Cast Iron 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.
Cast Iron market context — Iowa
Local supply of Cast Iron in Iowa comes through yards that serve agriculture, food processing, finance, and biofuels. Wider regional patterns matter too: Midwest steel mills, auto plants, and rail logistics put yards close to the consuming buyers for engine blocks, pipe, and machine bases. Within the state, Des Moines has the largest concentration of yards taking Cast Iron. Sellers usually find that posted rates respond to the same end-use demand for engine blocks, pipe, and machine bases that drives the national market, with yard-to-yard differences inside the state coming down to volume and downstream relationships. Calling ahead to confirm the rate and that the yard is buying the grade you have is always worth the minute it takes.
Scrap Yards Buying Cast Iron in Iowa
- A-Line Iron & Metals— Waterloo
- ABC Rolloff Dumpsters— Des Moines
- Ace Auto Recyclers Inc— Iowa City
- Al-Jon Manufacturing— Ottumwa
- Aline Iron & Metals— Kellogg
- All Metals Recycling— Ottumwa
- Alter Metal Recycling— Waterloo
- Alter Metal Recycling— Council Bluffs
- Alter Metal Recycling— Mason City
- Alter Metal Recycling— Davenport
- Alter Metal Recycling— Dubuque
- Alter Scrap Processing— Burlington
- Alter Scrap Processing— Dubuque
- 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
- Can Shed— Iowa City