MrSteve- There's 1 company here in my metro that takes steel and they have 2 locations. Their 2nd one is new and is located only a couple miles away from me so I see their steel piles frequently (haven't been there since early Nov.). My impression is that most of the steel they have coming in is from larger businesses that have stuff as a by product of what they do including broken down equipment such as an occasional RR car. This stuff is in the various companies way and they really don't care what the steel price, only that it has to be gone so they can keep on what they're doing. Sure, they companies getting rid of such stuff would like top dollar but they're not going to wait around for it. Their excess steel is generally just a PIA. I think the amount of steel coming in from smaller type guys with a pu and a long trailer has virtually ceased at this time. Last time I took in "tin" (what they call light steel here) it was $10 a ton. Although I still see at least 1 guy on the local CL advertising to pick up people's old appliances for free so a few pick-ups are still going across the scale but probably not many...