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Surplus market report: week of August 24, 2026
August 24 - August 30, 2026. 14,617 U.S. government surplus lots finished bidding, level with the week before, at a median winning bid of $130. Of the lots whose outcome we re-checked after close, 77.5% sold.
Lots closed
14,617
flat
Median winning bid
$130
all categories
Sell-through
77.5%
Total closing value
$34,102,615
Vehicles carried the week on volume with 3,080 lots closed at a median of $1,950, 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 | 3,080 | $1,950 | -24% | 92.8% | 20 |
| Electronics | 2,292 | $100 | +52% | 84.5% | 10 |
| Furniture | 1,736 | $10 | flat | 69.4% | 4 |
| Tools | 1,094 | $130 | +30% | 80.3% | 12 |
| Equipment | 505 | $1,000 | -11% | 86.6% | 15 |
| Medical | 402 | $77 | +5% | 72.1% | 7 |
| Military | 325 | $160 | +60% | — | 10 |
| Jewelry | 317 | $99 | +25% | 57.7% | 18 |
| Collectibles | 297 | $64 | -9% | 82.7% | 5 |
| Real Estate | 263 | $4,125 | +4% | 40% | 16 |
| Sporting | 209 | $100 | +144% | 88.6% | 9 |
| Catering | 190 | $68 | +13% | 85.6% | 11 |
| Art & Decor | 168 | $70 | -37% | 29% | 2 |
| Appliances | 130 | $82 | +156% | 84.3% | 13 |
| Janitorial | 80 | $50 | +32% | 89.5% | 7 |
Notable lots this week
Most contested lot
2018 WINNEBAGO INTENT 31P CLASS A MOTORHOME 4K ORIG MILES ONE OWNER BUNK BEDS ONBOARD GEN NO RESERVE BANK REPOClosed at $38,500 after 184 bids in FL. Vehicles.
Highest close of the week
UH-60L Black Hawk SN: 87-24634Closed at $2,400,500 after 5 bids in AL. Military.
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GovAuctions - Surplus market report: week of August 24, 2026 - https://govauctions.app/reports/week-2026-08-24
Methodology: counts every U.S. lot in our index that finished bidding between 2026-08-24 and 2026-08-31 (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 31, 2026 and frozen.
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