Land Auctions Near Me
UX Search reads 18 government auction platforms for this category and has 14,863 land auctions live right now across 37 states, with the most in Missouri (8,716), Pennsylvania (4,183), Illinois (495), Louisiana (189), Florida (174). The sellers are cities, counties, school districts, state agencies and federal offices, and what they sell is vacant lots, acreage, tax-sale parcels and surplus government property.
- Live right now
- 14,863
- States
- 37
- Sold this year
- 208
- Middle sold price
- $895
Land Auctions by state
Every state with live land 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.
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Oklahoma, North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Virginia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Utah, Maryland, Wyoming, Iowa, Kentucky, New York, Nevada, Tennessee, Alaska, West Virginia, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Indiana, North Dakota, Delaware
What land auctions sold for, by state
208 closed sales over the past year, middle price $895, from $15 to $226,000. The middle price in the states with the most sales:
Just sold
$3,995
Gorgeous 10.5-Acre Parcel Near El Paso with McGuyers Rd Access, 5A
$235
Used 6-foot King Kutter 3-Point Landscape Rake
$15,000
Approx. 0.57 Acres of Vacant Land in Douglas County, GA
$2,025
Bobcat Landscape Rake LR6B
$7,500
10ft Land Pride batwing mower
$200
Own this 0.25 Acre Lot Near The Golf Course And Lake Chanute in Cherokee Village AR
$250
Nice size 0.25 acre lot to develop or hold for future value in Cherokee Village AR
$155
USED LANDSCAPING EQUIPMENT
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How land auctions near you work
Governments sell land in several ways: tax sales and tax deed auctions for parcels whose taxes went unpaid, surplus sales of lots and former facility sites by cities and counties, and scheduled sales of public land by state land offices and the Bureau of Land Management. Nearly all of it is sold by the county or the state the land sits in, so finding land auctions near you means finding your county's and your state's sales.
UX Search reads 18 government auction platforms for this category and has 14,863 land auctions live right now across 37 states, with the most in Missouri (8,716), Pennsylvania (4,183), Illinois (495), Louisiana (189), Florida (174). The sellers are cities, counties, school districts, state agencies and federal offices, and what they sell is vacant lots, acreage, tax-sale parcels and surplus government property. Tax deed sales are the biggest source, and the rules on redemption periods and title differ by state.
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 land auctions in our archive this year is $895; the state table below shows how that varies.
Questions people ask
How do I find land 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 land 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 land auctions in every state?
Right now UX Search shows live land auctions in 37 states, with the most in Missouri, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Louisiana, 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 land auctions sell for?
Over the past year the UX Search sold archive recorded 208 closed sales in this category with a middle hammer price of $895, from $15 to $226,000, 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.
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