HiBid Scraper

Scrape HiBid.com — the leading live and timed online auction aggregator for grassroots farm, equipment, estate, and antiques auctions across the US and Canada. Thousands of independent auctioneers list lots on HiBid every day; this actor lets you search or browse those lots and auctions by keyword, category, state/province, status, and more — no login required.

What this actor does

• Five modes: search/browse lots, search/browse auctions, look up specific lots or auctions by ID, and search auctioneers (auction houses)
• Real HiBid taxonomy: all 17 top-level categories (Antiques & Collectibles, Cars & Vehicles, Construction & Farm, Real Estate, etc.)
• Location filters: any US state/territory or Canadian province, plus optional ZIP + radius search
• Status filters: hot, top, closing soon, featured, open, closed
• Auction-type filters: online-only, biddable, absentee, webcast, listing-only
• 19 sort orders for lot results — ending soonest, most bids, highest bid, newly added, and more
• No login, no cookies, no paid proxy required — HiBid's browse/search catalog is fully public; only placing a bid requires an account
• Empty fields are omitted from every record

Output fields

Lots (mode=lots / lotDetails)

Field	Description
lotId, lotNumber	Lot identifiers
title, description	Item title and full description
category, topCategory, categoryPath	Leaf category, top-level category, full breadcrumb
currentBid, startingBid, bidCount	Bidding status
buyNowPrice	Buy-it-now price, if offered
status	OPEN, CLOSED, LIVE, SOLD, etc.
timeLeft, timeLeftSeconds	Time remaining until close
reserveSatisfied	Whether the reserve price has been met
quantity, pictureCount	Item quantity and photo count
shippingOffered	Whether the auctioneer offers shipping
imageUrl, thumbnailUrl, images[]	Photo URLs
auctionId, auctionTitle	Parent auction
auctioneerName, auctioneerId	Auction house
eventCity, eventState, eventZip, currency	Location & currency
distanceMiles	Distance from the given ZIP, if a radius search was used
sourceUrl	Canonical hibid.com/lot/... page
recordType: "lot", scrapedAt

Auctions (mode=auctions / auctionDetails)

Field	Description
auctionId, title, description	Auction identifiers
auctioneerName, auctioneerId	Auction house
eventAddress, eventCity, eventState, eventZip	Location
eventDateBegin, eventDateEnd, bidOpenDateTime, bidCloseDateTime	Schedule
lotCount, openLotCount, matchingLotCount	Lot counts
bidType, auctionStatus	Bidding format and live status
buyerPremium, currency	Terms
shippingOffered, shippingType, isWebcast, isBiddable	Format flags
imageUrl, thumbnailUrl	Featured photo
distanceMiles	Distance from the given ZIP, if a radius search was used
sourceUrl	Canonical hibid.com/auction/... page
recordType: "auction", scrapedAt

Auctioneers (mode=auctioneers)

Field	Description
auctioneerId, name	Auction house identifier and name
address, city, state, postalCode, country	Location
sourceUrl	Canonical hibid.com/auctioneer/... page
recordType: "auctioneer", scrapedAt

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	select	lots	lots / auctions / lotDetails / auctionDetails / auctioneers
searchText	string	tractor	Keyword search (mode=lots/auctions)
category	select	Any	One of the 17 HiBid top-level categories (mode=lots/auctions)
state	select	Any	US state/territory or Canadian province (mode=lots/auctions/auctioneers)
status	select	ALL	ALL / HOT / TOP / CLOSING / FEATURED / OPEN / CLOSED
auctionType	select	ALL	ALL / ONLINE / BIDDABLE / ABSENTEE / WEBCAST / LISTING
sortOrder	select	LOT_NUMBER	Sort order for lot results (mode=lots only)
auctionIds	array	–	Scope lot search to one auction (mode=lots), or look up auctions (mode=auctionDetails)
lotIds	array	–	Look up specific lots by ID (mode=lotDetails)
auctioneerName	string	–	Filter auctioneers by name (mode=auctioneers)
zipCode	string	–	Center point for a distance search
milesRadius	integer	50	Radius in miles (used with zipCode)
shippingOfferedOnly	boolean	false	Only include lots/auctions offering shipping
includeEnded	boolean	false	Include closed/ended auctions and lots
maxItems	integer	50	Hard cap on emitted records (1–2000)
proxyConfiguration	proxy	AUTO	Optional; HiBid's catalog works without any proxy

Example: browse open farm & construction equipment in Texas

{
  "mode": "lots",
  "category": "700008",
  "state": "TX",
  "status": "OPEN",
  "sortOrder": "TIME_LEFT",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Example: search auctions closing soon near a ZIP code

{
  "mode": "auctions",
  "searchText": "estate",
  "zipCode": "90210",
  "milesRadius": 100,
  "status": "CLOSING",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Example: look up specific lots by ID

{
  "mode": "lotDetails",
  "lotIds": ["309402453", "309009599"]
}

Use cases

• Auction aggregation — build a cross-auctioneer feed of open farm/equipment/estate lots
• Price research — track current bids and closing prices for a category over time
• Regional market monitoring — watch a specific state or ZIP radius for new listings
• Auctioneer directory — build a directory of auction houses by region
• Deal alerts — surface hot/closing-soon lots in a category you care about
• Resale sourcing — find equipment or antiques below market value across thousands of small auctioneers

FAQ

Do I need a HiBid account or cookies? No. Browsing and searching auctions/lots is fully public. HiBid only requires an account to register and place bids — this actor does not place bids and does not require any credentials.

Does this cover Canada too? Yes — the state filter includes both US states/territories and Canadian provinces, matching HiBid's own coverage. A handful of lots also come from other countries, but the marketplace is overwhelmingly US/Canada.

What are the 17 categories? Antiques & Collectibles, Art, Cars & Vehicles, Coins & Currency, Business & Industrial, Construction & Farm, Computers & Electronics, Fashion, Furniture, Home Goods & Decor, Jewelry/Watches & Gemstones, Lawn & Garden, Real Estate, Sporting Goods, Boats & Aviation, Kid & Baby Essentials, Toys — the same categories shown on hibid.com.

What does status mean? HOT, TOP, CLOSING, and FEATURED are HiBid's own curated lists (most active, most bids/views, ending soonest, and staff-picked). OPEN and CLOSED filter by whether bidding is currently active. ALL applies no status filter.

Why is category sometimes inconsistent with the item title? Category tagging is set by each independent auctioneer at listing time; HiBid does not enforce or re-verify it. Occasionally an auctioneer mis-tags a lot (e.g. tagging an entire batch under one category). The actor reports HiBid's own category data as-is.

Can I get lots for one specific auction? Yes — set mode=lots and pass the auction's ID in auctionIds (first ID is used to scope the search), or use mode=auctionDetails to fetch the auction itself.

Are there missing fields for lots that already sold? Some real-time-only fields (like timeLeft) become historical/stale once a lot closes; the actor still returns whatever HiBid's API reports for closed lots. Set includeEnded: true to include them.

How fresh is the data? Live — every request hits HiBid's own search API directly, so results reflect current bids and listings at the moment the actor runs.

Why did an unfiltered status=CLOSED + includeEnded=true search return no results? HiBid's closed/ended archive spans over a million lots. A search with no category, state, or searchText to narrow it can occasionally time out on HiBid's own server. Add a category, state, or keyword to scope the query — narrowed archive searches (e.g. searchText + status=CLOSED) work reliably.

Data Source / Limitations

• All data comes directly from HiBid's public browse/search API — no login, cookies, or paid proxy are required to view auctions, lots, or auctioneer listings.
• Placing a bid requires a HiBid account; this actor only reads public listing data and never bids.
• Very broad, unfiltered queries against the closed/ended archive (includeEnded: true with no category/state/keyword) can occasionally time out upstream given the archive's size — narrow with category, state, or searchText for reliable results.
• Category tagging reflects each auctioneer's own listing choices and is not independently verified by HiBid or this actor.