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Surplus market report: week of August 10, 2026
August 10 - August 16, 2026. 16,066 U.S. government surplus lots finished bidding, +5% on the week before, at a median winning bid of $116. Of the lots whose outcome we re-checked after close, 75.8% sold.
Lots closed
16,066
+5%
Median winning bid
$116
all categories
Sell-through
75.8%
Total closing value
$26,334,759
Vehicles carried the week on volume with 3,662 lots closed at a median of $2,100. The most contested category was equipment, where 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 | 3,662 | $2,100 | -14% | 93.6% | 19 |
| Electronics | 2,090 | $76 | -24% | 76.1% | 9 |
| Furniture | 1,703 | $10 | flat | 65.1% | 4 |
| Tools | 1,058 | $66 | -34% | 85.7% | 8 |
| Real Estate | 729 | $5,000 | -49% | 21.2% | 3 |
| Jewelry | 599 | $79 | +5% | 55% | 13 |
| Equipment | 524 | $1,550 | +92% | 95.4% | 22 |
| Collectibles | 481 | $39 | -22% | 74% | 6 |
| Medical | 427 | $77 | -6% | 73.5% | 8 |
| Military | 252 | $52 | -49% | — | 5 |
| Art & Decor | 138 | $68 | — | 16.9% | 1 |
| Sporting | 109 | $77 | — | 79.8% | 9 |
| Catering | 105 | $100 | — | 81.7% | 9 |
| Appliances | 87 | $52 | — | 85.3% | 9 |
| Janitorial | 83 | $10 | — | 52.8% | 7 |
Notable lots this week
Most contested lot
2008 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT1 Crew Cab 2WDClosed at $6,050 after 156 bids in LA. Vehicles.
Also notable
2020 Vermeer HG6000 Horizontal Grinder -LOW HOURSClosed at $222,000 after 125 bids in IN. Tools.
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Methodology: counts every U.S. lot in our index that finished bidding between 2026-08-10 and 2026-08-17 (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 17, 2026 and frozen.
For the always-current view, see the Surplus Market Report and the Surplus Price Index, or browse live auctions.