#1 Copper Scrap Price in Kentucky
National average updated Nov 10, 2026. Yard quotes in Kentucky vary with volume and prep — use the national average as your baseline and call ahead.
#1 Copper market context — Kentucky
Yards in Kentucky that buy #1 Copper draw from the local mix of automotive manufacturing, aluminum, bourbon, and logistics. On a regional level, Southeast steel and aluminum mills, plus Gulf and Atlantic ports, give yards short shipping legs to downstream buyers of electrical wiring and plumbing. Most of the state's posted-rate activity for #1 Copper clusters in and around Louisville. Posted rates inside the state move with end-use demand for electrical wiring and plumbing, and yard-to-yard spreads reflect each yard's volume and where it ships its sorted material. 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 #1 Copper in Kentucky
- A Plus Coins— Bowling Green
- Ace Salvage— Louisville
- Ace Savage— Louisville
- Alumisource Ky— Richmond
- Amen Auto Salvage— Shepherdsville
- Amen East Auto Salvage & Recycling— Bagdad
- American Metal Supply Co— Louisville
- B F Iron & Metal Inc— Ashland
- Bailey Port Inc— Calvert City
- Baker Auto Salvage— Carrollton
- Baker Iron— Lexington
- Baker Iron & Metal Co— Lexington
- Baker Iron & Metal Co Inc— Lexington
- Baker's Scrap Metal & Recycling— Whitesburg
- Barren County Scrap— Glasgow
- Beckner Metal Recycling— Manchester
- Bee Creek Recycling— Corbin
- Blue Grass Recycling— Burlington
- Bowling Green Recycling— Bowling Green
- CMR Scrap Metal & Waste Services— Grays Knob
- Can Dew Recycling— Wilder
- Can-Dew Recycling— Covington
- Cash paid for Vehicles— Hopkinsville
- Cates Scrap Metal— Madisonville
- Caudill's Recycling— Morehead