Sadly this is no longer the case, the wear and tear on your pick up vs what you get paid is a whole lot less than it used to be.
Virtually NONE of the local Washington DC area/ Western Maryland area scrap metal recycling facilities post current prices on their websites. What you usually see is "call xxx-xxxx for current prices.
... I could only find one:
Most Recent List of Scrap Metal Prices Paid by Hagerstown Maryland's Conservit
| Metal | Price | lbs. |
| 5' & Under P&S | $10.00 | 100 |
| Alum Cans | $0.50 | 1 |
| Alum Condensor | $0.40 | 1 |
| Alum Cu Cond | $0.90 | 1 |
| Alum Siding | $0.50 | 1 |
| Alum Wheels | $0.50 | 1 |
| Bare Bright | $2.65 | 1 |
| Bronze | $1.35 | 1 |
| Bus | $8.00 | 100 |
| Car / Shred | $8.00 | 100 |
| Car Rims | $8.50 | 100 |
| Carbide Tips | $0.10 | 1 |
| Cars | $8.00 | 100 |
| Cast Alum | $0.40 | 1 |
| Catalytic Convertors | $4.00 | 1 |
| Catv Cable (BLK) | $0.15 | 1 |
| Catv Cable (WHT) | $0.20 | 1 |
| Clean Alum | $0.40 | 1 |
| Clean Motors | $8.00 | 100 |
| Copper #1 | $2.60 | 1 |
| Copper #2 | $2.45 | 1 |
| Diesel Radiators, CLN Truck | $1.55 | 1 |
| Dirty Motors (Gasoline) | $8.00 | 100 |
| EC Wire Clean | $0.55 | 1 |
| Electric Motor | $0.18 | 1 |
| Extruded Alum | $0.55 | 1 |
| Farm Machine | $7.00 | 100 |
| Heater Cores | $1.30 | 1 |
| Heavy Break | $7.00 | 100 |
| Irony Alum | $0.10 | 1 |
| Irony Diesel Radiators (Truck) | $0.85 | 1 |
| Lead | $0.15 | 1 |
| Light Copper | $2.30 | 1 |
| Litho Sheet | $0.55 | 1 |
| Mixed Alum | $0.40 | 1 |
| MLC | $0.50 | 1 |
| Old Sheet | $0.40 | 1 |
| Prep#1 | $10.00 | 100 |
| Prep#2 | $0.00 | 100 |
| Radiators | $1.55 | 1 |
| Random Rail | $8.00 | 100 |
| Red Brass | $1.75 | 1 |
| Shredder | $8.00 | 100 |
| Stainless | $0.45 | 1 |
| Truck | $8.00 | 100 |
| Unprep Struct | $8.50 | 100 |
| Unprep#1 | $8.50 | 100 |
| Yardcast | $8.00 | 100 |
| Yellow Brass | $1.35 | 1 |
| Zinc | $0.35 | 1 |
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