How We Grade

Our methodology

Grades compare the winning bid against realistic resale value — what the lot's contents actually sell for, established from sold listings — never against MSRP or retail asking prices.

Where a lot has an itemized manifest, the valuation is built line by line from the manifest, item by item, each priced from sold comparables. Where only a manifest total exists, a documented recovery-rate model is applied and the lot is marked accordingly. Lots with no manifest are valued from photos and descriptions and flagged as lower-confidence, or excluded from grading.

Every published grade shows its sample size. New Report Cards are published each Friday covering lots that closed that week.

Liquidation Intel is analysis only. We never bid on the lots we analyze, and we publish grades — not buy recommendations.