the scale house.

ScrapYard

4821 SE Milwaukie Ave

Portland, OR 97202

~15 mile service radius shown

Yard Hours

Monday – Friday7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday7:00 AM – 1:00 PM
SundayClosed

Last load accepted 30 min before close. Larger loads by appointment.

Platform Scale

Up to 80,000 lbs

Payment

Cash or check, same day

Yard Line

(503) 321-0400

Address

4821 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland, OR 97202

Book Your Slot

Schedule a Drop-Off

Takes 60 seconds. We'll have the scale ready when you pull in.

No payment required. Just show up. Check today's prices first.