Average scrap price for Aluminum 6061 Structural

180-day market: price lists from 5 yards. As of 10/23/2026.
$0.76/ lb+$0.03 (4.1%)
GT = Gross Ton (2240 lbs)
Avg: $0.76
Lowest price ⓘ$0.72
Highest price$0.78Who pays the most? ⟶
How to read a yard's offer
  • Low (around $0.72): Floor price, typically for small loads.
  • Mid ($0.76): A fair deal for standard quantities.
  • High ($0.78+): Top-dollar rate. Offered for large commercial loads or by the most competitive buyers.
52-week price range
Over the past year, prices ranged from $0.56 to $1.03.
Nov '25Feb '26May '26Aug '26Today
Market snapshot
Upward trend. Prices have been rising over the past 3 months.
Pricing verified from 5 live board rates (out of 18 tracked local buyers).

Where to sell Aluminum 6061 Structural in the US

Scrap yards in the US buying Aluminum 6061 Structural — with current per-pound rates listed. Prices shown are indicative; actual payouts may vary by lot size, date, and material condition. Call ahead to confirm today’s price and minimum quantity. For large lots, ask about specialty or volume pricing.

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CMC Recycling

Listed as: 6061 Alum (no plate/sheet)
1148 Shop Rd, Columbia, SC 29201 Plan route
$0.72/ lb
Updated 29 days ago

CMC Recycling

Listed as: 6061 Alum (no plate/sheet)
2038 Lane Ave N, Jacksonville, FL 32254 Plan route
$0.78/ lb
Updated 42 days ago

CMC Recycling

Listed as: 6061 Alum (no plate/sheet)
1804 N 166th E Ave, Tulsa, OK 74116 Plan route
$0.78/ lb
Updated 126 days ago

Sahd Metal Recycling

Listed as: Aluminum 6061 sheet plate
1045 Lancaster Ave, Columbia, PA 17512 Plan route
$0.75/ lb
Updated 180 days ago

Astro City Scrap Metal

Listed as: 60/61 Aluminum
4530 N Shepherd Dr, Houston, TX 77018 Plan route
$0.90/ lb
Updated 195 days ago

Merrillville Metal Recycling

Listed as: 6061 SPC
2743 E 83rd Pl, Merrillville, IN 46410 Plan route
$0.65/ lb

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Compare Aluminum 6061 Structural prices with other Aluminum grades

See the exact price difference between Aluminum 6061 Structural and similar grades like Aluminum BX or Aluminum 5052 (Plate). Compare the current rates per pound below to ensure you get the maximum payout for your sorted scrap.

Current price Aluminum 6061 Structural
Aluminum 6061 Structural Based on 5 scrap yards
Avg price:$0.76 / lb
Trend for 90 days: -17.8%
Aluminum BX Based on 4 scrap yards
Avg price:$2.49 / lb
Trend for 90 days: +18.7%
Price analytics
Aluminum 5052 (Plate) Based on 1 scrap yard
Avg price:$1.20 / lb
Trend for 30 days: 0.0%
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Aluminum 6063 Extrusion (Clean) Based on 4 scrap yards
Avg price:$1.16 / lb
Trend for 90 days: +10.5%
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Aluminum Wire (EC / Clean) Based on 4 scrap yards
Avg price:$1.13 / lb
Trend for 90 days: -16.7%
Price analytics
Painted Aluminum Extrusion Based on 1 scrap yard
Avg price:$1.10 / lb
Trend for 30 days: 0.0%
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Lithographic Plates (Litho) Based on 4 scrap yards
Avg price:$1.05 / lb
Trend for 30 days: 0.0%
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Dirty Aluminum Extrusion Based on 2 scrap yards
Avg price:$0.93 / lb
Trend for 30 days: 0.0%
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Clean Aluminum Auto Wheels (Alloy 356) Based on 7 scrap yards
Avg price:$0.88 / lb
Trend for 30 days: +9.7%
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Dirty & Irony Aluminum Wheels Based on 2 scrap yards
Avg price:$0.88 / lb
Trend for 30 days: 0.0%
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Chrome Plated Aluminum Wheels Based on 5 scrap yards
Avg price:$0.81 / lb
Trend for 90 days: -21.1%
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Clean Truck & Semi Wheels (Alloy 6061) Based on 6 scrap yards
Avg price:$0.78 / lb
Trend for 90 days: -9.1%
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Aluminum Clips & MLC Based on 5 scrap yards
Avg price:$0.77 / lb
Trend for 90 days: -15.7%
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Aluminum Siding & Gutters Based on 6 scrap yards
Avg price:$0.74 / lb
Trend for 90 days: -7.7%
Price analytics
Painted & Old Sheet Aluminum Based on 6 scrap yards
Avg price:$0.68 / lb
Trend for 90 days: +20.5%
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Aluminum Cans (UBC) Based on 4 scrap yards
Avg price:$0.62 / lb
Trend for 30 days: -21.4%
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Aluminum Wire (Insulated / ACSR) Based on 7 scrap yards
Avg price:$0.61 / lb
Trend for 90 days: +39.7%
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Clean Aluminum Sheet Based on 10 scrap yards
Avg price:$0.60 / lb
Trend for 90 days: +7.2%
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Cast Aluminum Based on 7 scrap yards
Avg price:$0.56 / lb
Trend for 30 days: -16.0%
Price analytics
Irony & Breakage Aluminum Based on 4 scrap yards
Avg price:$0.34 / lb
Trend for 90 days: -6.7%
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Aluminum Turnings Based on 1 scrap yard
Avg price:$0.25 / lb
Trend for 30 days: 0.0%
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Price trend: Aluminum 6061 Structural at local scrap yards

This chart shows the historical price trend for Aluminum 6061 Structural at local scrap yards only — no exchange overlay for this material. When the line trends up, yards are raising prices and it may be worth waiting a few days. When it turns down, sell quickly before yards lower their offers.

Daily price history for Aluminum 6061 Structural

The table below shows the daily price history for Aluminum 6061 Structural at local scrap yards. For each day we display the average payout, the change from the previous day, and the full market range (low and high). This lets you spot the direction of the market over recent days — whether prices are climbing, falling, or holding steady. Review several consecutive days of data before making a trip, and always confirm today’s rate directly with the yards listed on this page.

DateAvg price (per lb)ChangeRange (Low/High)
$0.76 / lb+$0.03$0.72 – $0.72
10/21/2026 $0.73 / lb−$0.05$0.73 – $0.73
10/5/2026 $0.78 / lb— no change$0.78 – $0.78
9/22/2026 $0.78 / lb−$0.03$0.78 – $0.78
9/11/2026 $0.81 / lb+$0.08$0.81 – $0.81
9/1/2026 $0.73 / lb+$0.05$0.73 – $0.73
8/25/2026 $0.68 / lb−$0.12$0.68 – $0.68
8/20/2026 $0.80 / lb−$0.23$0.80 – $0.80
8/17/2026 $1.03 / lb+$0.47$1.03 – $1.03
8/10/2026 $0.56 / lb−$0.13$0.56 – $0.56
8/3/2026 $0.69 / lb−$0.17$0.69 – $0.69
7/17/2026 $0.86 / lb+$0.33$0.86 – $0.86
7/14/2026 $0.53 / lb−$0.42$0.53 – $0.53
7/13/2026 $0.95 / lb+$0.20$0.95 – $0.95
6/30/2026 $0.75 / lb−$0.26$0.75 – $0.75
6/29/2026 $1.01 / lb+$0.36$1.01 – $1.01
6/11/2026 $0.65 / lb−$0.23$0.65 – $0.65
6/4/2026 $0.88 / lb−$0.07$0.70 – $1.05
5/27/2026 $0.95 / lb+$0.06$0.95 – $0.95
5/18/2026 $0.89 / lb+$0.24$0.89 – $0.89
5/13/2026 $0.65 / lb−$0.10$0.65 – $0.65
5/7/2026 $0.75 / lb+$0.03$0.60 – $0.90
5/4/2026 $0.72 / lb−$0.14$0.72 – $0.72
4/25/2026 $0.86 / lb+$0.21$0.86 – $0.86
4/22/2026 $0.65 / lb−$0.20$0.65 – $0.65
4/16/2026 $0.85 / lb+$0.05$0.85 – $0.85
4/6/2026 $0.80 / lb−$0.04$0.80 – $0.80
3/26/2026 $0.84 / lb+$0.04$0.84 – $0.84
3/22/2026 $0.80 / lb−$0.05$0.64 – $1.00
3/16/2026 $0.85 / lb— no change$0.85 – $0.85
3/9/2026 $0.85 / lb+$0.09$0.85 – $0.85
3/4/2026 $0.76 / lb+$0.02$0.70 – $0.79
2/17/2026 $0.74 / lb−$0.01$0.65 – $0.80
2/3/2026 $0.75 / lb+$0.01$0.75 – $0.75
2/2/2026 $0.74 / lb+$0.01$0.74 – $0.74
1/16/2026 $0.73 / lb+$0.01$0.73 – $0.73
1/14/2026 $0.72 / lb+$0.04$0.72 – $0.72
1/13/2026 $0.68 / lb−$0.02$0.68 – $0.68
1/12/2026 $0.70 / lb−$0.10$0.70 – $0.70
1/5/2026 $0.80 / lb+$0.12$0.80 – $0.80
12/21/2025 $0.68 / lb+$0.01$0.68 – $0.68
12/17/2025 $0.67 / lb−$0.18$0.67 – $0.67
12/16/2025 $0.85 / lb+$0.16$0.85 – $0.85
12/10/2025 $0.69 / lb−$0.01$0.69 – $0.69
12/5/2025 $0.70 / lb+$0.03$0.70 – $0.70
12/2/2025 $0.67 / lb+$0.04$0.67 – $0.67
11/29/2025 $0.63 / lb−$0.06$0.63 – $0.63
11/26/2025 $0.69 / lb+$0.04$0.68 – $0.70
11/20/2025 $0.65 / lb−$0.11$0.65 – $0.65
11/11/2025 $0.76 / lb+$0.09$0.76 – $0.76
11/10/2025 $0.67 / lb−$0.04$0.67 – $0.67
11/5/2025 $0.71 / lb+$0.41$0.70 – $0.71
11/3/2025 $0.30 / lb−$0.45$0.30 – $0.30
10/27/2025 $0.75 / lb−$0.01$0.75 – $0.75
10/24/2025 $0.76 / lb+$0.06$0.76 – $0.76
10/20/2025 $0.70 / lb+$0.01$0.70 – $0.70
10/16/2025 $0.69 / lb+$0.04$0.67 – $0.70
10/11/2025 $0.65 / lb−$0.15$0.65 – $0.65
10/10/2025 $0.80 / lb+$0.21$0.80 – $0.80
10/9/2025 $0.59 / lb+$0.04$0.59 – $0.59
10/2/2025 $0.55 / lb−$0.16$0.55 – $0.55
9/29/2025 $0.71 / lb−$0.04$0.65 – $0.77
9/15/2025 $0.75 / lb+$0.15$0.75 – $0.75
9/12/2025 $0.60 / lb−$0.08$0.60 – $0.60
9/4/2025 $0.68 / lb+$0.08$0.68 – $0.68
8/29/2025 $0.60 / lb+$0.03$0.60 – $0.60
8/28/2025 $0.57 / lb−$0.03$0.57 – $0.57
8/27/2025 $0.60 / lb+$0.25$0.60 – $0.60
8/26/2025 $0.35 / lb−$0.35$0.35 – $0.35
8/24/2025 $0.70 / lb+$0.02$0.70 – $0.70
8/23/2025 $0.68 / lb+$0.01$0.54 – $0.80
8/12/2025 $0.67 / lb+$0.02$0.67 – $0.67
8/3/2025 $0.65 / lb−$0.02$0.65 – $0.65
7/18/2025 $0.67 / lb−$0.01$0.67 – $0.67
7/12/2025 $0.68 / lb−$0.09$0.68 – $0.68
7/1/2025 $0.77 / lb+$0.45$0.77 – $0.77
6/30/2025 $0.32 / lb−$0.37$0.32 – $0.32
6/23/2025 $0.69 / lb— no change$0.65 – $0.72
6/15/2025 $0.69 / lb+$0.01$0.69 – $0.69
6/4/2025 $0.68 / lb+$0.09$0.68 – $0.68
5/29/2025 $0.59 / lb— no change$0.59 – $0.59
5/24/2025 $0.59 / lb+$0.04$0.59 – $0.59
5/21/2025 $0.55 / lb−$0.13$0.55 – $0.55
5/20/2025 $0.68 / lb−$0.07$0.66 – $0.69
5/15/2025 $0.75 / lb+$0.09$0.75 – $0.75
5/6/2025 $0.66 / lb−$0.01$0.66 – $0.66
4/24/2025 $0.67 / lb+$0.02$0.67 – $0.67
4/22/2025 $0.65 / lb+$0.04$0.65 – $0.65
4/21/2025 $0.61 / lb−$0.03$0.59 – $0.64
4/20/2025 $0.64 / lb−$0.07$0.62 – $0.65
4/19/2025 $0.71 / lb−$0.09$0.71 – $0.71
3/31/2025 $0.80 / lb+$0.07$0.80 – $0.80
3/28/2025 $0.73 / lb−$0.02$0.58 – $0.78
3/27/2025 $0.75 / lb+$0.02$0.75 – $0.75
3/25/2025 $0.73 / lb−$0.03$0.60 – $0.85
3/21/2025 $0.76 / lb+$0.06$0.74 – $0.78
3/17/2025 $0.70 / lb−$0.09$0.70 – $0.70
3/13/2025 $0.79 / lb+$0.13$0.79 – $0.79
3/5/2025 $0.66 / lb+$0.01$0.55 – $0.76
2/18/2025 $0.65 / lb−$0.03$0.65 – $0.65
2/14/2025 $0.68 / lb+$0.18$0.59 – $0.75
1/29/2025 $0.50 / lb−$0.23$0.50 – $0.50
1/26/2025 $0.73 / lb+$0.07$0.68 – $0.77
1/24/2025 $0.66 / lb+$0.13$0.66 – $0.66
1/19/2025 $0.53 / lb−$0.07$0.53 – $0.53
1/18/2025 $0.60 / lb+$0.07$0.50 – $0.70
1/9/2025 $0.53 / lb−$0.14$0.53 – $0.53
12/9/2024 $0.67 / lb+$0.01$0.67 – $0.67
11/14/2024 $0.66 / lb−$0.02$0.58 – $0.76
10/8/2024 $0.68 / lb+$0.09$0.59 – $0.77
10/7/2024 $0.59 / lb−$0.06$0.49 – $0.68
9/28/2024 $0.65 / lb+$0.10$0.65 – $0.65
9/26/2024 $0.55 / lb−$0.05$0.55 – $0.55
9/20/2024 $0.60 / lb+$0.02$0.50 – $0.69
9/19/2024 $0.58 / lb+$0.01$0.58 – $0.58
9/7/2024 $0.57 / lb−$0.09$0.49 – $0.64
9/6/2024 $0.66 / lb+$0.08$0.66 – $0.66
8/9/2024 $0.58 / lb−$0.07$0.46 – $0.67
8/3/2024 $0.65 / lb+$0.02$0.65 – $0.65
7/17/2024 $0.63 / lb−$0.02$0.49 – $0.68
6/18/2024 $0.65 / lb−$0.04$0.65 – $0.65
6/15/2024 $0.69 / lb+$0.06$0.69 – $0.69
6/14/2024 $0.63 / lb−$0.07$0.55 – $0.69
6/1/2024 $0.70 / lb+$0.02$0.70 – $0.70
5/27/2024 $0.68 / lb+$0.10$0.68 – $0.68
5/25/2024 $0.58 / lb−$0.04$0.58 – $0.58
4/24/2024 $0.62 / lb−$0.01$0.60 – $0.63
4/21/2024 $0.63 / lb+$0.02$0.50 – $0.75
4/8/2024 $0.61 / lb+$0.06$0.61 – $0.61
3/3/2024 $0.55 / lb−$0.05$0.55 – $0.55
3/1/2024 $0.60 / lb+$0.09$0.60 – $0.60
2/29/2024 $0.51 / lb+$0.04$0.45 – $0.56
12/16/2023 $0.47 / lb−$0.07$0.47 – $0.47
11/30/2023 $0.54 / lb+$0.09$0.54 – $0.54
11/17/2023 $0.45 / lb−$0.16$0.45 – $0.45
10/31/2023 $0.61 / lb+$0.08$0.51 – $0.70
10/4/2023 $0.53 / lb+$0.01$0.52 – $0.53
10/1/2023 $0.52 / lb+$0.03$0.49 – $0.55
9/30/2023 $0.49 / lb−$0.03$0.49 – $0.49
5/28/2023 $0.52 / lb−$0.08$0.50 – $0.56
3/27/2023 $0.60 / lb+$0.07$0.60 – $0.60
3/25/2023 $0.53 / lb−$0.08$0.52 – $0.54
1/28/2023 $0.61 / lb+$0.06$0.58 – $0.65
12/1/2022 $0.55 / lb+$0.04$0.55 – $0.55
11/27/2022 $0.51 / lb−$0.08$0.51 – $0.51
9/29/2022 $0.59 / lb+$0.07$0.54 – $0.63
8/19/2022 $0.52 / lb−$0.03$0.52 – $0.52
8/12/2022 $0.55 / lb−$0.09$0.52 – $0.68
7/6/2022 $0.64 / lb−$0.06$0.64 – $0.64
6/26/2022 $0.70 / lb+$0.14$0.70 – $0.70
5/23/2022 $0.56 / lb−$0.13$0.56 – $0.56
5/20/2022 $0.69 / lb−$0.16$0.55 – $0.87
5/14/2022 $0.85 / lb+$0.15$0.85 – $0.85
2/1/2022 $0.70 / lb+$0.02$0.70 – $0.70
1/29/2022 $0.68 / lb+$0.33$0.49 – $0.84
1/8/2022 $0.35 / lb−$0.17$0.35 – $0.35
12/31/2021 $0.52 / lb−$0.12$0.52 – $0.52
12/26/2021 $0.64 / lb+$0.13$0.64 – $0.64
12/19/2021 $0.51 / lb−$0.24$0.51 – $0.51
12/6/2021 $0.75 / lb+$0.08$0.75 – $0.75
12/4/2021 $0.67 / lb+$0.03$0.67 – $0.67
12/2/2021 $0.64 / lb— no change$0.57 – $0.69
10/28/2021 $0.64 / lb−$0.09$0.62 – $0.66
10/22/2021 $0.73 / lb+$0.05$0.73 – $0.73
10/15/2021 $0.68 / lb−$0.19$0.68 – $0.68
9/26/2021 $0.87 / lb+$0.26$0.87 – $0.87
9/25/2021 $0.61 / lb+$0.04$0.54 – $0.66
8/3/2021 $0.57 / lb−$0.28$0.50 – $0.62
7/28/2021 $0.85 / lb+$0.23$0.85 – $0.85
6/14/2021 $0.62 / lb+$0.02$0.55 – $0.70
5/10/2021 $0.60 / lb+$0.09$0.53 – $0.65
4/22/2021 $0.51 / lb−$0.12$0.45 – $0.57
4/21/2021 $0.63 / lb+$0.09$0.59 – $0.71
3/6/2021 $0.54 / lb−$0.01$0.42 – $0.60
2/26/2021 $0.55 / lb+$0.05$0.50 – $0.63
1/28/2021 $0.50 / lb+$0.03$0.48 – $0.52
1/20/2021 $0.47 / lb+$0.24$0.38 – $0.52