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Surplus market report: week of October 5, 2026
October 5 - October 11, 2026. 22,151 U.S. government surplus lots finished bidding, +4% on the week before, at a median winning bid of $61. Of the lots whose outcome we re-checked after close, 77.4% sold.
Lots closed
22,151
+4%
Median winning bid
$61
all categories
Sell-through
77.4%
Total closing value
$21,792,671
Vehicles carried the week on volume with 4,820 lots closed at a median of $2,375, and it was also the most contested: a lot that drew bids drew a median of 30 of them.
Volume, median close and sell-through by category
| Category | Closed | Median | vs. prior week | Sell-through | Median bids |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles | 4,820 | $2,375 | +3% | 95.3% | 30 |
| Electronics | 3,008 | $49 | -9% | 84.9% | 6 |
| Furniture | 2,238 | $10 | flat | 67.5% | 3 |
| Real Estate | 1,889 | $9,601 | -43% | — | 11 |
| Tools | 1,343 | $58 | -3% | 87.1% | 8 |
| Military | 827 | $75 | +50% | — | 3 |
| Equipment | 566 | $1,025 | -25% | 93.9% | 21 |
| Jewelry | 456 | $52 | +4% | 93.1% | 17 |
| Medical | 382 | $63 | +26% | 74.8% | 4 |
| Sporting | 341 | $50 | +400% | 71.8% | 5 |
| Collectibles | 221 | $36 | +16% | 82.4% | 11 |
| Catering | 173 | $62 | +17% | 82.9% | 5 |
| Appliances | 164 | $75 | +50% | 83.3% | 10 |
| Janitorial | 117 | $25 | -53% | 76.8% | 3 |
Notable lots this week
Most contested lot
21kt Gold Hollow Figaro Chain Link NecklaceClosed at $1,503 after 410 bids. Jewelry.
Highest close of the week
120 Union Avenue SE, Olympia WA 98501 | 12,900 square-foot commercial structurClosed at $600,000 after 1 bids in WA. Real Estate.
Also notable
1007 Washington Street, Olympia WA 98501 | 14,580 square-foot commercial structClosed at $450,000 in WA. Real Estate.
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GovAuctions - Surplus market report: week of October 5, 2026 - https://govauctions.app/reports/week-2026-10-05
Methodology: counts every U.S. lot in our index that finished bidding between 2026-10-05 and 2026-10-12 (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 October 12, 2026 and frozen.
For the always-current view, see the Surplus Market Report and the Surplus Price Index, or browse live auctions.