What Government Heavy Equipment Sells For

Closed-sale prices for government backhoes, loaders, excavators, tractors, mowers, forklifts and generators. Every number on this page updates on its own from closed sales and live listings.

Closed sales
3,632
Middle price
$3,950
Middle half
$625–$13,200
States
49

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Public works departments, highway districts, school systems and federal agencies all keep fleets of heavy equipment, and when a machine is replaced it usually goes to public auction. Over the past year, our sold archive recorded 3,632 closed sales of government heavy equipment, with a middle price of $3,950 and a middle half between $625 and $13,200.

Equipment prices cover a wide range because the machines do, from a walk-behind mower to a full-size excavator. Here is each type with enough sales to count, so the numbers compare like with like.

By type of machine

Backhoes$12,700$10$75,000675 sales · middle half $3,600–$21,700
Excavators$12,200$10$338,000607 sales · middle half $2,100–$25,150
Mowers$1,075$1$89,000561 sales · middle half $400–$3,570
Tractors$4,230$5$70,000560 sales · middle half $991–$10,026
Wheel loaders$12,000$8$93,000529 sales · middle half $5,000–$21,100
Forklifts$2,050$10$66,000402 sales · middle half $678–$4,838
Skid steers$5,050$23$33,000152 sales · middle half $850–$10,225
Generators$650$22$30,200137 sales · middle half $223–$2,525
Compressors$346$1$15,00070 sales · middle half $109–$2,198
Graders$8,200$129$107,00023 sales · middle half $3,140–$19,000
Rollers$1,000$20$8,95016 sales · middle half $451–$1,781
Dozers$3,625$50$51,00014 sales · middle half $271–$14,100

Where it sold

  1. Florida$3,172317 sales
  2. Texas$6,050227 sales
  3. Pennsylvania$10,800205 sales
  4. Georgia$4,550203 sales
  5. North Carolina$7,000187 sales
  6. Tennessee$3,930186 sales
  7. Ohio$3,500177 sales
  8. Virginia$1,725154 sales
  9. New York$3,913136 sales
  10. California$775136 sales

There are 8,246 live equipment auctions in our listings index right now, each with its photo, current price and closing time. Every number in this story updates on its own as new closed sales come in. To see what is for sale right now, with photos and current prices from every government auction platform at once, search on uxsearch.app.

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