Sheet Metal Stamping & Press Lines calculator
Scrap Strip Value Calculator
Estimate the net credit from a segregated stamping scrap pickup. You need generated and payable masses, a settled alloy price, separate hauling charges, and your required credit.
What this calculator does
- Value a stamping scrap pickup from payable mass, the buyer's settled price, and separately billed handling.
Formula used
- Gross scrap credit = payable kg × settled $/kg
- Net scrap credit = gross scrap credit − hauling and handling cost
- Collection recovery % = payable kg ÷ generated kg × 100
- Net credit per generated kg = net scrap credit ÷ generated kg
- Credit above target = net scrap credit − target net credit
Inputs explained
- Generated Scrap Mass: Weighed skeleton, trim and slugs generated by this lot.
- Payable Scrap Mass: Buyer settlement mass after weight deductions for this pickup.
- Settled Scrap Price: Buyer's price for this alloy and condition, before separate hauling.
- Hauling and Handling Cost: Separate pickup invoice charges excluded from the scrap price.
- Target Net Scrap Credit: Minimum pickup credit required by your collection plan.
How to use the result
- Best suited to skeleton pickup cost Review, scrap credit in a stamping quote.
- One settled price cannot represent an unsorted mixture of scrap grades. Collection recovery measures payable weight; price discounts belong in the settled price.
Current U.S. benchmarks
- The producer price index for steel mill products stands at 381.162 (BLS, Aug 2026), up 23.4% from a year earlier. Quotes priced off last quarter's material cost miss this move.
- U.S. iron and steel import customs value ran $2.2B in Aug 2026 (Census International Trade). The U.S. ran a trade deficit of $0.6B in the category that month. This dollar total mixes price, quantity, product mix, origin, and timing; it does not measure physical import volume or prove a tariff or reshoring effect.
- The U.S. has 53,790 fabricated metal products establishments employing about 1,441,471 workers (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
Common questions
- Which scrap price belongs here? Use the buyer's settled price per kilogram for this alloy and condition. If that price already includes freight, enter no additional freight charge for the same deduction.
- Can the net scrap credit be negative? Yes. Hauling and handling can exceed the scrap payment on a small pickup. Treat the negative amount as a cost in the lot comparison.
- Does collection recovery include a price discount? No. It is payable kilograms divided by generated kilograms. Put grade, oil and contamination price discounts in the settled price instead of reducing mass twice.
- Can I combine steel and aluminum scrap? Use separate calculations for separately priced grades. Combine their net credits afterward, assigning each hauling charge once to the relevant pickup.
Last reviewed 2026-10-06.