AuctionTime Equipment Scraper

AuctionTime Equipment Scraper

Scrape heavy equipment auction listings from AuctionTime.com, filtered by make, model, category, or price, up to a million per run. Every listing includes its serial number, hours, location, auction date, and current bid. No login or API key. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.

AuctionTime lists thousands of used excavators, tractors, dump trucks, and attachments every day, but manually tracking prices across dozens of auctions is slow. This Actor reads the public search results and detail pages directly, letting you pull exactly the equipment you care about by keyword, category, manufacturer, year range, or price band. It returns a clean, flat dataset ready for spreadsheets or a database.

Who uses it	What they scrape AuctionTime for
Equipment dealers	Monitor competitor pricing and inventory turns across regional auctions.
Farmers and contractors	Find specific tractor or excavator models within a budget before auction day.
Market analysts	Track resale values and depreciation curves for construction and farm machinery.
Exporters	Identify undervalued equipment in one state for resale in another market.

What it does

This Actor collects heavy equipment auction listings from AuctionTime.com by search URL or filter criteria and returns each listing as a flat row with its specs, pricing, and auction details.

• 🔍 Keyword search: Filter by equipment type, make, or model using plain text like 'excavator' or 'dump truck'.
• 📋 Category drill-down: Narrow results by AuctionTime category IDs such as 61 for Excavators or 4 for Tractors.
• 🏭 Manufacturer filter: Target specific brands like CATERPILLAR, JOHN DEERE, or KOMATSU.
• 📅 Year and price range: Set minimum and maximum year of manufacture and USD price to zero in on budget-friendly or late-model units.
• 🗺️ State filter: Limit results to a single US state code like TX, CA, or FL for regional buying.

Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.

What you can do with AuctionTime data

📊 Track equipment resale values.

An equipment appraiser runs the Actor weekly with a category and year range to chart how auction prices for 5-year-old excavators are trending in the Midwest.

🚜 Find a specific machine before auction day.

A farmer sets a keyword for 'John Deere 5075E' and a maximum price to get an alert-ready list of matching tractors closing this week.

🌎 Source inventory for export.

An exporter filters for low-hour dump trucks in Texas and Florida to build a shipment for a buyer in Latin America.

🏗️ Monitor competitor inventory.

A dealership runs a daily scrape filtered by manufacturer and state to see which used machines a rival is listing and at what starting bids.

Why choose this scraper

	What you get
Flat output schema	Every listing arrives as one row with consistent columns, no nested JSON to unpack.
Bulk collection	Pull up to a million listings in a single run for large-scale market analysis.
No API limits	Reads the public website directly, avoiding OAuth, rate limits, and API key registration.
Flexible input	Paste a full search URL or combine individual filters to build your query on the fly.

How it compares

No other Store actor targets AuctionTime the same way, so the honest comparison is with the alternatives teams actually weigh.

	AuctionTime Equipment Scraper	Build it in-house	By hand
Setup	Run it now, zero config	Days of engineering	None, but hours per pull
When AuctionTime changes	Maintained for you	You fix it	You re-learn the page
Proxies, retries, anti-bot	Built in	Your problem	Browser only
Output	Fixed JSON schema, CSV/Excel export	Whatever you build	Copy-paste
Cost	Pay per result	Engineering time	Analyst hours

Configure the run

Drive the Actor from a direct AuctionTime search URL or build a query from keyword, category, manufacturer, year, price, and state filters, and each filter runs as listings are read so only matches reach your dataset. The Input tab lists every parameter.

A first run with the defaults:

{
  "startUrl": "https://www.auctiontime.com/listings/search?ListingType=Auction&Category=61",
  "maxItems": 10,
  "searchQuery": "tractor"
}

A larger pull:

{
  "startUrl": "https://www.auctiontime.com/listings/search?ListingType=Auction&Category=61",
  "maxItems": 200,
  "searchQuery": "tractor"
}

Pricing

Pay-per-result: $0.03199 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.

Results collected	Approximate cost
100 results	$3.20
1,000 results	$31.99
10,000 results	$319.90

New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.

Free users

Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. Upgrade your Apify plan to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.

Run it

1. Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
2. Open the AuctionTime Equipment Scraper.
3. Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
4. Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Dataset tab.

Run it programmatically through the Apify API (run-sync-get-dataset-items) or the ApifyClient for JavaScript and Python.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

Give an AI agent live access to AuctionTime through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:

claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=parseforge/auctiontime-scraper"

Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.

Troubleshooting

Why am I getting no results?

Check that your search query, category ID, or manufacturer name matches exactly how it appears on AuctionTime.com. Try broadening your filters or testing the URL directly in a browser first.

The Actor runs but returns fewer listings than expected.

Your maxItems setting may be lower than the total available, or your filters are too narrow. Increase maxItems and verify that your combination of filters still returns results on the live site.

I get an error about the start URL.

Make sure the URL is a valid AuctionTime.com search page. If you are using filters instead, leave the start URL field empty and fill in the search filter fields.

The price filter is not working as expected.

Prices on AuctionTime are in USD. Ensure your priceMin and priceMax values are plain integers without currency symbols or commas.

FAQ

Question	Answer
Do I need an AuctionTime account or API key to use this?	No. The Actor reads the public listing pages on AuctionTime.com, so no login, account, or API key is required.
Can I scrape listings by a specific auction date?	The Actor collects all listings matching your filters. You can then sort or filter the output by the auction date field in your spreadsheet or database.
What is a category ID and where do I find it?	Category IDs are numbers AuctionTime uses internally. You can find them by browsing categories on the site and noting the number in the URL, for example Category=61 for Excavators.
How do I get the full description and photos?	The Actor captures the listing title, specs, price, and auction details. For full descriptions and photo URLs, check the included detail fields in the output.
Can I run this for multiple states at once?	The state filter accepts a single US state code per run. To cover multiple states, run the Actor once per state or use a direct search URL that already includes multiple locations.
What format does the data export to?	You can export your results to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML from the Apify dataset tab.
Does this Actor handle pagination automatically?	Yes, it follows pagination links until it reaches your maxItems limit or the end of the results.
Can I scrape sold listings or only active auctions?	The Actor collects whatever listings are visible on the search page you provide. To get sold data, use a URL that includes sold or past auction filters if available on the site.

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🆘 Need help? Email parseforge@protonmail.com with your run ID, your input, and what you expected.

⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Sandhills Global, Inc. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.