#1 Copper Scrap Price in Virginia
National average updated Nov 10, 2026. Yard quotes in Virginia vary with volume and prep — use the national average as your baseline and call ahead.
#1 Copper market context — Virginia
Local supply of #1 Copper in Virginia comes through yards that serve federal services, defense, shipbuilding, and ports and shipping. Regionally, Southeast steel and aluminum mills, plus Gulf and Atlantic ports, give yards short shipping legs to downstream buyers of electrical wiring and plumbing. Within the state, Richmond has the largest concentration of yards taking #1 Copper. Sellers usually find that posted rates respond to the same end-use demand for electrical wiring and plumbing 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 #1 Copper in Virginia
- 1st Response Rail Service— Henrico
- 250 East Auto Recycling— Louisa
- A & S Contracting— Norfolk
- ABC mobile recycling scrap metal buyers— Portsmouth
- Affordable Railing Company— North Chesterfield
- Alexandria Gold and Silver— Alexandria
- Arzillo Industries— Suffolk
- Atlantic Iron and Metal— Petersburg
- Atlantic Metal Products Inc— Richmond
- Auto Recyclers— Winchester
- Auto Recyclers— Clifton Forge
- Auto Recyclers Of Leesburg— Leesburg
- Autocycle— Danville
- BMG Metals— Richmond
- BMG Metals Inc— Richmond
- Ballos Precision Machine— Henrico
- Barrier Cable Systems, Inc.— Manassas
- Beck Aluminum Corp— Troutville
- Bee Green Recycling— Richmond
- Belvoir Automotive Salvage— Culpeper
- Blackie's Used Parts— Yorktown
- Bluefield Iron & Metal— Bluefield
- C & C Cullet Re— Ashland
- C A Recycling— Lynchburg
- C A Recycling Llc— Lynchburg