#2 Copper 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.
#2 Copper market context — Iowa
Iowa sees #2 Copper flow through yards tied to 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 electrical wiring and plumbing. Most of the state's posted-rate activity for #2 Copper clusters in and around Des Moines. 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. 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 #2 Copper in Iowa
- A-Line Iron & Metals— Waterloo
- ABC Rolloff Dumpsters— Des Moines
- Ace Auto Recyclers Inc— Iowa City
- Air-Con Mechanical Corp— Des Moines
- Al-Jon Manufacturing— Ottumwa
- Aline Iron & Metals— Kellogg
- All Metals Recycling— Ottumwa
- Alter Metal Recycling— Waterloo
- Alter Metal Recycling— Mason City
- Alter Metal Recycling— Council Bluffs
- Alter Metal Recycling— Davenport
- Alter Metal Recycling— Dubuque
- Alter Scrap Processing— Dubuque
- Alter Scrap Processing— Burlington
- 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