Sports cost-per-unit trend

Each point is the monthly median cost-per-unit across priced sports lots — the middle value, not an average, so one outlier truckload can’t drag the line. A live lot counts in the month it first appeared in the feed; an ended lot counts in the month it closed. Lots match the category by their title — the same category match the live feed uses — and cost per unit is the lot’s price divided by its listed unit count, where the source publishes one.

Months with fewer than 30 priced lots render as insufficient data and stay off the chart — a median over a handful of lots isn’t trustworthy. That floor gates the chart, the “Months with data” stat, and the month table above alike.

The lots behind the series come from the nine marketplaces BStalker scans: Liquidation.com, B-Stock, DirectLiquidation, 888 Lots, Via Trading, BlueLots, GovDeals, Musick, and QuickBidz. Sitewide medians, discount-vs-retail, and closing-time patterns are on the statistics page.

Sports lots cover fitness equipment (treadmills, bikes, weights) and team-sports gear (golf, tennis, basketball). Fitness equipment is bulky and freight-heavy, with a returns-defect rate worth confirming; team-sports gear is lighter and more seasonal. New-year fitness clear-outs drive a volume spike in Q1.

Sports per-unit splits sharply between freight-heavy fitness machines (landed cost dominates) and light team-sports gear (bid dominates). BStalker shows freight-inclusive per-unit where a quote exists; the equipment mix drives which factor matters.

What goes into a per-unit number — bids, buyer premiums, freight — is covered in liquidation pallet costs explained, and the live lots themselves are on the sports lots page.