Quote Originally Posted by hobo finds View Post
Copper may bring in more money by pound, but you can make more bringing in steel, it's not worth as much but easier to find and if you are cleaning your scrap you have steel that you have removed in order to get a better price.
Well said. I make periodic pickups at a plumbing yard (about once every 3 weeks), and while I do get copper tubing and wire when I break everything down, my bread and butter is the steel.