In this July edition of The Trade, Brett and Chad discuss the sluggish July 2026 ferrous trade and historically low steel inventory levels. This episode explores how tariffs and domestic demand are keeping the U.S. market bullish even as the rest of the world faces economic weakness. Produced by Recycled Media.

The Trade - Episode #24 with Brett and Chad | July Ferrous Edition

A Scrap Life

As you guys know, I don't have a sponsor on this podcast, but today the game has changed. I recently invested in new technology that I believe can change the game for small and medium-sized scrap companies like us. Its name is Nicky and it's the last receptionist your scrapyard will ever need. I just got tired of our company missing opportunities that were coming across the phone lines at all of our yards. Calls that we were paying for through advertising.

The problem was we were asking our scale operators to just do too much, but we couldn't really justify the payroll to have one person just sitting there answering phone calls. Now Nicky answers the calls, directs the important ones to our buyers, and answers the basic questions right now. More importantly, Nicky doesn't let big opportunities slip through the cracks while our team is taking care of the scale traffic and our customers.

And probably the most important feature is the daily data call log for follow-ups, tracking and details of every single call. More details coming soon. Stay tuned. Welcome to A Scrap Life, a podcast solely focused on the hustlers, grinders, operators and business owners who live and breathe the scrap metal industry every day. Here is your host, Brett Eckhart.

What's going on, everybody? July of 2026. The trade with Chad L. Brock is here. And it is the ninth day of the month that we're doing this, which I'm usually I mean, I know last week was a short week, 4th of July. Happy birthday, America 250. What a great, what a great celebration. What a great weekend. But man, this trade, this Ferris trade has been slow to roll out in July.

The Trade - Episode #24 with Brett and Chad | July Ferrous Edition

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The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.

The Trade - Episode #24 with Brett and Chad | July Ferrous Edition

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.