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Surplus market report: week of October 12, 2026
October 12 - October 18, 2026. 24,043 U.S. government surplus lots finished bidding, +9% on the week before, at a median winning bid of $57. Of the lots whose outcome we re-checked after close, 78.1% sold.
Lots closed
24,043
+9%
Median winning bid
$57
all categories
Sell-through
78.1%
Total closing value
$38,016,739
Vehicles carried the week on volume with 4,974 lots closed at a median of $2,331, and it was also the most contested: a lot that drew bids drew a median of 28 of them.
Volume, median close and sell-through by category
| Category | Closed | Median | vs. prior week | Sell-through | Median bids |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles | 4,974 | $2,331 | -2% | 96.7% | 28 |
| Electronics | 3,005 | $51 | +4% | 85% | 7 |
| Real Estate | 2,819 | $15,750 | +64% | — | 17 |
| Furniture | 2,565 | $10 | flat | 64.1% | 3 |
| Tools | 1,462 | $69 | +19% | 86.9% | 9 |
| Military | 908 | $90 | +20% | — | 4 |
| Equipment | 686 | $1,025 | flat | 89.6% | 17 |
| Medical | 517 | $68 | +8% | 70.9% | 6 |
| Jewelry | 352 | $50 | -4% | 86.7% | 13 |
| Sporting | 317 | $45 | -10% | 89.1% | 8 |
| Collectibles | 214 | $50 | +39% | 52% | 11 |
| Appliances | 196 | $42 | -44% | 85.6% | 7 |
| Catering | 177 | $82 | +32% | 83.7% | 10 |
| Janitorial | 121 | $40 | +60% | 82.3% | 6 |
| Materials | 61 | $190 | — | — | 16 |
| Art & Decor | 54 | $21 | — | — | 8 |
Notable lots this week
Highest close of the week
De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300, SN: 567Closed at $2,602,000 after 4 bids in FL. Other.
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Methodology: counts every U.S. lot in our index that finished bidding between 2026-10-12 and 2026-10-19 (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 19, 2026 and frozen.
For the always-current view, see the Surplus Market Report and the Surplus Price Index, or browse live auctions.