Well, at least I won ONE lot (9 sheets of cherry plywood), about 1/2 usual retail - never bought lumber at auction so this was interesting (and getting to preview and root around in the massive warehouse was different).
Oh well - another way to look at it is that I didn't spend $1400 this week!
I won one of the lots that I bid on, up in Virginia. ~500 bf of Hard Maple and Birch for ~$1.00 bf. I can't complain. I figure there'll be some nice scenery driving up.