#1 Copper Scrap Price in Minnesota
National average updated Nov 10, 2026. Yard quotes in Minnesota vary with volume and prep — use the national average as your baseline and call ahead.
#1 Copper market context — Minnesota
Yards in Minnesota that buy #1 Copper draw from the local mix of medical devices, agriculture, mining, and food processing. On a regional level, Midwest steel mills, auto plants, and rail logistics put yards close to the consuming buyers for electrical wiring and plumbing. Within the state, Minneapolis has the largest concentration of yards taking #1 Copper. 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. A quick call ahead confirms both the day's posted rate and whether the yard wants the specific grade you are bringing.
Scrap Yards Buying #1 Copper in Minnesota
- A & C Metals - Sawing— Minneapolis
- A & D Recycling and Recovery, INC.— Lakeville
- A North Metro Towing Svc— Minneapolis
- AMG Alliance— Saint Paul
- Advantage Electric— Minneapolis
- Alexs Scrapping and Appliance Removal— Sleepy Eye
- Alter Metal Recycling— Marshall
- Alter Metal Recycling— mankato
- Alter Metal Recycling— Anoka
- American Iron— Minneapolis
- Amex Wah Program— Burnsville
- Arrow Cryogenics, Inc.— Minneapolis
- Auto Disposal Services— Jordan
- Auto Reaper— Rice
- Avista Recycling— Minneapolis
- Azcon Metals— Duluth
- B & E Recycling Station Inc— Elk River
- Bass Brook Recycling— Cohasset
- Beltrami Recycling Inc— Bemidji
- Bemidji Iron & Recycling— Bemidji
- Camel Towing— Minneapolis
- Christensen Metal Yard— Tyler
- Crow Wing Recycling— Brainerd
- D K Auto Salvage— mankato
- Dagry Tooling Inc— Owatonna