Stainless Steel (304) 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.
Stainless Steel (304) market context — Kentucky
The Kentucky market for Stainless Steel (304) is shaped by the state's economic mix of automotive manufacturing, aluminum, bourbon, and logistics. Wider regional patterns matter too: Southeast steel and aluminum mills, plus Gulf and Atlantic ports, give yards short shipping legs to downstream buyers of food service equipment, sinks, and chemical tanks. Most of the state's posted-rate activity for Stainless Steel (304) clusters in and around Louisville. Posted rates inside the state move with end-use demand for food service equipment, sinks, and chemical tanks, and yard-to-yard spreads reflect each yard's volume and where it ships its sorted material. 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 Stainless Steel (304) 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
- 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
- Chuck's Recycling— Ekron