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Unused Mini Excavators Sold for $1,500 to $3,600 on GovPlanet, and Used Cat, Bobcat and Deere Machines for a Middle of $14,000. Forty More Sell November 4 and 11.
Unused CFG mini excavators sold on GovPlanet for $1,500 to $3,600, at a middle of $3,100 across 82 sales. Used name-brand machines brought a middle of $14,000 across 139: Cat at $15,000, John Deere at $14,500 and Bobcat at $14,000. A 2024 Kubota KX018-4 with 195 hours brought $17,600, and in North Carolina a 2008 Cat 345C L sold for $15,000 and a 2019 Bobcat E20 for $12,000. GovPlanet's next two sales close Wednesday, November 4, with 23 excavators, and Wednesday, November 11, with 17.
GOVPLANET — GovPlanet, the Ritchie Bros. site that sells government and military surplus, counts 1,847 excavators sold on its results pages. In the 224 U.S. sales we read, the most common machine by far was the unused CFG mini excavator, a small Chinese-built machine. Eighty-two of them sold, every one between $1,500 and $3,600, at a middle of $3,100. The cheapest were a CFG H13R at $1,500 and a KV16R at $1,600 in Kansas on October 14, and an MH13RX at $1,700 in California on September 30. A CFG XZ20R sold in North Carolina for $3,600 on July 15.
The used machines from the big makers sold for about four times as much. The 139 of them brought a middle of $14,000. Cat sold at a middle of $15,000 across 33 sales, John Deere at $14,500 across 24, Bobcat at $14,000 across 30, Kubota at $13,700, Takeuchi at $13,500, Volvo at $16,000 and Komatsu at $12,250.
A Caterpillar 345C L, the same model that sold on GovPlanet in North Carolina for $15,000. Photo: Joseph Madden, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The top sales
A 2024 Kubota KX018-4 mini with 195 hours brought $17,600 in Texas on July 9. A 2023 Cat 302.7 CR with 1,304 hours brought $17,500 in Texas on October 22, as did a 2018 Bobcat E26 in Utah the same day and a 2018 Bobcat E32 in Alabama on July 30. In the full-size tracked machines, a 2009 John Deere 350D LC with 13,619 hours brought $17,500 in Tennessee on October 15, a 2008 Cat 330D with 9,916 hours $17,500 in Mississippi on October 1, a 2008 Cat 308C CR $17,500 in Michigan and a 2006 Komatsu PC138USLC $17,500 in Virginia. A 2022 Volvo EC27D mini with 468 hours sold by accepted offer for $17,500.
The low-hour minis held their value. A 2021 Cat 301.7 CR with 704 hours brought $17,250 in Arkansas, and another with 693 hours $17,000 in Pennsylvania. A 2020 Cat 303E CR brought $17,250 in Florida and a 2020 John Deere 35G $17,000 in Texas.
What sold in the Carolinas and Virginia
North Carolina had the most sales near us. A 2008 Cat 345C L brought $15,000 on September 10, a 2017 Bobcat E32i with 2,020 hours $16,500 on September 17, a 2013 John Deere 60G $15,500 on April 30, a 2018 Bobcat E26 with 1,346 hours $14,000 on August 27, a 2019 Bobcat E20 with 1,258 hours $12,000 on October 22, a 2014 Cat 305.5E CR $10,500 and a 2017 Bobcat E26 $9,500 on October 29. A 2023 Yanmar SV08 with 60 hours sold for $12,000.
In South Carolina, a 2018 John Deere 26G brought $14,500 and a 2005 Volvo EC330BLC with 3,519 hours $10,000. In Virginia, a 2002 Volvo EC150LC brought $16,000, a 1996 Komatsu PC200LC $11,000 and a 1993 Cat 320 $13,500.
The next sales: Wednesday, November 4, and Wednesday, November 11
GovPlanet's Wednesday, November 4, sale closes starting at 8 a.m. Pacific with 530 lots, 23 of them excavators, alongside 30 Humvees, 47 generators and 58 shipping containers. The Wednesday, November 11, sale closes starting at 7 a.m. Pacific with 330 lots, 17 of them excavators, alongside 29 Humvees, a Cat D7F dozer and a Cedar Rapids M1122 washing plant.
How to register and bid
Bidding is online at GovPlanet.com. Open a free account and bid on any lot before its sale closes; the closing times are on each sale's page in the auction calendar under Auctions. Every lot's page lists its fees, payment and pickup terms. On the military lots we read, GovPlanet added a 15% transaction fee to the final selling price, payment was due within seven days by wire transfer or by credit card for an extra fee, and pickup was due within eight business days before storage charges start. GovPlanet also adds a 4.5% fuel surcharge capped at $2,250, plus the sales tax of the state where the item sits. Bids cannot be pulled back once placed. The buyer pays for all transport, and the driver must bring a copy of GovPlanet's Item Release. GovPlanet's customer care line is (844) 225-8799, weekdays from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific. Most excavators on GovPlanet carry IronClad Assurance and an inspection report with photos of each section, from the engine and hydraulics to the tracks and the hours on the meter.
The short version
Unused CFG mini excavators sold on GovPlanet for $1,500 to $3,600, at a middle of $3,100. Used name-brand machines brought a middle of $14,000, with Cat at $15,000, Deere at $14,500 and Bobcat at $14,000, and the top machines reached $17,500 and $17,600. The next sales close Wednesday, November 4, with 23 excavators, and Wednesday, November 11, with 17. On top of the winning bid, the military lots we read carried a 15% transaction fee and a 4.5% fuel surcharge capped at $2,250.
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Sources: GovPlanet sold results for excavators, read October 31, 2026; GovPlanet auction calendar and sale pages for November 4 and 11, 2026, read October 30 and 31, 2026; GovPlanet payment, fee and pickup terms as shown on its item pages, read October 31, 2026.
Photo & Resource Information Credits: Joseph Madden, CC BY-SA 3.0; Matthew T Rader, CC BY-SA 4.0; Ermell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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