Short answer: For used auto parts in Cincinnati, three yards inside the city let you pull your own: Pick Your Part at 2040 E Kemper Rd, Pull-A-Part at 426 W Seymour Ave and Jack's Used Auto Parts at 4500 Kellogg Ave. Pick Your Part and Pull-A-Part are open seven days. Jack's closes on Sunday. If you want someone else to do the wrenching, Stricker in Batavia and Lindale in New Richmond are full-service yards.
Last checked: November 1, 2026. Hours, fees, rules and prices are from pyp.com, pullapart.com, jacksusedautoparts.com, upullandsave.com, strickerautoparts.com and lindaleautoparts.com. Counts, ratings and distances are from our directory.
How many junkyards are there around Cincinnati?
| Area, within 25 miles of downtown | Listings in our directory |
|---|---|
| Cincinnati | 3 |
| Other Ohio towns | 2 |
| Northern Kentucky | 7 |
| Southeast Indiana | 1 |
| Total | 13 |
Three of the 13 are self-service by name and those same three list Sunday hours. The rest include scrap metal buyers, so read a listing before you drive to it. See the Cincinnati junkyards page or all Ohio junkyards. We publish 32 Ohio listings, which is a thin count for the state, so a small local yard may be missing.
Which Cincinnati yards let you pull your own parts?
| Yard | Address | Hours | Entry | Google rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pick Your Part | 2040 E Kemper Rd | Daily, entrance 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM | $3 | 3.8 from 504 |
| Pull-A-Part | 426 W Seymour Ave | Daily, yard 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM, store to 6:00 PM | $2, or $1 for VIP members | 4.4 from 2,050 |
| Jack's Used Auto Parts | 4500 Kellogg Ave | Monday to Saturday, 8:30 AM to 4:45 PM | $2 | 4.1 from 570 |
| RTP Pick-A-Part | 2412 Petersburg Rd, Hebron, KY | Listing: daily, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | $3 | 4.4 from 1,211 |
Pick Your Part, Pull-A-Part and Jack's set a minimum age of 16, and RTP says over 16.
The Seymour Avenue yard used to be U-Pull-&-Pay. Its page now reads Pull-A-Part Cincinnati, formerly U-Pull-&-Pay, and our listing still carries the old name. That page lists yard admission until 5:30 PM, but a banner on it mentions winter 2026 hours of 9 to 4:30. Call (513) 948-8649 before an afternoon trip this winter.
Jack's also has a mechanic who will pull a part for $1 a minute, which is handy if you get stuck on a seized bolt. Its home page says cash only for pulling your own parts, while its rules page says it takes cash and cards, so carry cash. The rules ban cutting and propane torches, power cutters, gas saws, circular saws over 8 inches and any open flame. The site says it has 1,800 cars from 1975 to 2019, so it is worth a call if you own an older model.
RTP Pick-A-Part was Bessler's U Pull & Save, and our listing still uses that name. Its site does not publish a full weekly schedule, so the hours above come from the listing.
What does a part cost, and what if it is bad?
| Yard | What you get if a part fails |
|---|---|
| Pick Your Part | An optional 90-Day Worry-Free Guarantee, priced per part. Otherwise parts are sold as is |
| Pull-A-Part | 30-day exchange or store credit on most parts with a receipt, 3 days on tires and wheels. A 120-day extended warranty costs extra on some parts |
| Jack's | The site does not state a policy, so ask at the counter |
| RTP Pick-A-Part | 30-day exchange or store credit on most parts, 5 days on tires, no cash back |
Here is how one price breaks down. On November 1, 2026, the Pick Your Part Cincinnati price list showed an alternator at $39.00, plus a $10.00 refundable core deposit and a $7.80 guarantee, for $56.80 before tax. Skip the guarantee on something cheap and easy to swap. Buy it on anything that takes an afternoon to install. Pull-A-Part has its own parts pricing lookup, and its total also excludes local taxes and fees.
Who pulls the part for you?
Stricker Auto Parts at 4955 Benton Rd in Batavia calls itself a full-service recycler. It is open Monday to Friday from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM and advertises a 180-day parts warranty. Lindale Auto Parts at 2976 OH-132 in New Richmond is open weekdays from 8 AM to 5 PM and gives a 90-day guarantee with a 30-day return policy. Both have online inventory searches.
For anyone searching for a junkyard for salvage trucks in Cincinnati, Lindale says it specializes in late-model vehicles and light trucks. Pick Your Part and RTP both say their rows include trucks. None of the pages we read mention parts for semis or other heavy trucks, so call first if that is what you need.
A short walk through older GM cars at Jack's in Cincinnati from the david of the junkyard channel, published April 2020.
