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Surplus market report: week of November 2, 2026
November 2 - November 8, 2026. 25,962 U.S. government surplus lots finished bidding, +7% on the week before, at a median winning bid of $60. Of the lots whose outcome we re-checked after close, 73.5% sold.
Lots closed
25,962
+7%
Median winning bid
$60
all categories
Sell-through
73.5%
Total closing value
$47,776,572
Vehicles carried the week on volume with 4,246 lots closed at a median of $2,225, and it was also the most contested: a lot that drew bids drew a median of 25 of them.
Volume, median close and sell-through by category
| Category | Closed | Median | vs. prior week | Sell-through | Median bids |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles | 4,246 | $2,225 | +2% | 93.3% | 25 |
| Real Estate | 4,170 | $29,950 | +334% | — | 13 |
| Furniture | 3,207 | $10 | flat | 58% | 3 |
| Electronics | 3,006 | $64 | +7% | 80.7% | 10 |
| Tools | 1,530 | $70 | +11% | 81.5% | 8 |
| Military | 954 | $105 | -16% | — | 6 |
| Equipment | 636 | $925 | +9% | 92.4% | 18 |
| Medical | 541 | $42 | -25% | 66.2% | 4 |
| Jewelry | 473 | $73 | flat | 81.1% | 15 |
| Sporting | 375 | $52 | +27% | 71.7% | 9 |
| Catering | 293 | $100 | flat | 73% | 7 |
| Collectibles | 247 | $14 | -72% | 78.7% | 5 |
| Appliances | 238 | $50 | -2% | 78.4% | 7 |
| Janitorial | 169 | $20 | -20% | 47.3% | 6 |
| Art & Decor | 125 | $20 | -20% | 59.5% | 2 |
| Materials | 93 | $72 | +44% | 70.4% | 8 |
Notable lots this week
Most contested lot
Rolex Submariner Watch-Evaluated By Our Certified Gemologist-AGS/GIAClosed at $14,041 after 318 bids. Jewelry.
Highest close of the week
UH-60L Black Hawk SN: 89-26213Closed at $1,751,480 after 2 bids in FL. Military.
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Methodology: counts every U.S. lot in our index that finished bidding between 2026-11-02 and 2026-11-09 (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 9, 2026 and frozen.
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