Search Government Auctions
By Robert Betteridge
One free search covers 28 government and public auction platforms in the United States, plus real sold prices from closed auctions.
Government surplus is sold on dozens of different auction websites. Cities and counties use one, federal agencies use another, and heavy equipment, police vehicles and real estate each have their own. Checking them one at a time takes hours, and it’s easy to miss the vehicle you were looking for.
UX Search puts them in one place. You type one search and see which platforms have what you’re looking for right now, and how many listings each one has.
How to search every site at once
- Go to UXSearch.app.
- Type what you’re looking for, such as Ford Explorer police, Chevy Tahoe, backhoe or Humvee.
- UX Search checks all 28 platforms at the same time.
- Each platform with listings shows how many it has and a photo. Platforms are listed by how many listings they have, and nobody pays to rank higher.
- Click any platform to open its listings on that site. Bidding always happens on the auction site itself.
The 28 platforms UX Search covers
- Government surplus: GovDeals, Public Surplus, Municibid, GSA Auctions, GSA Fleet, GovPlanet, PropertyRoom
- State surplus: Wisconsin Surplus, NC State Surplus, Illinois iBid, Michigan MiBid, Utah State Surplus, Minnesota MNBid
- Equipment and vehicles: IronPlanet, Ritchie Bros., JJ Kane, Purple Wave, Proxibid, HiBid
- Federal sales: IRS Auctions, U.S. Treasury Auctions
- Real estate: HUD Home Store, HomePath, HomeSteps, Hubzu, CivilView Sheriff Sales, Auction.com, Xome
Check what similar items actually sold for
Before you bid, open Analytics on UX Search. It shows real winning bids from closed GSA Fleet and GovDeals auctions, so you can see what similar vehicles and equipment actually sold for. There are no scores and no deal ratings, just the sold prices.
Run a free Vehicle History Report
Type or paste any 17-character VIN into the UX Search bar, or go to uxsearch.app/vin, for a free Vehicle History Report.
More tabs for buyers
- Upcoming: live GSA Fleet sales and other onsite auctions.
- Shipping and Packers: nationwide shippers and professional packers for what you win.
- Inspectors: companies that inspect a vehicle for you before you bid.
- Canada: UX Search Canada covers Government of Canada surplus and Canadian auction sites at uxsearch.app/ca.
Learn before you bid
UX Search is part of the UX Auction Network. Its sister site, UXAuctions.com, publishes:
- Original articles: real auction stories and government fleet news, written by the professionals who work in the field.
- Buying guides: inspections, hidden costs, titles and registration, and how to attend a live GSA Fleet auction.
- The free monthly UX Auctions Magazine.
Who’s behind UX Search
We know auctions. The team behind the UX Auction Network has more than 100 years of combined experience in government auctions, surplus, fleets and equipment.
- Terry O’Connor, Founder and CEO: more than 40 years in government surplus and fleet operations. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran who owned and operated Southern Interceptors from 1996 through 2026.
- John Gonzalez: managed fleet and heavy-equipment maintenance in the United States, the Middle East and Afghanistan.
- Robert Betteridge: retired ASE Master Technician and former diesel technology professor who works directly with onsite surplus auctions.
- Ashok Patel and the G4c Systems Engineers Inc. team: design, engineer and maintain the systems that keep the UX Network running. They turn decades of real-world auction, fleet and equipment knowledge into the search platforms and technology our users rely on every day.
Free to use
UX Search is free. It doesn’t run auctions, take bids or hold your money, and it doesn’t sell your data.