Federal Iron & Metal
7414 Leopard St, Corpus Christi, TX 78409
About Federal Iron & Metal
Federal Iron & Metal is an industrial steel and scrap business that sets up shop in Corpus Christi, Texas. The site takes inbound scrap from walk-in sellers and small contractors, and acts as a paid outlet for material that would otherwise sit in garages or salvage piles. The yard buys aluminum, brass, copper, and lead, 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 the contact front, a phone line, a website, and an email contact appear in the listing. Posted hours are available for visitors to check, which together form the yard's published-facing schedule and channel mix as filed with the directory, and give sellers a working sense of how to reach the site before driving over. Phone quotes give a working number, but the final intake price is what the yard pays at the gate after material is weighed and graded. A pre-visit call still gets sellers in the right ballpark and confirms the day's posted scrap rates. Posted online rates tend to be a guide to recent activity rather than a firm commitment for the day, and the gate price is the one that lands on the receipt.
What Federal Iron & Metal Buys
Scrap Price Estimates (US Average)
Daily US average estimates updated Nov 10, 2026, not Federal Iron & Metal'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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