HiBid Auction Scraper — Lots, Bids & Prices

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Scrape public HiBid auction lots for estate sales, equipment, collectibles, coins, and vehicles. Each row is one lot card: title, current bid, bid count, estimate when shown, auction house, location, time left, and the lead photo.

Dealers and appraisers use it as a HiBid scraper and as an API alternative to copying the catalog by hand. Export JSON from the Apify dataset with Python, Node.js, cURL, or an MCP client.

Crawloop auction suite — live bids and sold comps next to HiBid.

HiBid	AuctionTime	BidSpotter	Ritchie Bros	eBay Sold
HiBid Auction Scraper ◄── you are here	AuctionTime Scraper	BidSpotter Scraper	Ritchie Bros Auction Scraper	eBay Sold Listings Scraper

Goldin	Heritage
Goldin Scraper	Heritage Auctions Scraper

When to use

Use this Actor when you need HiBid lots in a dataset: a keyword such as john deere, a category URL, one auction catalog, or a watch for new lots and bid changes.

Use AuctionTime Scraper next for equipment auctions on AuctionTime. Use eBay Sold Listings Scraper when you want sold comps for the same item.

Key features

• Keyword search on the public lot list, 25 cards per page
• Category URL, auction catalog URL, or a single lot URL
• Current bid, next bid, bid count, estimate, reserve label, auction house, location, shipping flag, time left, and photo
• Hot-lot filter
• Monitor mode: the first run stores fingerprints and writes no rows; later runs emit new lots and bid changes
• Bidder names are not saved

Input

Field	Default	What it does
searchQuery	john deere	Lot keyword. Blank, with no start URL, saves 0 rows
lotStatus	all	all or hot
startUrls	empty	HiBid search, category, catalog, or lot URL
maxItems	50	Maximum dataset rows
maxPages	3	Pages per URL. Lot search is 25 lots per page
monitorMode	false	Emit only new lots and bid changes after a seed run

{
  "searchQuery": "john deere",
  "lotStatus": "all",
  "maxItems": 25,
  "maxPages": 1
}

One auction catalog:

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://hibid.com/catalog/774722" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "maxPages": 1
}

Output

Field	Meaning
id, lotNumber, title	Lot identity
currentBid, nextBid, bidCount, currency	Bid on the card
estimateLow, estimateHigh, reserveStatus	Set when the card shows them
timeRemaining, saleType, sold	Time-left label, online-only label, sold/closed badge
auctioneerName, auctioneerUrl, auctionId	Auction house and sale id
location, city, state, shippingAvailable	Where the lot is, and whether the card offers shipping
url, imageUrl, images	Lot link and lead photo
changeType, previousPrice, monitoredAt	Set in monitor mode

{
  "id": "326834655",
  "lotNumber": "533",
  "title": "John Deere tractor.",
  "currentBid": 3,
  "nextBid": 4,
  "bidCount": 1,
  "currency": "USD",
  "timeRemaining": "21d 11h 52m",
  "saleType": "Online Only",
  "auctioneerName": "Irene Auction Company, LLC",
  "city": "Cherry Valley",
  "state": "IL",
  "shippingAvailable": true,
  "url": "https://hibid.com/lot/326834655/john-deere-tractor-"
}

Use cases

• Build a bid sheet for estate and equipment lots before they close
• Watch a keyword on a schedule and keep only new lots or bid changes
• Export one auction catalog into a dataset
• Compare a HiBid lot with sold comps from eBay Sold Listings Scraper

Integration examples

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor("crawloop/hibid-scraper").call({
  searchQuery: "john deere",
  maxItems: 25,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient(token="APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("crawloop/hibid-scraper").call(run_input={
    "searchQuery": "john deere",
    "maxItems": 25,
})
items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items
print(items)

cURL

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/crawloop~hibid-scraper/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searchQuery":"john deere","maxItems":25}'

MCP and AI assistants

Use this Actor from AI tools via Apify MCP. Connect your Apify account, then call this Actor by its Store name crawloop/hibid-scraper.

Example prompts:

• "Run HiBid Auction Scraper for john deere and return 20 lots as JSON with bid, location, and time left."
• "Scrape the HiBid catalog I paste and list auction house, current bid, and bid count."
• "Chain HiBid Auction Scraper then eBay Sold Listings Scraper to compare a live bid with sold comps."

Suite next step

After the HiBid export, run eBay Sold Listings Scraper for sold comps, or AuctionTime Scraper when the equipment is listed on AuctionTime.

FAQ

Does this log in or place bids?

No. It reads public lot cards. It does not sign in, watch, or bid.

Why did a blank run save nothing?

A run with no keyword and no HiBid URL does not download the whole site. Set a search or paste a catalog URL.

Are closed hammers included?

The row is the public card. sold is true only when that card’s badge says sold or closed. A separate archive hammer is not requested.

What does monitor mode write on the first run?

Nothing to the dataset. It stores lot fingerprints. The next scheduled run writes new lots and bid changes.