Short answer: Sort it into the main metals using a magnet and your eyes, weigh each group, treat any small leftover group as the lowest-value metal and value each group at its own price, because a mixed pile valued at a single average price is nearly always either too optimistic or too pessimistic, while a sorted estimate is accurate enough to compare with offers.
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Steel and iron split off immediately, leaving the non-ferrous metals.
Group the rest
Copper, brass, aluminium and stainless each get their own group.
Value each group
Use the price for each, and be cautious about the leftover group.
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