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. Cost per unit is the lot’s price divided by its listed unit count, where the source publishes one, and each month’s figure is the median across that month’s priced lots.

Sparse months render as insufficient data and stay off the chart: a median over a handful of lots isn’t trustworthy. That rule gates the chart, the “Months with data” stat, and the month table above alike.

The lots behind the series come from the nine marketplaces in the feed: 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.