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Bud's Iron & Metal

2675 S 4th St, Van Buren, AR 72956

(479) 208-4663Get Directions

About Bud's Iron & Metal

Among the scrap and salvage sites in Van Buren, Arkansas is Bud's Iron & Metal, which takes inbound material from local sellers. The business provides a paid intake channel for scrap metal that would otherwise sit unused, and serves walk-in sellers along with small contractors. Sellers can bring in aluminum, brass, and copper for processing at the site, per the categories the yard filed with our directory. The list runs the typical inbound mix and serves as a working baseline when planning a load, though the printed categories are inevitably less granular than day-to-day reality. Public-facing details show that a phone line is on file, and day-to-day hours are recorded. These two data points are what the yard has published through the directory about its day-to-day inbound flow, and give sellers a working sense of how to reach the site before any drive over. Sellers running a series of small drop-offs over a few weeks may want to ask the yard about its routine handling for repeat inbound. Some sites coordinate around recurring volume in a way that smooths both pricing and gate timing on a routine basis.

What Bud's Iron & Metal Buys

Scrap Price Estimates (US Average)

Daily US average estimates updated Nov 10, 2026, not Bud's Iron & Metal's own prices; call the yard for its pay rates. How we estimate prices.

MetalEst. PriceUnit
Bare Bright Copper$5.54/lb
#1 Copper$5.31/lb
#2 Copper$4.73/lb
Insulated Copper Wire$2.60/lb
Copper Pipe (Clean)$5.14/lb
Aluminum (Mixed)$0.70/lb
Aluminum Cans$0.95/lb
Aluminum Extrusion$0.99/lb
Steel (Heavy Melt)$285.00/ton
Light Iron / Sheet$215.00/ton
Cast Iron$0.18/lb
Stainless Steel (304)$0.62/lb
Listing source: name, address, phone and hours carried over from this site's earlier directory (imported May 9, 2026). Something wrong or out of date? Report a mistake. How we check listings.

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