Government Auction Research
Market data from 25 official US government auction sources: 215,000+ closed auctions with final hammer prices, and 305,341 live listings tracked right now. All of it free to read and cite.
215,000+
Closed auctions with prices
305,341
Live listings tracked
6,402
Lots closed last week
25
Official sources
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Monthly sold-price aggregates from 215,000+ closed auctions, refreshed daily. Free to analyze and republish with attribution to BidProwl.
US Government Surplus Price Index
25th/median/75th percentile sold prices by category, state, and month.
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Sold-price archive
Final hammer prices from closed government auctions, browsable by category and state. Individual lots, not just averages.
Price guides by item
What generators, forklifts, mowers, and 39 other common items actually sell for, with medians by state.
Category price index
Average and median sold prices per category, computed from real closed auctions and refreshed daily.
Weekly market reports
New-listing volume, price trends by category, the week's best verified deal, and the most contested lot. Every Monday.
Demand signals
What other buyers are searching and tracking right now, so you can judge competition before you bid.
Free calculators
Flip profit, buyer's premium, and sold-price lookup tools. Model the real cost before the hammer.
Developer API + MCP
REST API and MCP server over every listing and sold-price stat. Free tier: 1,000 calls a month.
RSS feeds
Every listing family has a feed: drop one into your reader or automation and new lots arrive as they are indexed. 50 newest items per feed, refreshed every 30 minutes.
- Auctions ending soon
/feed/ending-soon - By category, e.g. vehicles
/feed/category/vehicles - By state, e.g. Texas
/feed/state/texas - By source, e.g. GovDeals
/feed/source/govdeals
Citing this data
Prices and market stats on these pages come from publicly listed government auctions after they close. Journalists and researchers are welcome to cite them with a link to the page used. For questions about the data or custom pulls, write to hello@bidprowl.com.