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Surplus market report: week of September 14, 2026
September 14 - September 20, 2026. 17,068 U.S. government surplus lots finished bidding, +14% on the week before, at a median winning bid of $152. Of the lots whose outcome we re-checked after close, 77.1% sold.
Lots closed
17,068
+14%
Median winning bid
$152
all categories
Sell-through
77.1%
Total closing value
$21,586,607
Vehicles carried the week on volume with 4,976 lots closed at a median of $2,050, and it was also the most contested: a lot that drew bids drew a median of 26 of them.
Volume, median close and sell-through by category
| Category | Closed | Median | vs. prior week | Sell-through | Median bids |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles | 4,976 | $2,050 | -8% | 95.4% | 26 |
| Electronics | 1,819 | $75 | -9% | 87% | 10 |
| Real Estate | 1,741 | $7,000 | +137% | 6.7% | 5 |
| Furniture | 1,625 | $12 | flat | 63.5% | 3 |
| Tools | 956 | $100 | flat | 84.1% | 9 |
| Equipment | 602 | $925 | -34% | 94.2% | 21 |
| Medical | 445 | $78 | -4% | 76.7% | 4 |
| Military | 292 | $160 | +167% | — | 7 |
| Sporting | 291 | $55 | +6% | 74% | 5 |
| Jewelry | 185 | $211 | +148% | 85.5% | 25 |
| Appliances | 127 | $56 | +6% | 89.4% | 8 |
| Catering | 119 | $120 | +54% | 82.5% | 11 |
| Collectibles | 107 | $155 | +89% | 77.2% | 19 |
| Art & Decor | 68 | $140 | +20% | — | 2 |
| Janitorial | 52 | $42 | -16% | — | 7 |
Notable lots this week
Highest close of the week
2009 Airbus EC135 T2+ HelicopterClosed at $997,500 after 23 bids in MS. Military.
Also notable
Former State Patrol Building in Fond du lac, WI on 4.292 AcresClosed at $400,000 after 2 bids in WI. Real Estate.
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Methodology: counts every U.S. lot in our index that finished bidding between 2026-09-14 and 2026-09-21 (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 21, 2026 and frozen.
For the always-current view, see the Surplus Market Report and the Surplus Price Index, or browse live auctions.