Copart UK Scraper — Salvage Vehicle Auction Lots

Pull every live salvage and used-vehicle lot from Copart UK into one clean table — 52 fields per lot covering the vehicle, the damage, the write-off category, the money and the sale itself. Built for salvage traders, vehicle dismantlers and pricing analysts who need the whole UK auction catalogue as a spreadsheet each morning, instead of paging through a search grid twenty lots at a time.

Why This Scraper?

• 52 fields on every lot, not a search-grid summary — year, make, model, trim, body style, colour, fuel, engine size, primary and secondary damage, run condition, and the UK write-off category (Cat B breaker, Cat S repairable structural, Cat N repairable non-structural).
• Zero blanks on the fields that matter across 554 sampled lots — year, make, model, damage, write-off category, sale yard, postcode, sale date and a photo were present on every one, across five sale yards × three vehicle categories, every cell.
• V5 logbook status and first-registration date — the two fields that decide whether a UK salvage vehicle can go back on the road. Neither appears in search results; both arrive when you switch on full details.
• All 19 UK sale yards — Sandy, Sandtoft, Sandwich, Westbury, Chester, Rochford, Wisbech, Peterlee, York, Whitburn, Bristol, Colchester, Wolverhampton, Newbury, Belfast, Gloucester, East Kilbride, Corby and St Helens, each measured live returning lots, each row carrying its yard number, town and postcode — plus the sale yard's own coordinates when full details are on.
• Seven filters, each checked against Copart UK's own result counts — free-text make/model, sale yard, 12 vehicle categories, year from, year to, minimum mileage and maximum mileage. Combine them, or paste a lotSearchResults link from the address bar and the filters are read straight out of it.
• No misleading zeros: 12 value checks run against live data before every release — a lot nobody has bid on returns an empty current bid rather than £0, an un-estimated repair cost stays empty, and an odometer the yard never recorded stays empty instead of reading zero miles.
• Readable values, not internal codes — RUNS AND DRIVES, Motorcycle/ATV, Physical V5 Available, Minimum Bid. The 12 vehicle categories come from Copart UK's own label table, so a category they add tomorrow shows up as missing rather than as a raw code.
• GBP prices and odometer readings in miles — both confirmed against Copart UK's own British labelling, so a price is never mistaken for dollars and a mileage is never kilometres.

Use Cases

Salvage Buying & Sourcing

• Watch every lot at your two nearest yards and build a shortlist before the sale opens
• Filter to Cat N and Cat S repairables under 80,000 miles and skip the breakers entirely
• Catch buy-it-now lots — the price is on the row whenever Copart UK shows the label
• Rank by keys present, engine present and RUNS AND DRIVES for the lowest-risk rebuilds

Dismantling & Parts

• Build a weekly feed of Cat B breakers by make and model to plan parts intake
• Match arriving lots to the parts you are short of, by year, engine size and trim
• Read the extra damage areas (available with full details) to judge which panels survive

Pricing & Valuation

• Compare estimated retail value against the live bid across thousands of lots at once
• Model repair-cost-to-value ratios by damage type, write-off category and vehicle age
• Re-run the same search daily and watch how bids move as the sale date approaches

Market Research

• Measure how salvage supply splits across 19 yards, 12 vehicle categories and every fuel type
• Chart the write-off category mix over time — Cat B against Cat S against Cat N
• Compare regional stock: what Belfast lists this week versus what Wolverhampton lists

Data & Integration

• Send rows straight into Google Sheets, a database or your own pricing model
• Join to your own records on lotNumber, which is unique and stable on every row
• Schedule a daily run and fire a webhook when fresh lots land in the dataset

Getting Started

Simplest run

{
  "maxItems": 100
}

One yard, recent vans only

{
  "saleYard": "WHITBURN",
  "vehicleCategory": "VEHTYPE_B",
  "yearFrom": 2018,
  "maxItems": 500
}

A make and model, under 100,000 miles, with full details

{
  "searchTerm": "Ford Transit",
  "odometerMax": 100000,
  "enrichDetails": true,
  "maxItems": 250
}

Paste a search URL from the site

Run your search on Copart UK, copy the address bar, and the filters travel with it.

{
  "searchUrls": [
    "https://www.copart.co.uk/lotSearchResults?query=FORD"
  ],
  "maxItems": 500
}

The whole UK catalogue, fully enriched

{
  "maxItems": 0,
  "enrichDetails": true
}

Input Reference

What to Scrape

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchUrls	array	—	Copart UK search result URLs. Run your search on the site, then paste the address bar URL here. A URL that carries its own search or filters replaces the filter fields below for that search.
maxItems	integer	100	Maximum lots per search URL. Set to 0 to collect everything the search returns.

Search Filters

Used on their own when Search URLs is empty. Leave every field blank to collect the whole UK catalogue.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchTerm	string	—	Make and/or model, for example Ford or Ford Transit. Matched against the make and model of each lot.
saleYard	string	—	One of the 19 UK yards, chosen from a drop-down. Blank means every yard.
vehicleCategory	string	—	One of 12 categories: cars and light vehicles, commercials under 7.5 tonnes, motorcycle/ATV, HGV, caravan, RV, plant, agricultural, boat, jet ski, snowmobile, other goods.
yearFrom	integer	—	Oldest model year to include.
yearTo	integer	—	Newest model year to include.
odometerMin	integer	—	Lowest odometer reading to include, in miles.
odometerMax	integer	—	Highest odometer reading to include, in miles.

Options

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
enrichDetails	boolean	false	Adds the 12 extra fields listed below, including V5 status and first-registration date. Costs one extra request per lot and bills at the higher rate.
concurrency	integer	8	How many requests to run at once. Lower it if you see failures.
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify Proxy	Network settings for the run.

Output

Every lot is one dataset row. Switching on enrichDetails adds 12 further fields to that same row — there is no second record type to join.

The example below is a real captured lot, exactly as the actor emits it with full details enabled.

{
  "lotNumber": 57471226,
  "url": "https://www.copart.co.uk/lot/57471226",
  "title": "2003 VAUXHALL CORSA 1.0I 12V LIFE 3DR",
  "year": 2003,
  "make": "VAUXHALL",
  "model": "CORSA",
  "modelDetail": "CORSA 1.0I 12V LIFE 3DR",
  "trim": "1.0i 12V Life 3dr",
  "vehicleType": "Vehicles Under 7.5 Tonnes",
  "bodyStyle": "HATCHBACK",
  "colour": "SILVER",
  "fuelType": "PETROL",
  "transmission": "5 SPEED MANUAL",
  "driveTrain": "2 AXLE RIGID BODY",
  "engineCc": "998 cc",
  "odometerMiles": 56024,
  "damage": "FRONT END",
  "secondaryDamage": "MECHANICAL",
  "runCondition": "ENGINE START PROGRAM",
  "titleType": "CAT B - BREAKER",
  "titleGroup": "BREAKER",
  "currency": "GBP",
  "currentBid": 100,
  "estimatedRetailValue": 1349.67,
  "yardMinimumBid": 50,
  "saleType": "Pure Sale",
  "saleYard": "WHITBURN",
  "yardNumber": 412,
  "city": "WHITBURN",
  "postcode": "EH47 7RJ",
  "country": "GBR",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://cs.copart.com/v1/AUTH_svc.pdoc00001/lpp/0626/5e54f9bc5e56498ebbfc5174f6d0548b_thb.jpg",
  "saleDate": "2026-07-30T11:30:00+00:00",
  "saleTimeLocal": "12:30:00",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-27T14:22:10+00:00",
  "lotFeatures": ["Hot Items"],
  "hasKeys": true,
  "v5Status": "Physical V5 Available",
  "additionalDamage": ["SIDE", "UNDERCARRIAGE"],
  "yardLatitude": 55.86532,
  "yardLongitude": -3.65137,
  "isOffsiteLot": false,
  "hasEngine": true,
  "lotSold": false,
  "timeZone": "Europe/London",
  "firstRegisteredDate": "2003-11-27T00:00:00"
}

Fields with no value on a given lot are left out of that row rather than filled with a zero or an empty string.

Core Fields

Field	Type	Description
lotNumber	number	Copart lot number — unique and stable, the key to join on
url	string	Direct link to the lot page
title	string	Full lot title, as shown on the site
year	number	Model year
make	string	Make
model	string	Model group
modelDetail	string	Full model description
trim	string	Trim
vehicleType	string	One of 12 categories, as a label
bodyStyle	string	Body style
colour	string	Colour
fuelType	string	Fuel type
transmission	string	Transmission, where the vehicle has one
driveTrain	string	Drive train
engineCc	string	Engine size, e.g. 998 cc
odometerMiles	number	Odometer reading in miles; empty when the yard recorded none
odometerBrand	string	Odometer brand, e.g. ACTUAL, when stated
damage	string	Primary damage
secondaryDamage	string	Secondary damage
runCondition	string	Run condition, e.g. RUNS AND DRIVES
titleType	string	UK write-off category, e.g. CAT B - BREAKER
titleGroup	string	Category group, e.g. BREAKER, C - SALVAGE

Price & Value

Field	Type	Description
currency	string	Currency of every money field — GBP on UK yards
currentBid	number	Highest bid so far; empty until somebody bids
buyNowPrice	number	Buy-it-now price, present only when the site shows the label
estimatedRetailValue	number	Estimated retail value of the vehicle undamaged
estimatedRepairCost	number	Estimated cost of repair, when the yard commissioned one
yardMinimumBid	number	The yard's published bid threshold, on the yards that publish one
saleType	string	Pure Sale, Minimum Bid or On Approval

Location & Media

Field	Type	Description
saleYard	string	Copart UK sale yard holding the lot
yardNumber	number	Yard number
city	string	Town or city of the yard
postcode	string	Yard postcode
country	string	Country code
thumbnailUrl	string	Thumbnail photo of the lot

Sale & Timestamps

Field	Type	Description
saleDate	string	Sale date and time in UTC
saleTimeLocal	string	The same sale time on the yard's own clock
lastUpdated	string	When Copart last updated the record
lotFeatures	array	Promotional labels, e.g. Hot Items, Featured Cars
hasKeys	boolean	Whether the lot comes with keys

With enrichDetails Enabled

Field	Type	Description
v5Status	string	V5 logbook status — Physical V5 Available, Partial V5 Available or V5 Reference only
firstRegisteredDate	string	First UK registration date
additionalDamage	array	Further damage areas beyond primary and secondary
yardLatitude	number	Latitude of the sale yard (not of the vehicle)
yardLongitude	number	Longitude of the sale yard (not of the vehicle)
isOffsiteLot	boolean	True when the vehicle sits away from its sale yard
offsiteLocationName	string	Name of the offsite location, e.g. Copart Hixon
offsiteLocationCity	string	Town of the offsite location
offsiteLocationPostcode	string	Postcode of the offsite location
hasEngine	boolean	Whether an engine is present
lotSold	boolean	Whether the lot has sold
timeZone	string	Time zone the local sale time is expressed in

Tips for Best Results

• Leave every filter blank and set maxItems to 0 to take the whole live UK catalogue — roughly 17,000 lots at any moment. Narrow with a yard or a year band when you only need a slice.
• Results are ordered by sale date, so page one is whatever sells next. Live stock moves while a run is going: the catalogue shifted by tens of lots inside a single measurement window. Filter to a yard, a year band or a make for a set that reconciles run to run, and match on lotNumber rather than on row position.
• odometerMin quietly excludes unrecorded mileage. Where a yard never recorded a reading the field comes back empty, and any minimum-mileage filter drops those lots. Motorcycles are the common case — bikes often arrive with no mileage and no transmission string at all — so leave the minimum blank on two-wheeler searches.
• yardMinimumBid is a yard policy, not a per-lot figure. Sixteen of the 19 UK yards publish a threshold on every lot they list; Gloucester, East Kilbride and St Helens publish none, so that column is empty for all three. An empty value means "this yard sets no threshold", never "£0".
• Turn enrichDetails on when you need V5 status, the first-registration date or the yard coordinates, and off for fast price-tracking sweeps — it costs one extra request per lot and bills at the higher rate. Rows whose detail lookup comes back empty are still delivered, at the search-only rate.
• The coordinates are the sale yard's, not the vehicle's — every lot at one yard shares the same pair. When isOffsiteLot is true the vehicle is physically at the named offsite location, which can be tens of miles from those coordinates, so use the offsite fields for collection planning.
• VIN and registration plate are masked by Copart UK — the site publishes only asterisks, so they are deliberately not in the output. Identify vehicles on lotNumber, and use title, year, make, modelDetail, trim and firstRegisteredDate to match against your own records.

Pricing

From $0.70 per 1,000 results (search only) or from $1.75 per 1,000 results (with full details).

Results	Search Only	With Full Details
100	$0.07	$0.175
1,000	$0.70	$1.75
10,000	$7.00	$17.50
100,000	$70.00	$175.00

Those are the rates on Gold and above. Higher-volume plans pay less per result:

Your Apify plan	Search Only	With Full Details
No discount	$0.84	$2.09
Bronze	$0.79	$1.99
Silver	$0.74	$1.84
Gold and above	$0.70	$1.75

Per 1,000 results.

A "result" is any lot row in the output dataset. When you run several searches at once, a lot matching more than one of them is de-duplicated before it reaches the dataset, so you are never charged twice for the same lot. The full-details rate applies only to rows that actually came back enriched — if a lot's detail record is unavailable, the row is still delivered and charged at the search-only rate. Platform fees (compute, storage) are additional and depend on your Apify plan.

Integrations

Export data in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS. Connect to 1,500+ apps via:

• Zapier / Make / n8n — Workflow automation
• Google Sheets — Direct spreadsheet export
• Slack / Email — Notifications on new results
• Webhooks — Trigger custom APIs on run completion
• Apify API — Full programmatic access

Legal & Ethical Use

This is an unofficial scraper. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Copart.co.uk or its operators in any way. All trademarks belong to their respective owners.

This actor is intended for legitimate market research, valuation and inventory analysis. You are responsible for complying with applicable laws and with Copart.co.uk's Terms of Service.

Vehicle identification numbers and registration plates are published in masked form by the source and are therefore not collected. Lot data still describes real vehicles being sold by real businesses — use it for research and trading decisions, not for spam, harassment or any unlawful purpose, and follow applicable privacy rules when storing or processing it.