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2023 saw prices mainly increase month on month throughout the year, with a high in October of almost $600. Then followed a decline in prices to end the year.

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2022 scrap car prices increased considerably month on month throughout the first half of the year, reaching record-breaking prices! Then followed a slight drop to prices, with the last few months of the year levelling out.

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2021 scrap car prices mainly increased month on month throughout the year, ending the year on a high with record breaking prices!

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2020 scrap car prices saw a sharp drop due to the impact of the Coronavirus lockdown in the spring. Prices began to recover through the summer and sharply increased in the final quarter of the year.

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What a year 2019 was for the value of scrap cars! After a year of increases, December saw the prices paid for scrap cars in 2019. The value of scrap cars rose by a whopping 42% higher than they were in December 2018, after an upward trend of prices throughout most of the year.

2018 scrap car prices steadily increased month on month throughout the year, despite a small drop in July. After that prices remained strong throughout the latter half of the year. With December seeing prices that were a huge 57% higher than those in the previous December!

2017 saw a relatively steady first half of the year with no major increases or decreases to the average prices being paid for scrap cars. In July prices soared by 25% with strong prices remaining until the end of the year.

2016 saw the average scrap car price reach its lowest level of the year in March, quickly recovering in April and May. Then prices steadied throughout the following months, but the year ended on a high with strong prices seen in November and December.