Gold & Silver Exchange
6101 Menaul Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110
About Gold & Silver Exchange
Among the scrap and recycling outfits in Albuquerque, New Mexico is Gold & Silver Exchange, which handles industrial steel and scrap work. The site processes inbound material from individual sellers and small contractors, and acts as a turn-around point for local salvage volume. The operation buys aluminum, brass, copper, lead, and precious metals, per the categories filed in the directory. The list runs the standard intake mix the yard reported as part of its public-facing entry, and gives sellers a working baseline for what fits inbound flow on a typical day at the gate. On a practical level, day-to-day hours are recorded and a phone line appears in the listing. The directory carries what the yard chose to publish about its day-to-day inbound flow and contact channels, surfaced here as a working baseline for sellers planning a visit to the gate. Contractors with structural steel or larger industrial loads should phone the yard to confirm intake conditions and per-ton scrap pricing. The same call sorts a delivery slot at the gate and any equipment the site needs to handle the inbound, which keeps the drop-off on a known timeline rather than waiting at the scale on arrival.
What Gold & Silver Exchange Buys
Scrap Price Estimates (US Average)
Daily US average estimates updated Nov 10, 2026, not Gold & Silver Exchange's own prices; call the yard for its pay rates. How we estimate prices.
| Metal | Est. Price | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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