Lead (Soft) Scrap Price in Kentucky
National average updated Nov 10, 2026. Yard quotes in Kentucky vary with volume and prep — use the national average as your baseline and call ahead.
Lead (Soft) market context — Kentucky
The Kentucky market for Lead (Soft) is shaped by the state's economic mix of automotive manufacturing, aluminum, bourbon, and logistics. Regionally, Southeast steel and aluminum mills, plus Gulf and Atlantic ports, give yards short shipping legs to downstream buyers of battery plates, sheet roofing, and radiation shielding. Most of the state's posted-rate activity for Lead (Soft) clusters in and around Louisville. Sellers usually find that posted rates respond to the same end-use demand for battery plates, sheet roofing, and radiation shielding 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 Lead (Soft) in Kentucky
- A Plus Coins— Bowling Green
- Ace Salvage— Louisville
- Ace Savage— Louisville
- Alumisource Ky— Richmond
- Amen Auto Salvage— Shepherdsville
- Amen East Auto Salvage & Recycling— Bagdad
- American Metal Supply Co— Louisville
- B F Iron & Metal Inc— Ashland
- Bailey Port Inc— Calvert City
- Baker Auto Salvage— Carrollton
- Baker Iron— Lexington
- Baker Iron & Metal Co— Lexington
- Baker Iron & Metal Co Inc— Lexington
- Baker's Scrap Metal & Recycling— Whitesburg
- Barren County Scrap— Glasgow
- Beckner Metal Recycling— Manchester
- Bee Creek Recycling— Corbin
- Blue Grass Recycling— Burlington
- Bowling Green Recycling— Bowling Green
- CMR Scrap Metal & Waste Services— Grays Knob
- Can Dew Recycling— Wilder
- Can-Dew Recycling— Covington
- Cash paid for Vehicles— Hopkinsville
- Cates Scrap Metal— Madisonville
- Caudill's Recycling— Morehead