The Salvage Price Index
Measured medians of realized US salvage-auction sale prices for vehicle lots — what they actually sold for, not estimates. 148,879 realized sales, 2026-06-08 through 2026-06-22. Regenerated weekly from the same pipeline behind our published model accuracy. Related: Motorcycles · Commercial Trucks.
Weekly medians across all vehicle lots with a recorded sale outcome. Series begins 2026-06-08 (start of full-coverage collection); the window extends automatically each week. Medians are unadjusted for lot mix.
By damage type
| Primary damage | Median | n |
|---|---|---|
| front end | $1,000 | 72,187 |
| rear end | $1,200 | 21,767 |
| side | $1,250 | 19,000 |
| normal wear | $750 | 6,746 |
| minor dent/scratches | $1,900 | 6,099 |
| hail | $1,650 | 5,805 |
| mechanical | $850 | 3,369 |
| rollover | $1,150 | 2,057 |
| all over | $850 | 1,973 |
| undercarriage | $1,412 | 1,602 |
| water/flood | $1,350 | 1,193 |
| vandalism | $750 | 939 |
By title brand
| Title group | Median | n |
|---|---|---|
| SALVAGE TITLE | $1,100 | 98,411 |
| CLEAN TITLE | $1,350 | 19,760 |
| BILLOFSALE | $1,100 | 12,537 |
| NON-REPAIRABLE | $1,000 | 4,968 |
By auction house
| Source | Median | n |
|---|---|---|
| Copart | $1,100 | 136,319 |
| Iaai | $1,100 | 12,560 |
By state (top volume)
| State | Median | n |
|---|---|---|
| CA | $1,550 | 14,930 |
| TX | $1,700 | 12,367 |
| FL | $1,650 | 11,226 |
| IL | $900 | 7,240 |
| PA | $775 | 6,088 |
| GA | $1,000 | 5,570 |
| NY | $1,000 | 5,024 |
| OH | $1,100 | 4,856 |
| MD | $825 | 4,825 |
| TN | $875 | 4,579 |
| NC | $875 | 4,353 |
| MI | $1,100 | 4,262 |
By make (top volume)
| Make | Median | n |
|---|---|---|
| Toyota | $1,550 | 17,123 |
| Ford | $925 | 15,964 |
| Chevrolet | $875 | 13,405 |
| Honda | $1,150 | 13,398 |
| Nissan | $675 | 9,497 |
| Hyundai | $975 | 7,992 |
| Kia | $1,050 | 6,426 |
| Jeep | $1,100 | 5,326 |
| Dodge | $675 | 4,191 |
| Bmw | $1,700 | 3,937 |
| Gmc | $1,300 | 3,694 |
| Subaru | $750 | 3,686 |
| Mercedes-Benz | $2,050 | 3,354 |
| Lexus | $1,800 | 3,127 |
| Volkswagen | $775 | 3,083 |
Segment cells require at least 200 sales. All figures are medians of realized hammer prices; segment medians reflect the mix of vehicles in that segment (a low median in a damage category can mean cheaper cars, not just deeper damage).
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Method, briefly
Residual continuously collects realized sale outcomes from the major US salvage auction platforms — the prices vehicles actually hammered for, not asking prices or estimates. This page reports medians of those realized prices, grouped by week and segment, with the sample size beside every number. The raw underlying listings are not republished. Data is also available programmatically as JSON (methodology v1.1; previously published values are never silently restated — revisions are disclosed above and dated snapshots of every published series are archived).
The same realized-price pipeline trains and evaluates our valuation model — see how we measure accuracy or the API documentation.