I will try to answer your post with the following assumptions. (1) Using the term “mutilation” I assume you are looking at a governmental bid or liquidation and (2) your asking for radiator pricing so you have none / little business or working relationship with your local scrap processor.

In this scenario there are two grades of radiators you need to research or look at. (Or if they are in fact cast iron see Demopro’s response).

(1) Clean Radiators – free from iron, brass, foreign attachments, etc
(2) Dirty Radiators – “Ditto” dirty

I’m not sure what part of the country you are in but for “general reference purposes only” the current spot prices for the following grades are:

(1) Clean Radiators .82 cents per pound delivered less than 40,000 pounds
(2) Dirty Radiators .57 cents per pound delivered less than 40,000 pounds

If you look at bidding these items and the client lets you “mutilate” (i.e. smash them, etc) on site you may want to bid the dirty grade less your costs or bid clean less your costs to upgrade. The upgrade methodologies consist of either mechanical or torching operations. Beware in bidding as the market changes very quickly so the processing and bid time is critical. If you have any questions and/or need further clarifications let me know. Good luck and keep us posted.

TKC