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Surplus market report: week of July 27, 2026
July 27 - August 2, 2026. 17,251 U.S. government surplus lots finished bidding, +13% on the week before, at a median winning bid of $100. Of the lots whose outcome we re-checked after close, 70.4% sold.
Lots closed
17,251
+13%
Median winning bid
$100
all categories
Sell-through
70.4%
Total closing value
$24,662,624
Vehicles carried the week on volume with 3,349 lots closed at a median of $2,075, and it was also the most contested: a lot that drew bids drew a median of 22 of them.
Volume, median close and sell-through by category
| Category | Closed | Median | vs. prior week | Sell-through | Median bids |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles | 3,349 | $2,075 | +1% | 91.5% | 22 |
| Electronics | 2,314 | $60 | -40% | 80.2% | 9 |
| Furniture | 1,943 | $10 | -37% | 58.3% | 3 |
| Tools | 1,263 | $102 | -7% | 84.1% | 12 |
| Real Estate | 756 | $4,000 | -17% | 32.1% | 2 |
| Jewelry | 689 | $60 | -13% | 37.2% | 3 |
| Medical | 546 | $59 | +18% | 71.4% | 7 |
| Equipment | 540 | $1,050 | flat | 91.3% | 22 |
| Military | 495 | $105 | -19% | — | 13 |
| Collectibles | 405 | $60 | +28% | 57.7% | 5 |
Notable lots this week
Highest close of the week
HUD Home — 231 N Redrock St, Anaheim, CA 92807Closed at $1,185,000 in CA. Real Estate.
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GovAuctions - Surplus market report: week of July 27, 2026 - https://govauctions.app/reports/week-2026-07-27
Methodology: counts every U.S. lot in our index that finished bidding between 2026-07-27 and 2026-08-03 (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 August 3, 2026 and frozen.
For the always-current view, see the Surplus Market Report and the Surplus Price Index, or browse live auctions.