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Surplus market report: week of October 26, 2026
October 26 - November 1, 2026. 24,374 U.S. government surplus lots finished bidding, +12% on the week before, at a median winning bid of $75. Of the lots whose outcome we re-checked after close, 75.7% sold.
Lots closed
24,374
+12%
Median winning bid
$75
all categories
Sell-through
75.7%
Total closing value
$25,185,820
Vehicles carried the week on volume with 4,590 lots closed at a median of $2,179, and it was also the most contested: a lot that drew bids drew a median of 23 of them.
Volume, median close and sell-through by category
| Category | Closed | Median | vs. prior week | Sell-through | Median bids |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles | 4,590 | $2,179 | +6% | 95.2% | 23 |
| Electronics | 2,875 | $60 | -3% | 77.2% | 10 |
| Real Estate | 2,604 | $6,900 | -85% | — | 19 |
| Furniture | 2,521 | $10 | flat | 61.9% | 3 |
| Tools | 1,915 | $63 | +13% | 83% | 10 |
| Equipment | 856 | $850 | +26% | 92.7% | 19 |
| Military | 770 | $125 | +14% | — | 4 |
| Jewelry | 524 | $73 | -8% | 78.3% | 15 |
| Medical | 508 | $56 | +8% | 74.1% | 5 |
| Sporting | 448 | $41 | -18% | 88% | 9 |
| Catering | 289 | $100 | -9% | 76.7% | 5 |
| Appliances | 282 | $51 | +28% | 70.2% | 5 |
| Collectibles | 218 | $50 | -37% | 61.4% | 10 |
| Janitorial | 172 | $25 | -37% | 70.5% | 8 |
| Art & Decor | 71 | $25 | +150% | — | 4 |
| Materials | 44 | $50 | +11% | — | 11 |
Notable lots this week
Most contested lot
Provident Metals Fine Gold 1 Troy Oz BarClosed at $3,602 after 628 bids. Collectibles.
Highest close of the week
(4) Sikorsky UH-60A Cat C Training AidsClosed at $882,308 after 7 bids in VA. Military.
Also notable
HUD Home — 14905 Spillman Ranch Loop, Austin, TX 78738Closed at $725,000 in TX. Real Estate.
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GovAuctions - Surplus market report: week of October 26, 2026 - https://govauctions.app/reports/week-2026-10-26
Methodology: counts every U.S. lot in our index that finished bidding between 2026-10-26 and 2026-11-02 (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 November 2, 2026 and frozen.
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