Metals, Steel, Aluminum & Coil Processing worked example
Scrap Metal Value at 99% payable share: a worked example
What does the result look like when payable share reaches 99%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when a service center or processor wants the credit value of edge trim, skeletons, and offcuts before booking a scrap haul.
The inputs for this scenario
- Scrap weight: 20,000 lb (unchanged)
- Scrap price: 0.2 $ / lb (unchanged)
- Payable share: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 95)
- Container or sorting premium: 0 $ (unchanged)
Working through the calculation
- Applying the documented formula (Payable scrap value = scrap weight × scrap price × payable share) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
- At this operating point the engine returns 3,960 $ for total scrap value, the number this scenario is built around.
- At this operating point the engine returns 0.2 $ / piece for value per pound.
- At this operating point the engine returns 3,960 $ for payable scrap value.
- At this operating point the engine returns 0 $ for container or sorting premium.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where payable share sits at 95% and the headline result is 3,800 $, this scenario comes in 4.21% above the baseline at 3,960 $.
- A figure at this level is achievable when payable share is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. Posted scrap prices move daily with commodity markets and the payable share varies by grade and contamination, so a quote is only valid for the day and grade specified.
Results at a glance
- Total scrap value: 3,960 $ (headline result)
- Value per pound: 0.2 $ / piece
- Payable scrap value: 3,960 $
- Container or sorting premium: 0 $
Run it with your numbers
- Every input above is editable in the live Scrap Metal Value calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.