Prices and Value
What Are Electric Motors Worth as Scrap?
What electric and starter motors are worth as scrap in Adelaide, why the copper winding drives the price, and whether stripping a motor is worth your time.
October 21, 2026
What copper, brass, aluminium, stainless, steel and other scrap is worth in Adelaide, what moves the price, and how each grade is valued at our Green Fields yard.
What electric and starter motors are worth as scrap in Adelaide, why the copper winding drives the price, and whether stripping a motor is worth your time.
What scrap lead is worth per kilo in Adelaide, where lead is found, how to handle it safely, and why lead flashing and wheel weights are worth separating.
What scrap brass is worth per kilo in Adelaide, how to tell brass from copper and bronze, and which household items are worth more than you’d expect.
What scrap steel is worth in Adelaide, the difference between heavy and light gauge, why stainless is worth far more, and when a steel load is worth the trip.
What scrap aluminium is worth per kilo in Adelaide, how extrusion, cast and sheet grades differ, and how sorting aluminium properly changes what you’re paid.
Copper is generally the highest-paying common scrap metal per kilogram in Adelaide—but grade, cleanliness and load size decide what your scrap is
Someone brings a catalytic converter into the yard and asks what it’s worth. It’s a fair question with a genuinely unsatisfying answer:
The metals we buy most, with grade notes and the latest guide ranges. Final prices are confirmed at the yard after grading and weighing.
Sort what you can, bring photo ID, and we will grade and weigh your metal in front of you and pay you the same visit.
12 Belfree Dr, Green Fields SA 5107 · Mon–Fri 7:30am–5:00pm · Sat 7:30am–2:00pm
SA Copper Scraps is a scrap metal buyer and recycler at Green Fields in Adelaide’s north. Bring copper, brass, aluminium, cable, batteries and more to our yard. Every grade is weighed in front of you and paid the same visit.
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