Just to add to what happy said, not all yards grade the same or have multiple grades. Most buy copper as bare brite, #1, and #2. Same with wire. If you havent been to a yard before this is what I would do. Take a sample of what you have and visit them. Go mid week when its slow and after 9am and before noon. Always busy early a.m and who likes to be bothered during lunch?
Ask the scale guy how they would grade your samples. Write down what he tells you and go back to your pile and sort according to what he said. Now you will have at least a starting point to go from.
Never be afraid to ask questions if you have material that you don't know what it is. Also by having a sorted load every time you go there they will quickly remember you and may even grade some material higher than what it should be or may not pick out a few things that may have slipped into the wrong bucket. Make it easy for them and you will be treated much differently than the guy who unloads his back seat into a bin and lets them do all the work.
Your best bet is to do what was said above. Read, read , read the old threads and soon you may know as much or more than the scale man
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