Ritchie Bros Auction Scraper — Heavy Equipment Lots & Sold Prices

Crawloop Used Machinery Suite — US Ritchie Bros / RB Auction live-timed lots and sold hammer prices with make/model/year, hours, serials, GPS, and auction events. Pair with Machineryline / Troostwijk / Surplex for EU comps.

Machineryline (EU)	Troostwijk	Surplex	Truck1	Ritchie Bros
Machineryline Scraper	Troostwijk Scraper	Surplex Scraper	Truck1 Scraper	Ritchie Bros Auction Scraper ◄── you are here

Disclaimer: Unofficial tool — not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Ritchie Bros., RB Global, IronPlanet, Marketplace-E, GovPlanet, TruckPlanet, or their brands. Data is read from publicly accessible pages only. You are responsible for complying with applicable law and site terms. No warranty on accuracy or availability.

What this Ritchie Bros scraper does

This Ritchie Bros auction scraper (rbauction scraper) extracts heavy equipment lots into clean JSON on Apify — an RB Auction API alternative for dealers, appraisers, fleet buyers, and data teams. Pull active live/timed auction inventory or sold listings with hammer prices, plus make, model, year, hours, serial number, GPS, auction event, location, and images. Run from Python, Node.js, cURL, or MCP / AI assistants and export the dataset to CSV / Excel without manual browsing.

Use listings for fast catalog pulls or details for PDP enrichment. Enable monitorMode with an Apify Schedule to track new lots and price changes.

When to use

• Scrape Ritchie Bros regional auctions for excavators, loaders, dozers, trucks, cranes, and agricultural equipment
• Build sold price comps / residual models from hammer prices (make + model + year + hours)
• Filter by manufacturer (Cat, John Deere, Komatsu), category slug, country, year range, or free-text keywords
• Include optional network channels: IronPlanet, Marketplace-E, GovPlanet, TruckPlanet
• Monitor a category or brand daily for new inventory and price moves

When not to use: for European dealer boards, start with Machineryline Scraper. For EU industrial auction lots, use Troostwijk Scraper or Surplex Scraper.

Used machinery auction pipeline

US auction hub                              EU enrichment
─────────────                               ─────────────

  Ritchie Bros Auction Scraper ◄── you are here
       │ Live/timed lots + sold hammer prices
       ▼
  IronPlanet / Marketplace-E ──────────────► Online weekly + Buy Now
  Machineryline / Truck1 ─────────────────► EU asking prices & contacts
  Troostwijk / Surplex ───────────────────► EU auction lots & bids

  Join by make + model + year ──► comps, sourcing, residual checks

Key features

• Active + sold — upcoming / open lots and historical hammer prices on one Actor
• Heavy equipment auction data — price, make/model/year, hours/miles, serial, GPS, auction dates, features, images
• Platform filters — Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (default), IronPlanet, Marketplace-E, GovPlanet, TruckPlanet
• Two run modes — listings (fast) and details (PDP enrichment)
• Monitor mode — seed fingerprints, then emit only new / price_change rows
• HTTP-first — curl_cffi Chrome TLS (no headless browser overhead); Apify Residential (US) recommended

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
startUrls	Array	RB heavy-equipment sample	Search or PDP URLs
searchQuery	String	—	Server-side freeText keywords
platforms	Array	["Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers"]	Network channels
listingMode	String	active	active or sold
manufacturer	String	—	e.g. Cat, Komatsu
categorySlug	String	—	e.g. excavators, truck-tractors
country	String	—	e.g. USA, CAN
yearMin / yearMax	Integer	—	Client-side year filter
ironCladOnly	Boolean	false	IronClad Assurance only
runMode	String	listings	listings or details
maxItems	Integer	100	Emit budget
maxPages	Integer	40	Pages (~60 listings/page)
monitorMode	Boolean	false	Delta tracking via named KV store
proxyConfiguration	Object	US Residential prefill	Apify proxy settings

{
  "platforms": ["Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers"],
  "listingMode": "sold",
  "manufacturer": "Cat",
  "categorySlug": "excavators",
  "yearMin": 2018,
  "searchQuery": "336",
  "runMode": "listings",
  "maxItems": 200,
  "maxPages": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}

With monitorMode: true, the first run seeds fingerprints and writes no dataset rows. Later scheduled runs emit only changeType: "new" or "price_change".

Output

Field	Description
id / itemNumber	Equipment item id
title / make / model / year	Equipment identity
price / soldPrice / startPrice / currency	Best available + sold / start fields
hours / serialNumber	Usage + serial when published
buyingPlatform / buyingFormat / listingStatus	Channel metadata
ironCladAssurance	IronClad inspection flag
latitude / longitude / location	GPS + place
auctionName / auctionEndAt	Sale event timing
url / images	Links and photos
changeType	Present in monitor mode (new / price_change)

{
  "id": "15557234",
  "itemNumber": "15557234",
  "title": "2023 Cat 336 Tracked Excavator",
  "make": "Cat",
  "model": "336",
  "year": 2023,
  "price": 100,
  "currency": "USD",
  "hours": 2309,
  "serialNumber": "CAT00336HRDL10178",
  "buyingPlatform": "Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers",
  "buyingFormat": "Timed Auction",
  "listingStatus": "New",
  "location": "Perris, CA, USA",
  "latitude": 33.8217,
  "longitude": -117.204,
  "auctionName": "California Regional Auction, USA - Aug 05, 2026",
  "url": "https://www.rbauction.com/pdp/15557234",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-07T12:00:00Z"
}

Use cases

1. Valuation comps — sold Cat / Komatsu excavators by year and hours
2. Dealer sourcing — upcoming regional auction lots by brand and state
3. Fleet remarketing — compare hammer history to asking prices elsewhere
4. Inventory monitors — schedule the Actor and emit only new / price-change rows
5. Cross-market joins — match make/model/year against Machineryline or Troostwijk exports

Integration examples

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('crawloop/rbauction-scraper').call({
  platforms: ['Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers'],
  listingMode: 'sold',
  manufacturer: 'Cat',
  categorySlug: 'excavators',
  maxItems: 100,
  runMode: 'listings',
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items.slice(0, 5));

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient(token)
run = client.actor("crawloop/rbauction-scraper").call(
    run_input={
        "platforms": ["Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers"],
        "listingMode": "active",
        "manufacturer": "Cat",
        "maxItems": 100,
        "runMode": "listings",
    }
)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["title"], item.get("price"), item.get("auctionName"))

cURL

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/crawloop~rbauction-scraper/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"platforms":["Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers"],"listingMode":"sold","manufacturer":"Cat","maxItems":50}'

MCP and AI assistants

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

Example prompts:

• "Run the Ritchie Bros auction scraper for sold Cat excavators from 2018+ and return the top 25 rows as JSON"
• "Scrape upcoming Ritchie Bros timed auction lots in the USA for Komatsu wheel loaders and summarize median start price by year"
• "Chain Ritchie Bros Auction Scraper then Machineryline Scraper for Cat 320 comps across US auctions and EU dealer stock"

Suite next step

After Ritchie Bros pulls, enrich European asking prices and contacts with Machineryline Scraper, or add industrial auction lots via Surplex Scraper / Troostwijk Scraper.

FAQ

Is this an official Ritchie Bros API?
No. It is an unofficial Ritchie Bros / RB Auction / rbauction.com API alternative that reads publicly available listing pages and returns structured JSON for your own analysis workflows.

What can I scrape with this Ritchie Bros scraper?
Active network lots and sold auction results: hammer prices, specs, hours, serials, GPS, auction metadata, and images. Default platform is Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (~80k+ active; 1M+ sold publicly indexed).

Active vs sold?
listingMode: "active" returns open / preview / new inventory. listingMode: "sold" returns completed results; sold cards often expose the hammer price in soldPrice / price.

Do I need a headless browser?
No. The Actor uses HTTP with Chrome TLS impersonation (curl_cffi). Residential proxies improve reliability.

Can I scrape with Python or Node.js?
Yes — use the Apify client examples above, or call the Actor from MCP / AI assistants.

How do I export results?
Download the Apify dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel, or pull items via the Apify API / client in Python or Node.js.

Related Actors

• Machineryline Scraper — EU heavy equipment classifieds
• Troostwijk Scraper — industrial auction lots
• Surplex Scraper — used machinery auctions
• Truck1 Scraper — commercial trucks
• Agriaffaires Scraper — farm equipment