BRING YOUR SCRAP METAL TO US
Go green by recycling the various unused or broken items you have at home with help from Fair Salvage Company. We are a well-established local scrap metal and electronics recycler in Central Michigan that buys steel, old vehicles, copper, aluminum, brass, batteries, and other recyclable materials. Bring your recyclables to our salvage yard in Clare, MI today, and rest assured that we will give you a fair price for the items you wish to sell us.
Clare Division Material Pricing Information
| COPPER | |
| Material | Per Pound |
| Bare Bright | $3.58 |
| NO. 1 | $3.49 |
| NO. 2 | $3.35 |
| NO. 3 | $3.20 |
| INS. #1 | $2.52 |
| ROMEX | $2.00 |
| INS. #2 | $1.45 |
| INS. #3 | $1.12 |
| INS #3 W/ENDS | $0.78 |
| Christmas Lights | $0.21 |
| BRASS | |
| Material | Per Pound |
| Red | $2.20 |
| Yellow | $1.95 |
| Shell | $1.88 |
| Turnings | $1.50 |
| Irony | $0.50 |
| EDM Wire | $1.95 |
| Clean Auto Radiators | $1.90 |
| Unclean Auto Radiators | $1.05 |
| ALUMINUM | |
| Material | Per Pound |
| Clean Wheels
(No valves, weights or chrome) |
$0.83 |
| Unclean Wheels
(With valves, weights or chrome) |
$0.60 |
| Aluminum Clad Wheels
(Aluminum Wheels with Plastic) |
$0.50 |
| Semi Wheels
|
$0.60 |
| Old | $0.52 |
| Siding | $0.68 |
| Cast | $0.52 |
| Clip | $0.60 |
| Extruded | $0.72 |
| Unclean Extruded | $0.58 |
| AL Turnings | $0.30 |
| Irony | $0.21 |
| RADIATORS | |
| Material | Per Pound |
| Co/Al (Clean) | $1.67 |
| Co/Al (Unclean) | $.97 |
| Aluminum | $0.55 |
| Aluminum (Unclean) | $0.33 |
| Heater Cores | $1.55 |
| ELEC MTR ITEMS | |
| Material | Per Pound |
| Ballasts No PCB | $0.10 |
| Elec. Motor | $0.30 |
| Starters | $0.31 |
| Alternators | $0.33 |
| Sealed Units | $0.16 |
| BATTERIES / LEAD | |
| Material | Per Pound |
| Lead Batteries | $0.16 |
| Steelcase Batt. | $0.15 |
| Soft Lead | $0.45 |
| Wheel WTS | $0.15 |
| CORES | |
| Material | Per Pound/Each |
| Automatic Transmissions | $0.19/lb |
| Torque Converters | $2.00 EACH |
| CONVERTERS | |
| Material | Each |
| Lg. Honeycomb | $60.00 |
| Bread Loaf | $45.00 |
| Reg. Honeycomb | $38.00 |
| Jumbo Bead | $45.00 |
| Regular Bead | $15.00 |
| After Market | $5.00 |
| Wire Converters | $10.00 |
| Catalyst | $3.00/lb |
| Low Grade Foreign | $35.00 |
| Sm. Foreign Conv. | $62.00 |
| Lg. Foreign Conv. | $85.00 |
| Precats | $10.00 |
| Diesel Converters | $5.00 |
| Straight Body | $40.00 |
| Water Bottle | $25.00 |
| Wide Gap | $15.00 |
| FERROUS | |
| Material | GROSS TON |
| 5’ Plate & STR | $245.00 |
| AF Structural | $265.00 |
| 4 X 2 (3/16 inch minimum) | $205.00 |
| Mixed Cast | $190.00 |
| Machinery Cast | $120.00 |
| Drums and Rotors | $275.00 |
| Clean Motor | $250.00 |
| Unclean Motor | $230.00 |
| Diesel Motor | $140.00 |
| Unprepared | $190.00 |
| Unprepared Structural | $205.00 |
| Rebar | $80.00 |
| MST | $40.00 |
| Steel Cable | $40.00 |
| Heavy Torching | $130.00 |
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| SHEET IRON | ||
| Material | GROSS TON | |
| Appliances** and Incomplete Cars (must still have a clear title and signed off) | $180.00 | |
(**light unprepared under 1/4 inch)
| E-SCRAP | |
| Material | Per Pound |
| Complete PC Towers | $0.18 |
| Incomplete PC Towers | $0.14 |
| Complete Laptops | $0.35 |
| Incomplete Laptops | $0.15 |
| Cell Phones | $1.50 |
| Cell / Laptop Batteries
Lithium Only |
$0.20 |
| MISC ITEMS | |
| Material | Per Pound |
| Magnesium | $0.35 |
| Clean Die Cast | $0.40 |
| Stainless | $0.35 |
| Carbide | $3.50 |
All prices quoted at current market. May change depending on date and time of delivery. Prices subject to change without notice.
Fair Salvage Company will ONLY purchase hybrid or electric cars IF the battery packs have been removed.
Prices Effective 7/19/24
Trust a Reputable Scrap Metal Recycler
Get rid of incomplete electronic devices, old plumbing fixtures, broken Christmas lights, and other items you no longer use at one of our three salvage yard locations. For more details about our metal recycling rates and the items that we can purchase, simply contact us. We are open Monday through Friday and half a day on Saturday.