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Surplus market report: week of August 3, 2026
August 3 - August 9, 2026. 15,313 U.S. government surplus lots finished bidding, -11% on the week before, at a median winning bid of $132. Of the lots whose outcome we re-checked after close, 72.1% sold.
Lots closed
15,313
-11%
Median winning bid
$132
all categories
Sell-through
72.1%
Total closing value
$33,424,675
Vehicles carried the week on volume with 3,188 lots closed at a median of $2,435, 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 | 3,188 | $2,435 | +17% | 90.9% | 22 |
| Electronics | 2,242 | $100 | +67% | 81.4% | 9 |
| Furniture | 1,545 | $10 | flat | 58.3% | 3 |
| Real Estate | 1,037 | $9,900 | +148% | 35.5% | 2 |
| Tools | 1,008 | $100 | -2% | 82% | 9 |
| Jewelry | 581 | $75 | +25% | 28.4% | 5 |
| Equipment | 444 | $806 | -23% | 91.2% | 15 |
| Medical | 351 | $82 | +39% | 81.6% | 6 |
| Collectibles | 332 | $50 | -17% | 71.3% | 6 |
| Military | 250 | $101 | -4% | — | 8 |
Notable lots this week
Highest close of the week
1863 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49505Closed at $3,100,000 after 10 bids in MI. Real Estate.
Also notable
Gas Processing Facility, Including Amine & Cryogenic Plants w/ Electrical SwitchClosed at $750,000 in TX. Other.
Also notable
4505 Sellars Ave. Greensboro, NC 27407Closed at $560,000 after 93 bids in NC. Real Estate.
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GovAuctions - Surplus market report: week of August 3, 2026 - https://govauctions.app/reports/week-2026-08-03
Methodology: counts every U.S. lot in our index that finished bidding between 2026-08-03 and 2026-08-10 (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 10, 2026 and frozen.
For the always-current view, see the Surplus Market Report and the Surplus Price Index, or browse live auctions.