Where bidding is hottest across 46,000+ US government auctions

Where bidding is hottest, by state

Averages weighted by the number of lots in each mapped cell. Bids per lot measures competition; price increase is the final bid as a multiple of the starting bid.

The most competitive places

Mapped areas with the highest average bids per lot.

• Del Rio, TX — 18.9 bids per lot across 21 lots
• Coarsegold, CA — 18.7 bids per lot across 30 lots
• McCune, KS — 15.3 bids per lot across 73 lots
• Tecumseh, OK — 13.5 bids per lot across 36 lots
• Brownwood, TX — 13.4 bids per lot across 39 lots
• Wathena, KS — 11.5 bids per lot across 39 lots
• Inola, OK — 11.2 bids per lot across 59 lots
• Princeton, MO — 11.0 bids per lot across 27 lots
• Tulsa, OK — 10.8 bids per lot across 207 lots
• Clemson, SC — 10.7 bids per lot across 62 lots
• Wichita, KS — 10.6 bids per lot across 192 lots
• Russellville, TN — 10.3 bids per lot across 41 lots

Where prices climb furthest above the opening bid

• St. George, UT — 49.6× the starting bid across 52 lots
• Tecumseh, OK — 48.0× the starting bid across 36 lots
• Inola, OK — 46.3× the starting bid across 59 lots
• Macon, MO — 46.0× the starting bid across 53 lots
• McCune, KS — 46.0× the starting bid across 73 lots
• Optima, OK — 45.5× the starting bid across 35 lots
• Tyler, TX — 44.3× the starting bid across 50 lots
• Wichita, KS — 43.6× the starting bid across 192 lots
• Mesa, AZ — 42.8× the starting bid across 89 lots
• Newton, KS — 42.6× the starting bid across 49 lots
• Emporia, KS — 41.8× the starting bid across 27 lots
• New Hampton, IA — 41.7× the starting bid across 33 lots