Steel (Heavy Melt) 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.
Steel (Heavy Melt) market context — Kentucky
Local supply of Steel (Heavy Melt) in Kentucky comes through yards that serve 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 structural steel and rebar production. Most of the state's posted-rate activity for Steel (Heavy Melt) clusters in and around Louisville. End-use demand for structural steel and rebar production sets the floor; what each yard pays on top of that depends on its volume and shipping setup. Calling the yard before driving over is the simplest way to confirm the day's rate and that they want the grade you have on hand.
Scrap Yards Buying Steel (Heavy Melt) 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