Review criteria
- +Buy and sell price per material grade
- +Spread and margin per pound
- +Price-change history by date
- +Works in Google Sheets and Excel
Scrap Metal Price Tracker in Scrap Metal Yard
The Scrap Metal Price Tracker is a copy-ready spreadsheet for scrap metal yard that tracks materials, buy price, sell price, spread. It opens unchanged in both Google Sheets and Excel, needs no add-ons or macros, and takes about 10 minutes to set up.
Last updated: August 2026
Excel workbook · opens in Google Sheets · 3 tabs · no sign-up
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What’s inside “Scrap Metal Price Tracker”
Tabs: How to use · Prices · YardFormat: Excel (.xlsx) · opens in Google SheetsSetup: About 10 minutesColumns: 11
Columns (grey = calculated for you)
- Material
- Grade
- Unit
- Buy price
- Sell price (to mill / broker)
- Price date
- Monthly volume
- Spread
- Margin
- Monthly gross profit
- Price age (days)
- Open the Prices tab and replace the sample rows with your own — one row per entry. Formulas fill in automatically for new rows.
- Update buy and sell prices daily from your mill and broker quotes; prices older than a week turn amber. Example prices here are placeholders.
- Follow your state scrap metal laws (seller ID, holding periods, restricted items like catalytic converters).
- Using Google Sheets? Upload the file to Google Drive, then open it with Google Sheets (or File → Import in an open sheet). Formulas, dropdowns and highlights carry over.
The file opens locally on your device — nothing is uploaded, and you own the copy outright.
Scrap Metal Price Tracker
About this template
It is built for people who want results without another subscription: yards updating daily buy and sell prices. The whole template is free to copy — there is no paid tier. Because it is a plain spreadsheet, you own your data outright and can shape every column to how you actually work.
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What to verify before choosing Scrap Metal Price Tracker
Use the review criteria below to decide whether this template fits your workflow.
Often worth considering when
- +Yards updating daily buy and sell prices
- +Anyone watching their margin per grade
Pause before choosing when
- -Live commodity price feeds
- -Automatic price boards
About Scrap Metal Yard
Why people consider this option
- +Log buy tickets and loads without paid scrap software
- +Track daily metal prices your own way
- +Keep inventory and payout records in a sheet you control
What to review before acting
- -No automatic state compliance reporting or scale integration without a tool
- -Growing yards eventually need regulated scrap-management systems
Trust FAQ
Questions people ask before copying a template
Does the Scrap Metal Price Tracker work in both Google Sheets and Excel?
Yes. It is built with standard functions and no macros, so it opens and works the same in Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel — on desktop or your phone.
Is the Scrap Metal Price Tracker really free?
The core template is free to copy and use. There is no paid tier — download the Excel workbook, replace the sample rows with your own, and you are ready to work.
What does the Scrap Metal Price Tracker track?
It tracks materials, buy price, sell price, spread. The workbook comes with these columns plus the formulas, dropdowns and highlights already set up. Replace the sample rows and the totals update as you go.