Treasury auctions · 7-year note
How did the latest 7-year Treasury note auction go?
The last 7-year note auction, on , sold at a high yield of 5.085% with a bid-to-cover of 2.42.
High yield at each 7-year note auction
Bid-to-cover ratio at each 7-year note auction
Who bought each 7-year note auction: shares of the competitive bids accepted
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- Indirect bidders57.2%
- Direct bidders30.3%
- Primary dealers12.5%
Each point is one auction; pointing at the chart shows its date and figures. The full results are under "The numbers behind the chart".
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The latest 7-year note auction beside the one before it and the nearest ones a year, five and ten years earlier.
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Observed .
Right now
The high yield of 5.085% on 24 September 2026 was the highest for a 7-year note since 13 April 1993.
Its own history
Against the previous 24 7-year note auctions, the high yield was higher than all 24.
The high minus median was higher than 22 of them.
Who bought
Indirect bidders took the largest share of the competitive bids accepted at the 24 Sep 2026 auction.
- Indirect bidders 57.2%
- Direct bidders 30.3%
- Primary dealers 12.5%
Size
Treasury offered $44 billion and sold $50.624 billion on 24 Sep 2026.
Next
Treasury has announced no 7-year note auction yet; its tentative schedule names these dates.
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Understanding the 7-year note auction
Where it stands today
The high yield was 5.085% at the 7-year note auction of , with a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.42.
What do these figures measure?
The high yield is the highest rate Treasury accepted; every winning bidder gets it. The bid-to-cover ratio is bids received divided by the amount sold. Shares are of competitive bids accepted. High minus median shows how far the accepted cut-off sat above the middle accepted bid; it is not the market's auction tail, which needs a when-issued price that is not public.
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What these figures cannot tell
- Why it sold where it did. Results show what was bid and accepted, not the reasons behind any bid.
- The auction tail as markets quote it. That compares the high yield with the when-issued yield just before bids closed, a market price that is not public; we show high minus median instead, a different measure.
- Who the bidders are. Indirect bidders include foreign and international accounts bidding through the New York Fed and investors bidding through dealers; Treasury does not publish names.
- Demand on another day. A bid-to-cover ratio counts bids at one auction against the amount offered, and the amount offered changes from auction to auction.
The numbers behind the chart
How does the latest auction compare with earlier ones?Every measure, window by window
- High yield: Highest for a 7-year note since 13 April 1993 (222 auctions in between).
| Measure | This auction | Window | Higher | Lower | Median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bid-to-cover ratio | 2.42 | Last 12 auctions | 11 of 12 | 1 of 12 | 2.50 |
| Bid-to-cover ratio | 2.42 | Last 24 auctions | 22 of 24 | 1 of 24 | 2.51 |
| Bid-to-cover ratio | 2.42 | All 222 since 26 February 2009 | 174 of 222 | 44 of 222 | 2.53 |
| High yield | 5.085 | Last 12 auctions | 0 of 12 | 12 of 12 | 4.096 |
| High yield | 5.085 | Last 24 auctions | 0 of 24 | 24 of 24 | 4.179 |
| High yield | 5.085 | Since 26 February 2009 | 0 of 222 | 222 of 222 | 2.226 |
| High yield | 5.085 | All 271 since 6 February 1980 | 49 of 271 | 222 of 271 | 2.575 |
| Indirect bidders' share | 57.2 | Last 12 auctions | 10 of 12 | 2 of 12 | 59.9 |
| Indirect bidders' share | 57.2 | Last 24 auctions | 22 of 24 | 2 of 24 | 63.8 |
| Indirect bidders' share | 57.2 | All 222 since 26 February 2009 | 135 of 222 | 87 of 222 | 59.5 |
| Direct bidders' share | 30.3 | Last 12 auctions | 2 of 12 | 10 of 12 | 27.4 |
| Direct bidders' share | 30.3 | Last 24 auctions | 3 of 24 | 21 of 24 | 25.3 |
| Direct bidders' share | 30.3 | All 222 since 26 February 2009 | 4 of 222 | 218 of 222 | 15.7 |
| Primary dealers' share | 12.5 | Last 12 auctions | 4 of 12 | 8 of 12 | 12.1 |
| Primary dealers' share | 12.5 | Last 24 auctions | 6 of 24 | 18 of 24 | 10.8 |
| Primary dealers' share | 12.5 | All 222 since 26 February 2009 | 188 of 222 | 34 of 222 | 24.1 |
| High minus median, basis points | 6.6 | Last 12 auctions | 1 of 12 | 10 of 12 | 5.6 |
| High minus median, basis points | 6.6 | Last 24 auctions | 1 of 24 | 22 of 24 | 5.4 |
| High minus median, basis points | 6.6 | Since 26 February 2009 | 38 of 222 | 183 of 222 | 5.0 |
| High minus median, basis points | 6.6 | All 271 since 6 February 1980 | 40 of 271 | 230 of 271 | 4.6 |
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What were the results of every 7-year note auction?Page 1 of 2: 200 auctions, newest first
272 7-year note auctions with results since 6 February 1980; this page holds 200 of them, newest first.
This page also lists the occasional 7-year 3-month note auctions, the nearest regular term to them.
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When are the next 7-year note auctions?Treasury's tentative schedule, from its quarterly refunding
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What do the figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite
Observed .
How to cite this
U.S. Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Fiscal Data, Treasury Securities Auctions Data, through 24 September 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "How did the latest 7-year Treasury note auction go?", https://500metrics.com/treasury/auctions/7-year-note.
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