Planning to junk the 2010 Prius - Any Suggestions?

Hello,

I am planning to have my old 2010 Prius towed to the junk yard due to the front structure being compromised after being in an accident. The car seems to runs fine(?) except having a damaged headlight/turn signal but it has been sitting on my driveway for almost 2 years now so (due to being lazy and was hesitating trying to fix it but may not be worth it after all).

So now I'm left with having this car towed unfortunately and I'm trying to figure out if it makes sense and if it is okay for me to take out some parts of the car to sell before having it towed?

I heard that there is a rise of catalytic converters thefts going on for for Gen 2 and Gen 3 Prius and I wonder if it makes sense to have that removed and sold before I have the Prius towed? Not sure if there are any other parts that I should consider taking out of the Prius to sell.

Car has about 230K miles on it though the engine has been swapped not long ago but the "new" engine in the car also has quite a bit of miles on it anyway. Still has the original hybrid battery pack.

Thanks.

 

Ok, so it probably is worth the effort to at least take the Catalytic converter out. I do wonder how much they go for. Seems like several hundred but if it isn't too painful to take it out, then I'll probably be doing that. Thanks.

 

I also heard that it may just be better to call several junkyards and let them know what the car has and see how much they would offer. I guess if I have trouble finding any junkyards that would pay a reasonable amount then I might just take some parts out of the car then if that makes sense.

 

So the engine is a swapped engine since the original basically blew up. At the time of the engine swap (late 2018), it had 110k miles on it (not sure which year it was made since it could be from 2010 to 2015) but I'm going to assume around 2010-2011. It has ~112k miles since I drove it (didn't make it far lol). I believe I paid $1800 for the engine (which I thought was a little bit steep) but maybe that is the fair price?
The engine has been standing for 2 years now so it will probably have to be thoroughly cleaned(?) since the engine oil is probably no good.

I still need to ask around and also maybe check with private sellers possibly like Facebook marketplace/Craigslist as some people suggested (asked on Reddit to see what they suggested).