Lead (Soft) Scrap Price in Illinois
National average updated Nov 10, 2026. Yard quotes in Illinois vary with volume and prep — use the national average as your baseline and call ahead.
Lead (Soft) market context — Illinois
Illinois sees Lead (Soft) flow through yards tied to manufacturing, finance, food processing, and rail logistics. Wider regional patterns matter too: Midwest steel mills, auto plants, and rail logistics put yards close to the consuming buyers for battery plates, sheet roofing, and radiation shielding. Most of the state's posted-rate activity for Lead (Soft) clusters in and around Chicago. Posted rates inside the state move with end-use demand for battery plates, sheet roofing, and radiation shielding, 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 Lead (Soft) in Illinois
- A Metals Scrap Inc— Chicago
- A Reliable— Blue Island
- A Scrap Metal Company— Alsip
- Ace Iron & Metals Inc— Joliet
- Adams Scrap Metal— Roselle
- Addison Metals— Elmhurst
- Addison Recycling— Addison
- AdelmanВ’s Resource Solutions— Chicago
- Advance Enterprises, Inc.— Mokena
- Advanced Antennas— Springfield
- Advanced Recycling— Springfield
- Advantage Recycling— Champaign
- Advantage Recycling— Danville
- Akat Scrap Metal— Hinsdale
- All Around Auto & Tire— Pekin
- All Metal Recycling— Franklin Park
- All-Brite Anodizing— Northlake
- Allegiance Metal Recycling— Naperville
- Alliance Metal Recycling Inc— Aurora
- Alpha Metals— Chicago
- Alter Metal Recycling— Rock Island
- Alter Metal Recycling— Peoria
- Alter Metal Recycling— Peoria
- Alter Recycling— Bartonville
- Alter Scrap Metal Recycling— Bloomington