Metal Recycling, Scrap Processing & Salvage worked example

Commodity Price Margin at 99% target margin-hit rate: a worked example

This scenario runs the commodity price margin calculation on the strong side: 99% target margin-hit rate, with every other input held at its documented default. Use it when commodity price margin in metal recycling, scrap processing and salvage needs a clean rate and gap-to-target you can put on a tier board.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Loads priced above margin threshold: 8 count (unchanged)
  • Total inbound loads priced: 250 count (unchanged)
  • Target margin-hit rate: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 95)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Commodity price margin rate = commodity price margin count ÷ total commodity price margin population × 100) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3.2 % for commodity price margin rate, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 95.8 points for commodity price margin gap to target.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8 count for commodity price margin count.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 250 count for total commodity price margin population.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where target margin-hit rate sits at 95% and the headline result is 3.2 %, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 3.2 %.
  • Use it weekly or per price-card update to audit whether buyers on the scale are holding margin against the day's spot index. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Commodity price margin rate: 3.2 % (headline result)
  • Commodity price margin gap to target: 95.8 points
  • Commodity price margin count: 8 count
  • Total commodity price margin population: 250 count

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Commodity Price Margin calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.