🚜 RB Auction Scraper — Ritchie Bros. Industrial Equipment Auction Data

Extract structured auction data from rbauction.com — Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, a leading global marketplace for industrial equipment auctions. This Apify Actor turns Ritchie Bros. category pages and item listings into clean, structured JSON datasets covering sold results and open auctions for construction equipment, trucks, trailers, agricultural machinery, and more.

Whether you're valuing your own inventory against recent sold prices, monitoring upcoming auctions for specific equipment types, or building a market intelligence dashboard for heavy equipment, this scraper delivers ready-to-use auction records — no manual browsing, no copy-paste.

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🚀 Key Features

• 🔎 Scrape any category or item URL — pass rbauction.com category pages (/cp/...) or individual item detail pages (/pdp/...)
• 🏷️ Sold and Open listings — pull historical sold results for pricing analysis, or open lots for upcoming auctions
• 📅 Smart date filtering — filter by absolute dates (2026-06-01) or relative ranges (7 days, 2 weeks, 1 month)
• 🛠️ Rich equipment details — manufacturer, model, year, serial number/VIN, usage hours, features, and descriptions
• 📍 Full location data — city, state/region, country, and geo coordinates for every lot
• 🗓️ Auction event context — sale event name, start/end times, time zone, buying format (live or timed auction), lot number
• 📸 Image URLs — direct links to listing photos
• 🔐 Optional cookie authentication — sign in with your own Ritchie Bros. session cookies to unlock richer data, including prices
• 📑 Automatic pagination — walks category results until it reaches your max_items limit
• 📤 Multiple export formats — JSON, CSV, Excel, XML via the Apify dataset
• 🔁 Schedulable runs — refresh daily or weekly to track the market over time

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👥 Who Is This Actor For?

• 🏗️ Equipment dealers & sellers valuing inventory against real sold prices
• 📈 Market analysts tracking supply, demand, and price trends across regions
• 🛒 Buyers & brokers monitoring upcoming auctions for specific machines
• 🏦 Lenders, insurers & appraisers enriching collateral and valuation datasets
• 🧠 Data scientists building pricing models for heavy equipment
• 🤖 AI builders grounding market research agents in live auction data

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💡 Common Use Cases

• Build a historical sold-price database for equipment valuation
• Monitor open auctions for a specific category (e.g., wood chippers, excavators, trucks)
• Compare auction activity and prices across US, Canadian, and international sites
• Track how quickly specific equipment types sell and at what usage hours
• Feed a pricing model or market dashboard with fresh weekly auction snapshots

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🔗 Supported URL Types

You can mix and match these in the urls input:

URL Type	Example
Category page	https://www.rbauction.com/cp/landscaping-equipment
Category page with status filter	https://www.rbauction.com/cp/mulcher-attachment?listingStatuses=Sold
Item detail page	https://www.rbauction.com/pdp/...

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📥 Input Configuration

Field	Type	Description	Default
urls	Array of URLs	One or more rbauction.com category URLs or item detail (/pdp/) URLs.	Required
listing_statuses	String	Which listings to include: "Sold" or "Open".	"Sold"
date_from	String	Start date for auction filtering — YYYY-MM-DD or relative (7 days, 2 weeks, 1 month).	None
date_to	String	End date for auction filtering — same formats as date_from.	None
max_items	Integer	Maximum number of items to scrape.	120
cookies	Array	Optional Ritchie Bros. session cookies (browser export format) to unlock richer data, including prices.	None

Example Input

{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.rbauction.com/cp/mulcher-attachment?listingStatuses=Sold"
  ],
  "listing_statuses": "Sold",
  "date_from": "1 month",
  "max_items": 120
}

How to Provide Cookies (Optional)

Signing in with your own Ritchie Bros. account cookies returns richer data, including prices:

1. Install the Cookie-Editor Chrome extension
2. Log in to your rbauction.com account
3. Open the extension and export the rbauction.com cookies
4. Paste the exported JSON into the cookies input field

📺 Video — how to get cookies (0:14)

Note: session cookies expire after a few days, so refresh them for scheduled runs.

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📤 Output

Each dataset item includes:

• Equipment — manufacturer, model, manufacture year, serial number, usage hours, features, asset description, category
• Auction event — sale event name, start/end date-times, time zone, buying format (live or timed), lot number, listing status
• Location — city, state, country, site name, geo coordinates
• Media & pricing context — image URL, price currency

Example Output

{
  "itemNumber": "9154189",
  "assetDescription": "2022 Bandit 3590TK Tracked Wood Chipper",
  "manufacturerLocalized": "Bandit",
  "modelLocalized": "3590TK",
  "manufactureYear": 2022,
  "serialNumber": "517858",
  "usageHours": 251,
  "features": "2020 US EPA Label, Cat C27 V12 876 hp 27.0 L Diesel Engine, Requires Diesel Exhaust Fluid, 50 in Feed Opening, Saylor-Beall Air Compressor",
  "assetTypeLocalized": "Wood Chipper",
  "categoryLocalized": "Landscaping Equipment",
  "primaryIndustryLocalized": "Consumer Items",
  "listingStatus": "Sold",
  "saleEventName": "Sacramento, CA, USA - Mar 22, 2023",
  "eventAdvertisedName": "Sacramento, CA, USA - Mar 22, 2023",
  "eventStartDateTime": 1679497200000,
  "eventEndDateTime": 1679612400000,
  "eventTimeZone": "America/Los_Angeles",
  "buyingFormat": "Live Auction",
  "buyingPlatform": "Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers",
  "lotNumber": "417",
  "locationCity": "Dunnigan",
  "locationState": "CA",
  "locationCountry": "USA",
  "itemSiteName": "Sacramento",
  "locationCoordinates": [-121.9695801, 38.88523780000001],
  "priceCurrency": "USD",
  "imageUrl": "https://cdn.ironpla.net/i/12494/286/6a684241-5ece-4153-8d46-acfe2cbf0aab.jpg",
  "hasPhoto": true,
  "ironCladAssurance": false,
  "sellingMethod": "TAL"
}

Each item also carries additional provider-published fields (event IDs, industry classifications, indexing timestamps, and more) so you never lose information.

You can export the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS, or HTML directly from the Apify Console, or pull it via the Apify API.

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💰 Pricing & Limits

This scraper uses a pay-per-result pricing model.

Plan	Per-Run Limit	Monthly Limit
Free	20 results	1,000 results
Paid	Unlimited	Pay per result

Free plan users can try the scraper with up to 20 results per run and 1,000 results per month. Paid plan users are charged per result with no per-run limit.

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❓ FAQs

What is the RB Auction scraper?

It's an Apify Actor that extracts structured auction data from rbauction.com (Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers). You give it category or item URLs, and it returns clean JSON with equipment specs, auction event details, locations, and images.

Can I scrape sold prices?

Sold listings include full equipment and auction details plus the price currency. To get richer data, including prices, provide your own Ritchie Bros. session cookies via the cookies input (see the cookie instructions above).

Do I need cookies to run the scraper?

No — cookies are optional. Without them the scraper still returns full equipment, event, and location data for each lot.

How do the date filters work?

Set date_from and/or date_to to limit results by auction date. Both accept absolute dates (2026-06-01) or relative expressions (7 days, 2 weeks, 1 month), so a scheduled run can always cover a rolling window.

Does it handle pagination automatically?

Yes. When you pass a category URL, the scraper walks through the result pages until it reaches your max_items limit or the last available item.

What output formats are supported?

JSON, CSV, Excel (XLSX), XML, RSS, and HTML — all available directly from the Apify Console or via the Apify API.

How fresh is the data?

The scraper fetches listings live on every run. Schedule it daily or weekly to keep your dataset current.

Can I integrate it with my database, spreadsheet, or AI agent?

Yes — every Apify Actor exposes a REST API, webhooks, and integrations with Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, Slack, and more. You can also call it directly from your own backend or LLM-powered agent.

Is it legal to scrape rbauction.com?

This scraper accesses publicly available auction pages (and, optionally, your own logged-in session). You're responsible for ensuring your specific use case complies with Ritchie Bros.' terms of service and any applicable laws in your jurisdiction. If you're unsure, consult a lawyer.

Can you build a custom version for my use case?

Yes — get in touch via the contact details below and we'll scope a tailored solution.

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Image Credit

Image credit: rbauction.com

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📬 Contact & Support

• Email: coredev.dan@gmail.com
• Found a bug or need a new field? Reach out anytime — we ship fixes fast.
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