Car Auctions Near Me

Car Auctions by state

Every state with live government car auctions right now, most first. Each page shows the auctions with photos, the cities with the most, who is selling, and what the same things sold for there.

• Texas1,173
• California853
• Pennsylvania705
• Illinois523
• Florida522
• Missouri443
• Ohio440
• Kansas423
• Georgia358
• Oklahoma320
• Utah265
• Maryland258
• Tennessee250
• North Carolina248
• Nevada226

How government car auctions near you work

Government car auctions are the ones without a dealer in the middle: the agency that drove the car is the seller, the service history is often in the listing, and the price is whatever the last bidder offered. Cars, SUVs and vans from city, county, state and federal fleets close every day, and most have to be picked up in person, so the ones near you are the ones to watch.

UX Search reads 18 government auction platforms for this category and has 14,782 government car auctions live right now across 49 states, with the most in Texas (1,173), California (853), Pennsylvania (705), Illinois (523), Florida (522). The sellers are cities, counties, school districts, state agencies and federal offices, and what they sell is sedans, SUVs, minivans and fleet cars from government agencies. Fleet sedans with high miles and full maintenance records are the common lot; seized vehicles from sheriff's sales are the unusual ones.

Local means the pickup location, not the seller's headquarters. A state agency can list a truck at a district yard 200 miles from the capital, and a federal sale can be at a base or a depot anywhere in the country, so read the location on the listing rather than the agency's name. Our city pages sort the live auctions by where the item actually is, and the closing-soonest list on each state page tells you what to decide on first.

Bidding is open to anyone who registers on the platform that runs the sale, which is free on most of them and takes a card on file or a deposit on some. The winning bid is not the whole price: a buyer's premium of a few percent to around 12 percent is added on most platforms, sales tax applies unless you are exempt, and a late pickup can cost a daily storage fee or the item itself. The middle hammer price for government car auctions in our archive this year is $8,500; the state table below shows how that varies.

Questions people ask

How do I find government car auctions near me?

Pick your state below, or let the page find it: UX Search reads where the request comes from and shows the live government car auctions in that state and, where it can, your city. Every state page lists the live auctions with photos and the cities with the most, and every listing links to the official platform that runs the sale.

Are there government car auctions in every state?

Right now UX Search shows live government car auctions in 49 states, with the most in Texas, California, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Florida. Counts change by the hour as agencies post listings and sales close.

Do I have to pick up in person?

Usually, yes. Government surplus is sold as is, where it is, and the listing names the pickup location and the window, often five to ten business days after the sale closes. Some sellers allow a shipper or a third party to collect with written authorization; vehicles and equipment almost always have to be collected or hauled.

What do government car auctions sell for?

Over the past year the UX Search sold archive recorded 41,581 closed sales in this category with a middle hammer price of $8,500, from $1 to $115,000, before the buyer's premium and tax. The table on this page shows the middle price by state.

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Live counts from the UX Search index, updated every 15 minutes. Sold prices are real hammer prices from the UX sold archive over the past year. Your state comes from where the request was made (nothing is stored); the state picker overrides it. UX Search is independent and never takes a bid.