US scrap yard posts Oct 8 copper prices: #1 bare bright at $5.60/lb, THHN insulated wire $3.75/lb
Rockaway Recycling in Rockaway, New Jersey updated its buying prices as of October 8, 2026, 8:00 am. Bare grades: #1 Bare Bright Wire $5.60/lb, #1 Copper Tubing/Flashing $5.30/lb, #2 Copper Tubing/Bus Bar $5.15/lb, #3 Roofing Copper $4.95/lb. Insulated wire by recovery: 45-50% insulated wire $2.05/lb, Romex 64-68% $2.90/lb, THHN 74-78% $3.75/lb, thin/thick cable 79-83% $3.85/lb, insulated cable 84-88% $4.05/lb, 500-750 MCM (bare bright inside) 88-93% $4.30/lb. These prices apply per pound of each listed scrap category, whose copper content and pricing basis differ. The price spread cannot be treated directly as processing profit or used by itself to infer wire-granulator payback.
Rockaway Recycling in Rockaway, New Jersey updated its buying prices as of October 8, 2026, 8:00 am. Bare grades: #1 Bare Bright Wire $5.60/lb, #1 Copper Tubing/Flashing $5.30/lb, #2 Copper Tubing/Bus Bar $5.15/lb, #3 Roofing Copper $4.95/lb. Insulated wire by recovery: 45-50% insulated wire $2.05/lb, Romex 64-68% $2.90/lb, THHN 74-78% $3.75/lb, thin/thick cable 79-83% $3.85/lb, insulated cable 84-88% $4.05/lb, 500-750 MCM (bare bright inside) 88-93% $4.30/lb. These prices apply per pound of each listed scrap category, whose copper content and pricing basis differ. The price spread cannot be treated directly as processing profit or used by itself to infer wire-granulator payback.
Research completed: 2026-10-08T11:57:28.000Z.
Received by Insights: 2026-10-08T13:18:45.848Z.
Source publication date: 2026-10-08.
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