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Surplus market report: week of July 20, 2026
July 20 - July 26, 2026. 15,258 U.S. government surplus lots finished bidding, +6% on the week before, at a median winning bid of $150. Of the lots whose outcome we re-checked after close, 72.3% sold.
Lots closed
15,258
+6%
Median winning bid
$150
all categories
Sell-through
72.3%
Total closing value
$26,920,506
Vehicles carried the week on volume with 3,396 lots closed at a median of $2,050, and it was also the most contested: a lot that drew bids drew a median of 20 of them.
Volume, median close and sell-through by category
| Category | Closed | Median | vs. prior week | Sell-through | Median bids |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles | 3,396 | $2,050 | -13% | 92.7% | 20 |
| Electronics | 1,985 | $100 | +9% | 80.3% | 10 |
| Furniture | 1,531 | $16 | +7% | 59.7% | 4 |
| Tools | 1,009 | $110 | +38% | 77.8% | 11 |
| Equipment | 701 | $1,050 | -30% | 89.1% | 16 |
| Real Estate | 625 | $4,800 | +16% | — | 3 |
| Jewelry | 506 | $69 | +15% | 36.3% | 5 |
| Medical | 451 | $50 | -21% | 71.2% | 5 |
| Military | 301 | $130 | flat | 52.8% | 5 |
| Collectibles | 280 | $47 | -8% | 67% | 5 |
Notable lots this week
Highest close of the week
C-146 Aircraft, Serial number: 3025Closed at $901,800 after 4 bids in FL. Military.
Also notable
Murray County Highway Shop, Christensen Subdivision Block 1 Lots 1 & 2(Lot 1 29-150-0010 and Lot 2 29-150-0020)Closed at $338,000 after 60 bids in MN. Real Estate.
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Methodology: counts every U.S. lot in our index that finished bidding between 2026-07-20 and 2026-07-27 (UTC). Median is the median final winning bid among lots that closed with a bid. The all-category median moves with the mix of what happened to close that week, not with prices, so week-over-week movement is shown per category, where it compares like with like. Sell-through is the share of lots that sold, counted only where we re-checked the outcome after the auction closed, since a pre-close reading undercounts last-minute bids; weeks before that check existed report no sell-through rather than an understated one. A category needs 30 closed lots to appear and 50 re-checked lots to show a sell-through. Uncategorized lots are counted in the totals but not the table. This is a sample of the platforms we index, not the entire government-auction universe. Built July 31, 2026 and frozen.
For the always-current view, see the Surplus Market Report and the Surplus Price Index, or browse live auctions.