Light Iron / Sheet 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.
Light Iron / Sheet market context — Iowa
Local supply of Light Iron / Sheet in Iowa comes through yards that serve agriculture, food processing, finance, and biofuels. On a regional level, Midwest steel mills, auto plants, and rail logistics put yards close to the consuming buyers for rebar and lower-grade steel products. Most of the state's posted-rate activity for Light Iron / Sheet clusters in and around Des Moines. End-use demand for rebar and lower-grade steel products sets the floor; what each yard pays on top of that depends on its volume and shipping setup. 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 Light Iron / Sheet in Iowa
- A-Line Iron & Metals— Waterloo
- ABC Rolloff Dumpsters— Des Moines
- Ace Auto Recyclers Inc— Iowa City
- Al-Jon Manufacturing— Ottumwa
- Aline Iron & Metals— Kellogg
- All Metals Recycling— Ottumwa
- Alter Metal Recycling— Waterloo
- Alter Metal Recycling— Council Bluffs
- Alter Metal Recycling— Mason City
- Alter Metal Recycling— Davenport
- Alter Metal Recycling— Dubuque
- Alter Scrap Processing— Burlington
- Alter Scrap Processing— Dubuque
- 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
- Can Shed— Iowa City