No idea, the metal recycling place near me is paying $0.03 per pound for tire weights...
They are probably figuring little to no lead in the bucket so they are paying "shredded steel" prices. (At least I think that is what they used to call it here.) I used to sort a couple of buckets and then take the steel/zinc to the yard just to have a place to dispose of it. They paid me the steel price, then proceeded to dump the bucket into the scrap lead bin.
