Metal Scrap Yard
Lancaster, PA
Do you have excess metal from a job or unwanted items around the house? Turn them quickly into cash. Sahd Metal Recycling makes it easy with quick, friendly service to turn your junk into money.
Bring us your old stoves, frying pans, bicycles, aluminum cans and electrical wire, and countless other metal items to the scrap yard and we’ll recycle all of them. It’s a win-win for you and the environment. For larger jobs and cleanouts that may need pickups or a dumpster drop, Sahd Metal Recycling is your answer as well! Just let us know the size of your project and we can get started!
If you are looking for dumpster or pickup service for your business, visit our Industrial Metal Recycling service page. We’re committed to offering you the best service possible, whether it be for a few cans or full dumpsters!
Current Prices
Steel
Cast Iron Rotors: .08
Prepared Steel: .07
Unprepared Steel: .06
Lite Iron: .05
Machinery: .05
Loose Wire: 0.00
Aluminum
Aluminum Extrusion: .80
Aluminum Cans: .65
Aluminum Siding: .60
Aluminum: .35
Mixed Aluminum: .35
Copper
Bare Brite Copper: 4.00
#1 Copper: 3.70
#2 Copper: 3.40
Sheet Copper: 3.20
Copper Alum Radiators: 1.70
Insulated Copper Wire: 1.00
Insulated Copper Wire #1: 2.00
Electric Motors: .09
Brass: 2.35
Stainless Steel
Stainless Steel: .30
Lead
Lead: $0.25
Lead Batteries: $.09
Lead Wheel Weights: $0.05
For items that have tires attached, there is a $25 dollar charge per tire and the weight of the tires is deducted from the total wight of the item
First Time at the Scrap Yard?
Pull up to the office and come in and ask Shelbie to direct you. If you have a large segregated load we will weigh your vehicle on the truck scale and direct you to Ed in the steel/lite iron area or Alex, Todd, Gil or Isaiah in the non-ferrous area to sort the load by metal type to give you as much cash for your scrap metal as possible! If you have a small amount, we may send you to our small scale area where we will help you sort and weigh each metal type.
Before You Visit
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When You Visit
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Drive onto our scale with your scrap and present a valid photo ID.
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If given a ticket at your unloading spot, come to the office to cash out at our ATM! If you don’t get a ticket, pull back on the scale and then park and come into the office to cash out!
FAQ
Contact us with any questions you may have about our services, or visit our guide page if it’s your first time visiting us. We value our customers greatly and are dedicated to giving you the best price possible for your metal. To do this, we frequently update our current scrap metal prices online so you know ahead of time what we will pay. Our promise at Sahd’s is to give you the most transparent pricing and provide excellent service!
The scrap metal yard is the site we process and clean metals so they can be recycled and made into new products. We use a variety of techniques at our metal recycling center including, torching, shearing, baling, and hand sorting metal to put it together in truckload lots to resell to mills and foundries.
When you arrive pull into the parking lot and register if you are looking to purchase metal. If you are looking to sell metal you can pull right onto the scale on the side of our building to be directed to either the small scale for car loads of metal or back in the yard for truck and trailer loads of metals.
Sahd Metal Recycling is open for buying and selling Monday-Friday 8am-4pm and 24 hours at recycleyourmetal.com and on Facebook Marketplace.
Our scrap metal yard will accept any metal except vehicles and freon bearing appliances, but the best things to scrap for money are copper, aluminum, brass and stainless steel in addition to steel of all grades.
Ferrous scrap metal formulas are based on the American Metal Market monthly report and nonferrous formulas based on day of pickup pricing at kitcometals.com.
Our pricing is always on the sell metal page of our website, call or email with pictures for quantity.
Ferrous scrap metal formulas are based on the American Metal Market monthly report and nonferrous formulas based on day of pickup pricing at kitcometals.com.
Our pricing is always on the sell metal page of our website, call or email with pictures for quantity.
Appliances including:
- Stoves
- Microwaves
- Washers and Dryers
- Dishwashers
- FOR A $10 FEE—Air Conditioners
End of Life Items Including:
- Hot water heaters
- Machinery (all fluids,pans and cylinders removed)
- Farm Equipment
- Farm Machinery
- Lawnmowers
- Cast Iron Patio Furniture
- Cast Iron Outdoor Railing
- Sheet Metal
- Steel Wheels
- Steel
Nonferrous Scrap
- Aluminum
- Aluminum Cans
- Aluminum Pots and Pans
- Aluminum Siding/Gutters/Downspouts
- Aluminum Patio Furniture
- Aluminum Wheels
- Aluminum Wire
- Auto Batteries
- Brass Fixtures/Lamps Decorative items
- Cable, Fence and Wire
- Christmas Lights
- Copper
- Copper and Brass Plumbing Pipes
- Copper and Brass Plumbing Valves and Connectors
- Copper Tubing
- Copper Wire
- Electric Motors
- Insulated Wire
- Radiators
- Screen Doors/Windows (glass removed)
- Stainless Steel
- Acetylene Cylinders
- Asbestos or Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM)- applies to both fibrous and solid materials
- Automobiles
- Any Scrap Containing Refrigerants (CFC or HCFC) (Freezers, Refrigerators) Air Conditioners are accepted for a $10 fee
- Cathode Ray Tubes (CRT/tube-style computer monitors or televisions)
- Closed Compressed Gas Cylinders – high pressure cylinders with valve intact
- Combustible or Flammable Materials – fuels, paints, degreasers, unpunctured aerosol cans
- Corrosive Materials – highly acidic or caustic materials (battery acid, caustic soda, etc.)
- Explosive Materials, Munitions, Shell Casings – includes suspect military scrap
- Free Flowing Liquids (including water)
- Hazardous Waste – toxic or poisonous materials or wastes
- Infectious Materials – blood-soaked or biohazard items
- Liquids or Scrap Containing Free Flowing Liquids – fuels, antifreeze, oils, hydraulic fluid, paints
- Mercury Containing Materials – mercury-containing thermostats, switches or fluorescent light bulbs
- Non-Metallic Items – concrete, wood, asphalt, dirt, debris, tires (more than 5 per auto)
- PCB-Containing Materials
- Whole tanks uncut
- Radioactive Scrap – anything exhibiting radiation levels above background
- Scrap with Small Capacitors that contain 50 ppm of PCBs
What Our Customers Say
Can’t really ask for better people to deal with. True family business that treats their customers and vendors like family members as well. Ron and Dan both have always been up front and straightforward, and great to do business with. Always fair when it comes to pricing, and keep a nice clean yard. Happy to recommend Sahd Metal Recycling to anyone in the Columbia, PA area that wants to be treated like family, not just a customer.
Jeff K.
Columbia, PA
What You Can Bring to The Scrap Yard
Here are some summaries of metals we accept and don’t by type:
Copper
Copper house tubing and water pipes, #1 copper without solder, paint, or other metal attachments, #2 copper with solder, paint, burnt copper wire, bare brite copper wire, bare copper plate, busbar copper, tin-plated copper, green wolverine copper cable, EDM brass wire, yellow brass, brass faucet fixtures, brass valves, irony brass mixed with steel, brass water meters, brass sheet, brass turnings, sheet copper, copper spouting, copper turnings, insulated copper wire, insulated data communication wire, CATV wire, electric motors with copper windings, copper aluminum radiators, copper aluminum radiators with steel, sealed compressor units, ballast. Some items with copper in them that you may not realize include anything you would plug into a socket or that has wires.
Steel
Stainless Steel
Pots, pans that are not magnetic, industrial stainless pipes, conveyor belting, food-grade containers, and tanks. Some sinks and kitchen equipment are made of stainless steel, if it is non-magnetic it will pay more and be worth more money to you! Industrial applications include bolts, valves, and any kind of attachment that needs to be around water without rusting.
Aluminum
Clean extruded aluminum cutoffs, building materials, swimming pool structures, mixed aluminum window frames, aluminum pans, pots, cast aluminum mugs, plates, aluminum soda cans, cat food cans, separate aluminum foil, litho plate, window screen, aluminum house siding, aluminum industrial scrap metal of any kind, aluminum tanks free of all fluids, aluminum turnings and shavings that are dry*
Galvanized Steel
Roofing material painted and unpainted as well as industrial galvanized sheet metal, cutouts ductwork, and other galvanized items are all included in this category.
Lite Iron
Magnetic appliances such as dishwashers, washing machines, dryers, stoves, racks, metal mixed with nonmetallic items such as rubber, lawnmowers, snowblowers, and all other drained equipment without fluids. Weed whackers, hedge trimmers, and most other yard items can all be accepted in this area. Magnetic desks, light yard fixtures, and ornamental decorations, and countless other items that stick to a magnet are lite iron.
Items Not Accepted
We cannot accept any item or appliance that has freon that has not been evacuated or has been evacuated and does not have EPA certification of removal attached can not be accepted. Items in this category include refrigerators, freezers, or any appliance with freon. We do accept air conditioners and dehumidifiers for a $10 fee—we pay for a certified EPA removal process. Sahd Metal Recycling also will not accept catalytic converters from the public, for theft prevention purposes and we do not accept vehicles.
We are committed to treating you fairly and making sure your materials are recycled responsibly. We dedicate time and resources to sorting metal properly and sustainably recycling your metals. We sell to the best local foundries and mills and other domestic and international metal sources that meltdown your metal and create new items.
Sahd Metal Recycling offers monthly tours for the public to learn a little more about how we process metals responsibly and give you the most money we can for your excess scrap metal and household metals.
*Aluminum cans can be accepted smashed, crushed, or whole, in large garbage bags, drums, or tubs. The key is to avoid the small grocery bags inside of bags that make it time-consuming to rip everything open. We dump all of your cans into our weighing conveyor belt, all-steel cans or plastic or glass are sorted out and aluminum only is weighed.
Safety, First Always
Please observe these safety guidelines:
- Stay clear of heavy equipment.
- Make eye contact with the operator before moving around mobile equipment.
- Follow directions of traffic directors and inspectors.
- Only enter the unloading areas when instructed.
- Exit the vehicle and stay in the designated area if your vehicle is unloaded with mobile equipment.
- Wear closed-toe shoes and use gloves to handle scrap
- Observe “No Smoking” and “Do Not Enter” signs in the yard.
- Watch out for pedestrians while driving (especially when backing up).
- Please stop at our main gate and proceed slowly to have your scrap monitored for radiation.
FAQ
Contact us with any questions you may have about our services, or visit our guide page if it’s your first time visiting us. We value our customers greatly and are dedicated to giving you the best price possible for your metal. To do this, we frequently update our current scrap metal prices online so you know ahead of time what we will pay. Our promise at Sahd’s is to give you the most transparent pricing and provide excellent service!
The key to getting the best price for your scrap metal is to log onto all local dealers and see what they are paying per pound for metal. Price comparison can help you to get the best deal for your metal. Our prices are always posted at https://recycleyourmetal.com/sell-metal/ in order to be as transparent as possible about our services. Feel free to call Shelbie, Mike and Dan at 717-684-8506 and ask for a special rate for quantity, or email pictures to dan@recycleyourmetal.com! Don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions about our pricing formulas.
Scrap metal prices can be very volatile or stay consistent for months! In general steel pricing is set monthly based on the price we get for our scrap from the local steel mills and foundries. Non-ferrous metal pricing (copper, aluminum, stainless steel, etc) can change daily, based on market conditions. We update our prices each time they change, so whatever is on our website is our current offers. Often customers look up general trends in pricing at kitcometals.com for comparison as well.
The scrap metal price we are able to pay is based on the price we can get from the companies we sell to. As a scrap metal processor our role in the recycling process is to accept, sort and clean metals from industry and residents and create truckloads for sale to mills, foundries and other metal consumers for producing ingots, sows and billets of metal for reuse.
In general outside of some high nickel content stainless steel alloys, carbide and other more rare scrap metals the highest value metal that we recycle is bare brite copper scrap. Bare brite copper wire is shiny without oxidation or copper pateen and free of it’s rubber insulation and has a hard to bend nature unlike stripped welding lead which is copper hair wire. Other grades of metal are still very valuable and worth plenty of money but bare brite copper is often considered the top of the grade.