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Surplus market report: week of September 7, 2026
September 7 - September 13, 2026. 14,979 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, 74.4% sold.
Lots closed
14,979
flat
Median winning bid
$130
all categories
Sell-through
74.4%
Total closing value
$21,710,501
Vehicles carried the week on volume with 4,693 lots closed at a median of $2,225, 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 | 4,693 | $2,225 | -14% | 93.2% | 22 |
| Electronics | 1,987 | $82 | -19% | 82.5% | 8 |
| Furniture | 1,336 | $12 | -40% | 61.8% | 3 |
| Tools | 906 | $100 | -20% | 78.1% | 9 |
| Medical | 522 | $81 | +14% | 70% | 5 |
| Equipment | 505 | $1,400 | +38% | 88.6% | 21 |
| Real Estate | 366 | $2,950 | -25% | 40% | 11 |
| Jewelry | 329 | $85 | -32% | 59% | 20 |
| Collectibles | 215 | $82 | +9% | 88.8% | 8 |
| Art & Decor | 186 | $117 | +72% | 10.4% | 3 |
| Appliances | 131 | $53 | +6% | 81.3% | 5 |
| Catering | 117 | $78 | -51% | 74.1% | 8 |
| Military | 117 | $60 | -50% | — | 5 |
| Sporting | 110 | $52 | +21% | 79.8% | 8 |
| Janitorial | 72 | $50 | -46% | 77.6% | 7 |
Notable lots this week
Most contested lot
2019 Ford F-550 Dump with Plow and SpreaderClosed at $52,500 after 232 bids in PA. Vehicles.
Highest close of the week
2731 Chestnut Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130Closed at $875,227 after 125 bids in LA. Real Estate.
Also notable
Jet-Engine Industrial Fire Suppression Truck - DICOSY Turbo Hydro Jet 40000 – FoClosed at $750,000 in CO. Vehicles.
Also notable
HUD Home — 14261 E 1st Dr Unit# 305, Aurora, CO 80011Closed at $280,000 in CO. Real Estate.
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GovAuctions - Surplus market report: week of September 7, 2026 - https://govauctions.app/reports/week-2026-09-07
Methodology: counts every U.S. lot in our index that finished bidding between 2026-09-07 and 2026-09-14 (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 September 14, 2026 and frozen.
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