#1 Copper Scrap Price in Maryland
National average updated Nov 10, 2026. Yard quotes in Maryland vary with volume and prep — use the national average as your baseline and call ahead.
#1 Copper market context — Maryland
Maryland sees #1 Copper flow through yards tied to biotechnology, defense, federal services, and ports and shipping. Regionally, the dense Northeast corridor of mills, refiners, and ports keeps downstream demand close, which usually keeps yard pay tighter to the spot benchmark. The largest pocket of yards taking #1 Copper sits in Baltimore. 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 Maryland
- 3d Salvage— Grantsville
- AMG Baltimore— Dundalk
- Allegany Scrap Metal— Cumberland
- Allegheny Welding & Machine— Oakland
- Allstate Salvage Inc— Westover
- Always Recycling— Havre De Grace
- Ansam Metals Corporation— Brooklyn
- Arundel Recycling Center— Hanover
- Atlantic Metals & Recycling— Easton
- Baltimore Scrap Corp— Curtis Bay
- Bennett & Cohey— Chestertown
- Bestway Recycling Center (Scrap Metals)— Elkridge
- Bethesda Sheet Metal & Roofing— Bethesda
- CC eCycling— Mount Airy
- Canton Metal Recycling— Baltimore
- Capital Demolition— Hurlock
- Capital Heights Iron Works— Capitol Heights
- Carnegie Express Inc— Baltimore
- Caroline Scrap Metal— Preston
- Carroll Scrap Metal Inc— Finksburg
- Charlotte Hall Metal & Scrap— Charlotte Hall
- Clinton Metal Company— Clinton
- Clutter Free Services— Sykesville
- Complete Recycling Group LLC— Elkton
- Crazy Ray's— Baltimore