Metal Recycling, Scrap Processing & Salvage worked example

Commodity Price Margin at 68% target margin-hit rate: a worked example

Suppose target margin-hit rate falls to 68%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate commodity price margin for metal recycling, scrap processing and salvage using production-ready inputs so teams can track KPI performance and decide whether corrective action is needed.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Loads priced above margin threshold: 8 count (held at the documented default)
  • Total inbound loads priced: 250 count (held at the documented default)
  • Target margin-hit rate: 68 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 95)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Commodity price margin rate = commodity price margin count ÷ total commodity price margin population × 100.
  • Commodity price margin rate works out to 3.2 % at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Commodity price margin gap to target works out to 64.8 points at these inputs.
  • Commodity price margin count works out to 8 count at these inputs.
  • Total commodity price margin population works out to 250 count at these inputs.

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 %.
  • It computes the percentage of priced inbound loads that cleared your margin threshold and the point gap between that rate and your target. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Commodity price margin rate: 3.2 % (headline result)
  • Commodity price margin gap to target: 64.8 points
  • Commodity price margin count: 8 count
  • Total commodity price margin population: 250 count

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Commodity Price Margin calculator, set target margin-hit rate to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.