As of August 5 2011 – current scrap metal prices for catalytic converters and transmissions in the Michgan USA Region are:

Catalytic Converters:
Large Honeycomb $100.00
Bread Loaf $90.00
Medium Honeycomb$47.00
Regular Honeycomb$42.00
Jumbo Bead$70.00
Regular Bead$35.00
Small Foreign$75.00
Large Foreign$115.00
PreCat$22.00
After Market$7.00
Diesel Converters$25.00
Wire$12.00
Four-DOT $75.00
Catalyst by the pound $4.50
Transmissions:
Automatic$26.00
Manual$13.00
Torque converters$3.00