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    My quote for my load tomorrow was 170/Ton. Kind of disappointing.
    Anyone in Denver doing better?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tcgs View Post
    My quote for my load tomorrow was 170/Ton. Kind of disappointing.
    Anyone in Denver doing better?
    what yard ???

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    Tin/shred @ $120 today in SW Oregon. Steel plate @ $175.

    I'm just glad the yards are less than 3 miles from my usual pickup sites.

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    Called the yard today down to $150 net ton for sheet iron
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    shred at $175 ton in kansas city, $180 in topeka
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    Street price is about $140 right now.
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    125 a ton today .055 a pound. Poor summer pricing.

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    Looking more and more like this is bigger than a "summer price drop"

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    Wow are those prices pretty crappy. Were getting 210 a ton for shred all month for May on the south side of Chicago. June prices are probobly ganna drop lower

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    Quote Originally Posted by greytruck View Post
    Wow are those prices pretty crappy. Were getting 210 a ton for shred all month for May on the south side of Chicago. June prices are probobly ganna drop lower
    This may be true but our cost of living is lower and I feel comfortable traveling with just one clip instead of a handful. ;-}

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    Quote Originally Posted by hobo finds View Post
    Looking more and more like this is bigger than a "summer price drop"
    that along with the bad fundamentals, fuel is up, cost of living is up, unemployment is up, retail sales are down, all of these factors play a roll in it

    retail sales came into the market today, they did not meet expectations

    so how do retail sales affect scrapping / scrap prices? well people are fixing stuff and holding off major purchases rather than buying new stuff, so less scrap is being produced and there is less demand for scrap

    the current worldwide economic depression (not a recession, this has gone on for over 10 years now) , means low demand for steel

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    Talking another 15 a ton off for next month! Looks like I'll be taking off til prices come back. oh well, good fishing round here I've heard!

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    Here in Lampasas TX it is $170.00 ton but the yard is 15 miles away or I can go to the yard here in town and get paid $160.00 a ton. I was told they will have to go down soon but don't know when.

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    We are at 150/ton today to unofficially start June.

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    Im just happy I can make extra $ scrapping...shred has been big for me since getting a truck, but I still depend on my copper..that is my biggin..

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    Steel prices down another $30 today from 1 1/2 weeks ago. Tin @ $90 / ton, prepared steel @ $145. *Sniff...sniff*

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    we went back up this week to 8 dollars per 100 on shred and 10 dollars per hundred on short iron/prepared plate. motor cast clean is 12 dollars per hundred and dirty is 10.50 per hundred

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    The president is meeting with the leaders of China or something like that this may have been affect on our prices.


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