Manheim Scraper: Public Auction Cars, VINs and Condition Grades

Manheim Scraper is an Apify Actor that extracts vehicle lots from the Manheim Public Auction (publicauction.manheim.com), the lanes of 23 Manheim locations in the United States that are open to the public. Each lot row has the VIN, year, make, model, mileage, condition grade, title status, lane and run number, sale date, seller type and the photo list. It also returns sale schedules and Manheim location pages. No login, proxy or browser is needed. Pay per result.

Export the result as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or read it through the Apify API. The actor does not touch the dealer-only Manheim products (Manheim Market, OVE, MMR valuations), which need a dealer login.

What can you scrape from Manheim?

• Auction lots (lot): the cars, trucks, vans and SUVs listed for the next public sale of each location, with VIN, odometer, condition grade, announcements, title status and brandings, AutoCheck summary, lane, run number, sale date and time, and the full photo list. On 2026-10-19 the feed held 2,163 lots at 9 of the 23 locations, 779 of them at Baltimore-Washington. On 2026-10-23 it held 1,279 lots at 6 locations.
• Condition report and build (lot-detail, optional): the damage list, tires with tread depth, key count, paint type, interior odor, emissions and the decoded build (engine, transmission, equipment, MSRP, warranty).
• Sales (sale): one row per location and sale day with the lot count, the lanes, and the top makes, body types and seller types.
• Locations (location): the Manheim auction sites with address, coordinates, phone, fax, office and gate hours, sale days and social links. The site lists 83 United States locations.
• Lot changes (lot-change): with monitoring on, a repeat run returns only new lots, and a lot whose status, sale day, lane, run number, grade or bid moved comes back with the previous values.

Why use this Manheim scraper?

• Public data only: no login, no dealer licence, no proxy. A burst of 44 cloud requests without proxy on 2026-10-19 returned HTTP 200 every time.
• Real filters: 23 public auction locations, makes, model text, model year range, mileage range, minimum condition grade, body types, seller types, keyword, sale date and as-is lots, with 7 sort orders. Every filter was checked against the rows it returns.
• Complete scans: one location is read 100 lots per page with a sort that has no ties, so a 779-lot sale comes back with no lot missing and none repeated.
• Look up by VIN or lot id: paste 17-character VINs, lot addresses or lot ids. A lot of a sale that is already over still answers, with status Sold or No Sale.
• Honest mileage: when Manheim marks the true mileage as unknown or the vehicle as odometer exempt, mileageNotActual is true and the placeholder reading (999999 or 1) is left out.
• Privacy built in: seller names are shown for businesses such as lenders, fleets and agencies. The name of an individual seller is never output.

How to scrape Manheim public auction lots in four steps

1. Open the actor on Apify and choose What to collect, usually Auction lots (vehicles).
2. Pick one or more Public auction locations, or leave them empty for all 23, and set filters such as make, model year or condition grade.
3. Set the maximum number of items and click Start.
4. Download the dataset from the Storage tab.

A minimal input that returns the best-graded late-model Toyota and Honda lots at Baltimore-Washington:

{
  "mode": "lots",
  "locations": ["BWAE"],
  "makes": ["Toyota", "Honda"],
  "yearFrom": 2020,
  "maxMileage": 60000,
  "minCondition": 3.5,
  "sortBy": "condition-best",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Four ways to collect data

Mode (mode)	Use it to	Record types
lots	List the lots of the chosen locations and filter them	lot, lot-detail, lot-change
sales	See one row per location and sale day with lanes and lot counts	sale
locations	List the Manheim sites with address, hours and sale days	location
urls	Read public auction addresses, single lots, lot ids, VINs or location pages that you list	lot, lot-detail, location

A location with no sale scheduled returns no lots. Most of the 23 locations are empty between sale weeks, so leave the locations field empty or choose the ones that sell this week.

What data do you get from Manheim?

Every row has a recordType: lot, lot-detail, lot-change, sale or location. Fields that do not apply to a record type are left out, never filled with empty values.

Field	Description
listingId, url, title, imageUrl	Lot id such as Simulcast.BWAE.14084279, address, title and cover photo
year, make, model, trim, vehicleType	Vehicle identity and type such as car, truck, van or motorcycle
bodyType, driveType, fuelType, transmission, engineSize, engine, doors, seats, color, interiorColor	Build and colors
vin, owners, features	VIN, owner count from AutoCheck and the option list
mileage, mileageUnit, mileageNotActual	Odometer reading, its unit, and a flag when the reading is not the true mileage
conditionGrade, conditionReportUrl, lights, announcements	Grade, report link, light colors and auction announcements
titleStatus, titleBrandings, isSalvage, hasFrameDamage, hasPriorPaint, isDrivable, isInop, isCertified, asIs	Title and damage flags
autocheckScore, accidentCount, odometerCheckOk, titleCheckOk, usageCheckOk	AutoCheck summary
auctionId, auctionName, saleId, saleName, saleType, saleDate, auctionStartTime, auctionEndTime	Location code and name, sale and its schedule
laneNumber, runNumber, laneName, status, isClosedSale, isSold	Place in the sale and lot status (Live, Sold, No Sale)
price, currentBid, bidIncrement, currency	Filled only when the feed carries a bid or a sale amount
sellerName, sellerType, sellerCity, sellerState, consignor	Business seller, its type and home city
locationName, address, city, region, postalCode, latitude, longitude	Where the lot is parked
images, imageCount, publishedAt, updatedAt, scrapedAt	Photo list, photo count, listing dates and extraction time

Sample output

A real lot row from a cloud run (photo list and options shortened):

{
  "imageUrl": "https://images.cdn.manheim.com/20261005134521-da773330-8be1-4481-a9dd-9891cf45d455.jpg",
  "recordType": "lot",
  "title": "2023 Kia Forte LXS",
  "listingId": "Simulcast.BWAE.14084279",
  "url": "https://publicauction.manheim.com/locations/BWAE#/details/3KPF24AD9PE589368/Simulcast",
  "sourceSite": "manheim.com",
  "vehicleType": "car",
  "year": 2023,
  "make": "Kia",
  "model": "Forte",
  "trim": "LXS",
  "fuelType": "Gasoline",
  "transmission": "CVT",
  "mileage": 56743,
  "mileageUnit": "mi",
  "vin": "3KPF24AD9PE589368",
  "features": ["Driver Air Bag", "Power Windows", "AM/FM Stereo"],
  "auctionId": "BWAE",
  "auctionName": "Manheim Baltimore-Washington",
  "saleDate": "2026-10-20",
  "laneNumber": 8,
  "runNumber": 1,
  "status": "Live",
  "conditionGrade": 3.6,
  "lights": ["green"],
  "autocheckScore": 88,
  "sellerName": "Glenmont Financial Services",
  "sellerType": "Finance",
  "region": "MD",
  "images": ["https://images.cdn.manheim.com/20261005134521-da773330-8be1-4481-a9dd-9891cf45d455.jpg"],
  "imageCount": 38,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-19T15:39:54.924Z"
}

Lots are listed before their lane runs, so currentBid and price carry a value only when the feed has one. None of the 2,163 lots read on 2026-10-19 had a bid or a price. Once a sale is over, its lots leave the search and only a lookup by lot id still answers, with status Sold or No Sale and no amount.

Monitor new lots and lot changes

Switch on Only new rows (monitor) and the actor remembers every lot it delivered, in a named key-value store of your own account. Scheduled runs of the same search return only unseen lots. Add Report lot changes and a lot whose status, sale day, lane, run number, grade or bid changed comes back as a lot-change row with the previous values. Skipped lots are never charged, so keep scheduled searches narrow and run them once or twice a day before each sale.

How does it compare with other Manheim scrapers?

Rival read on 2026-10-19: getdataforme/maheim-details-spider is the only Store actor that mentions the Manheim domain. It has 4 users in total and 0 in the last 30 days, 17 output fields about the page owner (organization name, logo, social links) and no vehicle fields, and its main event costs $0.09 per result plus $0.05 per start.

	Manheim Scraper	getdataforme Manheim spider
Source	Manheim Public Auction and Manheim location pages	Manheim domain pages
Record types	Lots, condition reports, sales, locations, lot changes	One page record
Vehicle fields (VIN, mileage, grade, photos)	Yes	No
Filters	Location, make, model, year, mileage, grade, body, seller, keyword, sale day	None stated
VIN lookup and monitoring	Built in	Not in its output

Choose this actor for public auction lots with condition grades, AutoCheck summaries and sale schedules. It does not return dealer-only data such as MMR valuations.

Is it legal to scrape Manheim? Limits and responsible use

The actor reads the public pages and the public search endpoint of the Manheim Public Auction web app. It does not log in, hold a dealer account or bypass any protection, and it makes one request at a time with a short pause. The Manheim terms bind registered buyers, and no terms for anonymous visitors were found when this actor was built. Seller names are shown only for businesses, and staff contacts of locations appear only when you switch on Include contact details. You are responsible for using the data in line with the site terms and United States data protection law.

Limits:

• Only the 23 public auction locations are covered. Dealer-only inventory is out of reach.
• The actor does not request or output MMR, retail valuation or invoice figures.
• Lots exist only before and during the sale week of a location. Empty locations return no rows.
• Bids and prices are not published before the sale, and lots disappear from the search once the sale is over.
• Free Apify plans are limited to 10 items per run.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

Connect the Apify MCP server to Claude, Cursor or another MCP client and this actor appears as a tool: https://mcp.apify.com?tools=RecordsData/manheim-scraper.

Example prompt: "List the 20 best-graded Toyota and Honda lots from 2020 or newer at Manheim Baltimore-Washington with under 60,000 miles, and show VIN, grade, mileage and lane." The agent sends { "mode": "lots", "locations": ["BWAE"], "makes": ["Toyota", "Honda"], "yearFrom": 2020, "maxMileage": 60000, "sortBy": "condition-best", "maxItems": 20 } and analyzes the rows.

Run it from code

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('RecordsData/manheim-scraper').call({
    mode: 'lots',
    locations: ['BWAE'],
    makes: ['Toyota'],
    maxItems: 20,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items.length, items[0].title, items[0].conditionGrade, items[0].laneNumber);

You can also use the Python client, Make, Zapier or n8n, or schedule the actor from the Apify Console.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Manheim vehicles can I scrape?

The lots of the Manheim Public Auction, the lanes that 23 Manheim locations open to the public across the United States. Each row names its location in auctionId. Dealer-only inventory that needs a licence is not covered, because it is not public.

Do I need a proxy, a login or an API key?

No. The actor makes plain HTTP requests to the public auction app and needs no proxy, browser or Manheim account. You only need an Apify account, and the free plan returns up to 10 items per run.

Is it legal to scrape Manheim?

The actor reads publicly visible auction lots and does not log in. The Manheim terms bind registered buyers and no terms for anonymous visitors were found, but you remain responsible for how you use the data. Seller names are shown only for businesses, and personal contacts stay out unless you switch them on for location pages.

How much does a run cost?

The actor is billed per result: one event for each lot, condition report, lot change, sale and location row. The Pricing tab of the actor page shows the live rate. Error rows, empty searches and monitoring skips are never charged.

Why does a location return no lots?

Public auction lots exist only around the sale week of each location. On 2026-10-23 Baltimore-Washington had 595 lots, Ohio 462, Fredericksburg 93, Harrisonburg 70, Maryland 49 and Cleveland 10, and the other 17 locations had none. An empty search ends as succeeded with an empty dataset and charges nothing.

Can I get the final sale price of a lot?

No price is published before the sale and the search drops the lots once the sale ends. A lookup by lot id of a finished sale returns status Sold or No Sale without an amount. Monitor mode with Report lot changes tells you when the status, lane or bid of a lot moves.

How many lots can I get in one run?

All the lots of the chosen locations. The largest sale read, Baltimore-Washington on 2026-10-19, had 779 lots and came back complete in one run. Set Maximum items to what you need.

Can I get only the lots added since my last run?

Yes. Switch on Only new rows (monitor) and keep the same search settings or the same Monitor name. Add Report lot changes to also get a row when a lot changes. Skipped lots are never charged.

What is in the condition report rows?

Turn on Add condition report and build details and every lot also gives a lot-detail row with the damage list, tires, key count, grade text and the decoded build: engine, transmission, equipment, MSRP and warranty. It adds one row per lot and makes the run slower.

What happens when the search finds nothing or the input is wrong?

A search with no hits ends as succeeded with an empty dataset and charges nothing. A wrong input, for example a year range where the start is after the end, ends as succeeded with one free error row that explains the problem.

Support

Questions, a missing field or a feature request: contact.punkrecordsdata@gmail.com. Reviews on the actor page help other people find it.

This actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with Manheim or Cox Automotive.