Aluminum Cans Scrap Price in Iowa
National average updated Nov 10, 2026. Yard quotes in Iowa vary with volume and prep — use the national average as your baseline and call ahead.
Aluminum Cans market context — Iowa
The Iowa market for Aluminum Cans is shaped by the state's economic mix of agriculture, food processing, finance, and biofuels. Regionally, Midwest steel mills, auto plants, and rail logistics put yards close to the consuming buyers for beverage and food packaging. Within the state, Des Moines has the largest concentration of yards taking Aluminum Cans. Posted rates inside the state move with end-use demand for beverage and food packaging, and yard-to-yard spreads reflect each yard's volume and where it ships its sorted material. Calling the yard before driving over is the simplest way to confirm the day's rate and that they want the grade you have on hand.
Scrap Yards Buying Aluminum Cans in Iowa
- A-Line Iron & Metals— Waterloo
- ABC Rolloff Dumpsters— Des Moines
- Ace Auto Recyclers Inc— Iowa City
- Air-Con Mechanical Corp— Des Moines
- Al-Jon Manufacturing— Ottumwa
- Aline Iron & Metals— Kellogg
- All Metals Recycling— Ottumwa
- Alter Metal Recycling— Waterloo
- Alter Metal Recycling— Mason City
- Alter Metal Recycling— Council Bluffs
- Alter Metal Recycling— Davenport
- Alter Metal Recycling— Dubuque
- Alter Scrap Processing— Dubuque
- Alter Scrap Processing— Burlington
- Aspen Waste— Des Moines
- B G Salvage— Maquoketa
- Bacon C J & Sons— Hopkinton
- Behr Iron and Metal— Riceville
- Bell Salvage— Ames
- Berman Sam & Sons— Grinnell
- Blum Co— Dubuque
- Bonestroo Salvage— Hull
- Buck's Recycling LLC.— Belmond
- CC Recycling— Cedar Rapids
- Can Farm— Le Mars