Steel prices down at my yard

Took a load in Friday of non-ferrous, the owner at the local yard said that his source dropped $20 per ton, so he would have to as well, down to $60/ton here in Iowa for tin (computer cases, etc).



Side topic:
Seeing that you guys seem to get much higher prices, how much would I need to ship across country to make a profit?

Would I need to save up a full truckload/shipping container to get decent enough shipping costs?

Took another load in today, yard was cleared out of all the piles they normally keep around. I joked with the staff that winter was coming, they said it was because prices were going down.

But...I went from .045 to .0525 on my load of tin - so either prices are sneaking up or I'm getting royally screwed by the normal lady (who wasn't there today) that makes out the check. I'm calling every day to ask for tin price before I go from now on.