There are 2847230478 scrap yards around 5th and Joyce. I take all of my brass and copper there. Lock your doors when you get out... go to the counter and state your business, they will ask for your license or SS # obviously give your license #, this is for a new law, they "hold your scrap for 2 weeks" in case there is any doubt the items are stolen. I want to say you should clear 100$ for 5 cats ask the going rates b4 hand, they are very honest, which is suprising since they deal with shady characters all day long. Hope this helps.
Another way to scrap cats, go out in the front yard, put cat in a laundry basket, spin in a circle as fast as you can for about a minute holding cat in basket and basket out away from body at arms length, take cat out, cat will run in a zig zag motion, repeat if necessary.