Municibid Government Surplus Auctions

An Apify Actor that extracts structured data from Municibid, the online auction marketplace where 7,000+ US municipalities, school districts, and government agencies sell surplus equipment to verified bidders. Outputs clean, normalized records covering active and completed listings across 46 categories and 19 US states.

Who uses it

• Resellers and flippers — track ending-soon auctions and build comp databases for max-bid pricing decisions
• Researchers and journalists — pull per-agency or per-state history for transparency reporting and market analysis
• Developers and data analysts — feed structured listing data into comp-pricing tools, ending-soon alert services, or AI agents

Features

• Broad coverage — active and completed listings across 46 categories and 19 US states.
• Deep historical archive — completed listings are paginable months back, not just a recent window. Suitable for comps and long-horizon market analysis.
• Full bid history per listing — every bid amount and timestamp, not just the current price.
• Accurate auction end times — end timestamps account for last-minute bid extensions, so ending-soon alerts don't fire on stale times.
• Complete photo galleries — every photo on each listing, not just the cover image.
• Flexible filtering — combine category, US state, keyword, agency, price range, bid count, and auction-end date in a single run.
• Filter by specific agency — pull every auction from any single government seller on the platform.
• Predictable cost — cap the number of results per run; the Actor stops there even if more matches exist.
• Read-only — the Actor never bids, watches, or touches an account. Safe to run on a schedule.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
categories	string[]	No	[] (all 46)	Top-level categories to scrape. Each value is a category ID like C160883 (Automotive). Multi-select dropdown in the Apify console.
regions	string[]	No	[] (no filter)	US states to filter on. Each value is a region ID like R3777835 (Pennsylvania). Multi-select dropdown.
status	enum	No	active	active for current auctions or completed for closed auctions (comps).
sort	enum 0-7	No	0	0 = Ending Soon, 1 = Newest, 2 = Price Low, 3 = Price High, 4 = Number of Bids, 5/6 = Title A-Z/Z-A, 7 = Preview.
keyword	string	No	—	Optional full-text search (e.g. "fire truck", "ford f-250").
seller	string	No	—	Optional seller slug. Slugs for each agency are listed in the SELLERS key-value store entry written at every run.
priceMin	integer	No	—	Filter out records below this USD price.
priceMax	integer	No	—	Filter out records above this USD price.
onlyNoBids	boolean	No	false	When true, keep only listings that haven't received any bids yet — useful for finding low-competition snipe candidates. Equivalent to maxBids: 0.
minBids	integer	No	—	Keep only listings with at least this many bids. Useful for filtering to listings that have received market validation (e.g., minBids: 5).
maxBids	integer	No	—	Keep only listings with at most this many bids. Useful for finding low-competition listings (e.g., maxBids: 3).
endingWithinHours	integer	No	—	Filter to listings whose auction closes within this many hours from run start. Combine with sort: "0" (Ending Soon) for an ending-soon sweep.
endAfter	string (YYYY-MM-DD)	No	—	Keep only listings whose auction end is on or after this date (UTC). With status: "completed", the Actor short-circuits pagination once it walks past the cutoff.
endBefore	string (YYYY-MM-DD)	No	—	Keep only listings whose auction end is on or before this date (UTC, inclusive of the entire day). Combine with endAfter for a clean historical window (e.g. Q1 2026).
listingIds	string[]	No	—	If provided, skip discovery entirely and fetch only these specific listing IDs (8-digit). When set, categories/regions/keyword/seller/status/sort are ignored. Useful for cron-refreshing a known set of listings.
maxListings	integer	No	100	Hard cap on dataset rows. 0 = no cap.
maxPagesPerFacet	integer	No	5	Maximum browse pages per (category × region) facet. Each page returns ~20 listings. 0 = no cap.
proxyConfiguration	object	No	Apify datacenter proxy	Apify proxy configuration. Datacenter is the default (cheaper) and sufficient for Municibid at this rate; switch to RESIDENTIAL only if you observe 429/503 responses.

priceMin, priceMax, onlyNoBids, minBids, maxBids, endingWithinHours, endAfter, and endBefore are applied after the listing is fetched. Filtered records do not count against maxListings and are not charged to you.

Coverage

Regions (19 US states)

Region ID	State	Region ID	State
R3777805	Delaware	R3777820	Minnesota
R3777806	Florida	R3777822	Missouri
R3777810	Illinois	R3777826	New Hampshire
R3777811	Indiana	R3777827	New Jersey
R3777814	Kentucky	R3777829	New York
R3777815	Louisiana	R3777832	Ohio
R3777816	Maine	R3777835	Pennsylvania
R3777817	Maryland	R3777842	Vermont
R3777818	Massachusetts	R3777843	Virginia
R3777819	Michigan

Categories (46 total)

ID	Name	ID	Name
C5764318	Ambulances	C169118	Kitchen Equipment
C11100415	Holiday/Seasonal	C169119	Landscaping
C12253698	Parking	C169120	Medical
C14622523	Apparel	C169121	Music
C15884675	Appliances	C169128	Office Supplies
C160883	Automotive	C169130	Parks & Rec
C160884	Boating	C169131	Police & Fire
C160885	Furniture	C169135	Real Estate
C160887	Computers & IT	C169142	Sanitation
C169054	Aircraft	C169143	School Supplies
C169055	Collectibles	C169145	Scrap
C169069	Electronics	C169146	Signage
C169084	Energy Equipment	C169147	Snow Removal
C169085	Farm Equipment & Supplies	C169148	Snowmobiles
C169087	Firearm Accessories	C169149	Sporting Goods
C169089	General Equipment	C169167	Storage
C169090	General Supplies	C169168	Street & Traffic
C169091	Building Supplies	C169169	Structures
C169105	Golf Carts	C169170	Tools
C169106	Heavy Equipment	C169171	Trailers
C169109	Jewelry	C169172	Water & Sewer
C24200839	Books	C30453594	Certificates and Licenses
C58277794	Precious Metals	C5852560	Tractors

Status

• active — auctions currently open for bids
• completed — closed auctions, for comps and historical analysis

Example Input

Comp database — completed automotive auctions across Mid-Atlantic states:

{
  "categories": ["C160883"],
  "regions": ["R3777835", "R3777817", "R3777827", "R3777829"],
  "status": "completed",
  "sort": "1",
  "maxListings": 2000,
  "maxPagesPerFacet": 25
}

Ending-soon snapshot across heavy equipment in three states (cron candidate):

{
  "categories": ["C169106", "C169171"],
  "regions": ["R3777835", "R3777810", "R3777832"],
  "status": "active",
  "sort": "0",
  "maxListings": 200,
  "maxPagesPerFacet": 5
}

Single-seller history:

{
  "seller": "cecil",
  "status": "completed",
  "maxListings": 500,
  "maxPagesPerFacet": 25
}

Keyword search across the platform:

{
  "keyword": "fire truck",
  "status": "active",
  "maxListings": 100
}

Snipe candidates — no-bid trucks under $10,000 ending in the next 48 hours:

{
  "categories": ["C160883"],
  "keyword": "truck",
  "status": "active",
  "onlyNoBids": true,
  "priceMax": 10000,
  "endingWithinHours": 48,
  "maxListings": 50
}

Historical window — completed automotive auctions that closed in Q1 2026:

{
  "categories": ["C160883"],
  "status": "completed",
  "endAfter": "2026-01-01",
  "endBefore": "2026-03-31",
  "maxListings": 5000,
  "maxPagesPerFacet": 100
}

Refresh known listings (skip discovery):

{
  "listingIds": ["82825058", "83327438", "83089177"]
}

Output Schema

Example record

{
  "id": "82825058",
  "slug": "2016-ford-explorer",
  "title": "2016 Ford Explorer",
  "description": "2016 Ford Explorer 3.5L EcoBoost, automatic, 4x4, 115,010 miles. Routinely serviced; no fault codes. Air bag light on. Inspected through 03/27. Sold as-is, where-is. Purchaser responsible for transfer and transportation.",
  "image": "https://storagemunicibidpro.blob.core.windows.net/assets/media/3f2e0b70-9063-42f9-a5f6-b5286230d87a_fullsize.jpg",
  "photos": [
    "https://storagemunicibidpro.blob.core.windows.net/assets/media/3f2e0b70-9063-42f9-a5f6-b5286230d87a_fullsize.jpg",
    "https://storagemunicibidpro.blob.core.windows.net/assets/media/07b87ded-9c79-41f5-8851-6221585e86af_fullsize.jpg",
    "https://storagemunicibidpro.blob.core.windows.net/assets/media/526776cd-37fc-445f-917b-a41a1284a4a1_fullsize.jpg",
    "https://storagemunicibidpro.blob.core.windows.net/assets/media/fcd30614-0adb-4b9b-89be-5f2f45edb84e_fullsize.jpg"
  ],
  "price": 2150.00,
  "currentTopBidAmount": 2050.00,
  "currentTopBidProxy": 2555.55,
  "currentTopBidder": "BidderAlias42",
  "numberOfBids": 32,
  "priceValidUntil": "2026-05-27",
  "auctionStartUtc": "2026-05-18T09:00:00.000Z",
  "auctionEndUtc": "2026-05-27T14:00:00.000Z",
  "reserveType": "No",
  "condition": "https://schema.org/UsedCondition",
  "seller": {
    "displayName": "City of Springfield",
    "slug": "springfield",
    "type": "GovernmentOrganization"
  },
  "category": {
    "primaryId": 160883,
    "primaryName": "Automotive",
    "secondaryId": 11965711,
    "secondaryName": "SUV"
  },
  "region": {
    "id": 3777835,
    "name": "Pennsylvania"
  },
  "vehicle": {
    "year": null,
    "miles": null,
    "model": null
  },
  "bidTimeline": [
    { "timestamp": "2026-05-20T22:28:48.2230000", "amount": 500.00 },
    { "timestamp": "2026-05-23T21:10:52.8870000", "amount": 525.00 },
    { "timestamp": "2026-05-25T21:42:30.9400000", "amount": 1400.00 },
    { "timestamp": "2026-05-26T23:47:46.7430000", "amount": 2050.00 }
  ],
  "detailUrl": "https://municibid.com/Listing/Details/82825058/2016-ford-explorer",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-27T10:14:33.412Z"
}

Field reference

Each scraped listing includes:

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique listing ID (8-digit integer). Use as primary key.
slug	string	URL slug from the canonical listing URL (e.g. 2016-ford-explorer)
title	string	Listing title
description	string	Free-text description provided by the seller
image	string	Cover image URL
photos	array	Full image gallery (URLs)
price	number	Current price in USD
currentTopBidAmount	number	Current standing bid amount
currentTopBidProxy	number	Highest proxy bid the leader authorized
currentTopBidder	string	Pseudonymous display name of current top bidder
numberOfBids	integer	Total number of bids placed
priceValidUntil	string	Date (YYYY-MM-DD) the auction closes (Eastern Time end-of-day)
auctionStartUtc	string	Auction start time (ISO-8601, UTC)
auctionEndUtc	string	Auction end time (ISO-8601, UTC). May shift up to 2 minutes on late bids.
reserveType	string	"No", "Yes-Met", or "Yes-Not Met"
condition	string	Item condition (schema.org URL, typically UsedCondition)
bidTimeline	array	Full bid history; each entry has timestamp (UTC) and amount (USD)
detailUrl	string	Canonical listing URL on municibid.com
scrapedAt	string	Scrape timestamp (ISO-8601, UTC)
Seller
seller.displayName	string	Agency name (e.g. "Cecil Township")
seller.slug	string	Server-side identifier used as the seller input filter
seller.type	string	Schema.org type (typically GovernmentOrganization)
Category
category.primaryId	integer	Primary category ID
category.primaryName	string	Primary category name (e.g. "Automotive")
category.secondaryId	integer	Sub-category ID
category.secondaryName	string	Sub-category name (e.g. "SUV")
Region
region.id	integer	Region ID
region.name	string	US state name
Vehicle (when applicable)
vehicle.year	integer	Model year, when provided by seller
vehicle.miles	integer	Mileage, when provided by seller
vehicle.model	string	Model, when provided by seller