🚔 GovDeals Vehicle Auction Scraper: Government Surplus Vehicles

Government surplus and seized vehicle auctions, turned into a feed. Scrape live GovDeals.com vehicle auctions with current bid, VIN, odometer, title status, and pickup location, ready for fleet sourcing, salvage rebuilding, and arbitrage.

🏛️ Real government sellers City fleets, sheriff's offices, state agencies, and liquidation partners.

🔑 VIN and title status Vehicle identification, condition, and title restriction, when the listing publishes one.

💰 Live bid tracking Current bid, buy-now price, bid count, and time remaining.

🖼️ Full photo galleries Every public listing photo, not just the cover shot.

Government surplus auctions move fast and the good lots close within days. This Actor turns GovDeals.com's live vehicle listings into structured rows you can filter, watch, and re-run on a schedule, so you catch fleet drawdowns and impound lots before they close instead of after.

🔍 What does GovDeals Vehicle Auction Scraper do?

GovDeals Vehicle Auction Scraper pulls live auction data for cars, SUVs, pickup trucks, passenger vehicles, trucks, military vehicles, and classic/custom cars listed by US government agencies and their liquidation partners. Each record carries what a buyer actually needs to decide: make, model, year, VIN, condition, odometer, title status, current bid, buy-now price, auction end time, and pickup location.

Pick which vehicle categories to pull, optionally narrow by current bid range and pickup state, and the Actor returns exactly what the live listing shows. It doesn't guess at missing fields.

💡 Why use it?

• Fleet and dealer buyers can screen government surplus and impound inventory by price and state without opening each listing by hand.
• Salvage rebuilders and parts resellers get VIN, condition, and title status up front to judge a lot before bidding.
• Auction arbitrage resellers can monitor a filtered slice of GovDeals on a schedule and act while bids are still low.

🧭 How to use it

STEP 1 Pick categories and filters Vehicle categories, current bid range, and pickup state.

STEP 2 Run the Actor Set the max number of lots to collect.

STEP 3 Export results Download your dataset in JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML.

🧾 Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
startUrls	array of URLs	No	Paste public GovDeals.com category or search links built on the site itself. Overrides the category list below.
categories	array of enum	No	Which vehicle categories to pull: automobiles/cars, SUVs, pickup trucks, passenger vehicles, trucks, military vehicles, classic/custom cars. Default: all.
minCurrentBid / maxCurrentBid	integer	No	Minimum and maximum current bid, in USD.
states	array of strings	No	Limit to these two-letter US state codes for the pickup location.
fetchFullDetails	boolean	No	Open each lot's detail page for VIN, odometer, title status, full description, and all photos. Default true. Turn off for a faster run limited to summary fields.
maxItems	integer	No	Maximum vehicle lots saved to the dataset. Default 50.
proxyConfiguration	object	No	Optional proxy settings. Apify Proxy is recommended for frequent or high-volume runs.

📦 Output

Every record includes the lot link, vehicle identity, current bid and auction timing, pickup location, and photo gallery, when the listing publishes them.

{
  "lot_url": "https://www.govdeals.com/en/asset/698/26928",
  "lot_number": "26928-698",
  "title": "New (Surplus Inventory) 2025 Ford Mustang GT Premium 60th Anniversary Edition",
  "make": "Ford",
  "model": "Mustang 60th Anniv Editio",
  "model_year": 2025,
  "vin": "1FA6P8CF8S5410562",
  "condition": "SD",
  "title_status": "Clean Title",
  "odometer_value": 104,
  "odometer_unit": "Miles",
  "current_bid": 59233,
  "currency": "USD",
  "buy_now_price": 59293,
  "auction_end_date": "2026-08-21T17:55:55Z",
  "location_city": "Macon",
  "location_state": "GA",
  "seller_name": "Seller 26928 - GCZ4LSLLC",
  "image_url": "https://webassets.lqdt1.com/assets/photos/26928/26928_698_6bd11281-8856-400d-b413-a60a138b313c.jpg",
  "scraped_at": "2026-08-21T00:06:46.245Z"
}

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

📊 Data table

Field	Type	Description
lot_url, lot_number, asset_id, account_id, auction_id	string, number	Public lot link and its source identifiers.
title, description, category	string	Listing headline, full description, and vehicle category.
make, model, model_year, vin	string, number	Vehicle identity, when the listing publishes a VIN.
condition, title_status	string	Source condition code and title restriction, such as clean or salvage.
odometer_value, odometer_unit, odometer_accurate	number, string	Odometer reading, unit, and whether the seller marks the reading as accurate.
current_bid, currency, bid_count, buy_now_price, reserve_met	number, boolean	Live auction pricing at the time of the run.
auction_start_date, auction_end_date, time_remaining	string	Auction timing in UTC.
location_city, location_state, location_zip, location_country, latitude, longitude	string, number	Pickup location.
seller_name, inventory_id	string	Selling agency or liquidation partner, and internal inventory reference.
image_url, image_urls, video_url	string, array	Primary photo, full public gallery, and a walkaround video link, when the listing has one.
source_url, scraped_at	string	The page this record came from and when it was collected.

Any field the live listing does not publish is left out of that record entirely, so you never see placeholder or made-up values. Auction bids, timing, and status change constantly; treat every record as a snapshot at scraped_at, not a live feed.

💰 Pricing

This Actor runs on Apify's pay-per-event pricing. You only pay for lots actually returned, and an empty or failed run costs nothing beyond a few seconds of compute. There is no subscription.

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🛠️ Tips and advanced options

• Set minCurrentBid and maxCurrentBid together to screen out lots outside your budget before they hit your dataset.
• Turn fetchFullDetails off for a fast pass across many categories when you only need make, model, year, current bid, and location; turn it on when you need VIN, odometer, and title status to actually bid.
• condition and title_status come straight from the seller's own listing. GovDeals lots are sold as-is, and many surplus and impound vehicles carry salvage or restricted titles; always read title_status and the full description before bidding.
• Re-run this Actor on a schedule to catch new lots as agencies list them and to track how current_bid moves as an auction approaches its auction_end_date.

❓ FAQ

Why is vin missing on some lots? Not every GovDeals seller publishes a VIN on the listing, particularly on non-titled or parts-only lots. This Actor reports exactly what the source page shows.

Why does current_bid change between runs? GovDeals auctions are live. Bids move in real time until an auction closes, so re-running the Actor gives you a fresh snapshot, not a cached price.

Does this place bids? No. This Actor only reads public listing data. Bidding happens on GovDeals.com directly.

Is this affiliated with GovDeals or Liquidity Services? No. This is an independent tool that collects publicly available auction listing information. Use it in line with applicable rules and the source website's terms.

Found a bug or want a feature added? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab, or reach out for a custom version of this Actor.

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