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20-Year Treasury Bond auction results

The modern 20-year bond series resumed in 2020, so its usable history is shorter than several other nominal benchmarks and should be interpreted within that issuance regime.

62 complete comparable auctions stored · history threshold met

High yield

5.204%

Bid-to-cover

2.53

Offering amount

$16.0B

Indirect bidders

55.1%

The 20-Year Treasury Bond held on August 19, 2026 recorded an official high rate of 5.204% and a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.53. Bid-to-cover decreased from 2.64 at the preceding comparable auction.

Comparable auction history

Actual auction dates with no interpolation.

Bid-to-cover historyA line chart of 24 comparable auctions from 2024-09-17 to 2026-08-19. Values range from 2.34 to 2.86.

Range: 2.34 to 2.86 · latest 2.53

Recent comparable auctions

The table is available in the server-rendered response as an accessible alternative to the chart.

Official US Treasury auction results
Auction dateSeriesResultBid-to-coverOfferingDirectIndirectDealers
2026-08-1920Y BondHigh yield: 5.204%2.53$16.0B21.5%55.1%10.9%
2026-07-2219Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 5.163%2.64$13.0B16.1%68.5%14.5%
2026-06-1619Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.927%2.75$13.0B19.8%71.2%8.4%
2026-05-2020Y BondHigh yield: 5.122%2.55$16.0B19.8%58.3%8.1%
2026-04-2219Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.883%2.68$13.0B20.2%59.6%8.6%
2026-03-1719Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.817%2.76$13.0B19.5%62.5%8.4%
2026-02-1820Y BondHigh yield: 4.664%2.36$16.0B24.2%49.1%15.7%
2026-01-2119Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.846%2.86$13.0B27.1%60.2%5.8%
2025-12-1719Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.798%2.67$13.0B20.0%58.7%11.3%
2025-11-1920Y BondHigh yield: 4.706%2.41$16.0B26.0%53.0%10.2%
2025-10-2219Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.506%2.73$13.0B24.8%59.9%9.4%
2025-09-1619Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.613%2.74$13.0B26.2%60.7%7.1%
2025-08-2020Y BondHigh yield: 4.876%2.54$16.0B23.4%53.6%11.4%
2025-07-2319Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.935%2.79$13.0B20.3%62.5%9.9%
2025-06-1619Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.942%2.68$13.0B18.0%60.3%12.1%
2025-05-2120Y BondHigh yield: 5.047%2.46$16.0B12.2%59.9%14.7%
2025-04-1619Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.810%2.63$13.0B11.4%65.6%15.8%
2025-03-1819Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.632%2.78$13.0B21.6%66.5%8.5%
2025-02-1920Y BondHigh yield: 4.830%2.43$16.0B17.6%56.8%15.8%
2025-01-2219Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.900%2.75$13.0B18.9%65.3%9.8%
2024-12-1719Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.686%2.50$13.0B19.8%61.0%17.6%
2024-11-2020Y BondHigh yield: 4.680%2.34$16.0B7.4%64.6%21.0%
2024-10-2319Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.590%2.59$13.0B17.3%66.4%14.2%
2024-09-1719Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.039%2.51$13.0B15.9%63.5%18.2%
2024-08-2120Y BondHigh yield: 4.160%2.54$16.0B17.8%65.4%9.0%
2024-07-1719Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.466%2.68$13.0B13.5%72.9%8.0%
2024-06-1819Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.452%2.74$13.0B15.7%75.0%5.6%
2024-05-2220Y BondHigh yield: 4.635%2.51$16.0B18.0%66.4%9.5%
2024-04-1719Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.818%2.82$13.0B16.0%73.9%9.0%
2024-03-1919Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.542%2.79$13.0B17.1%73.0%9.3%
2024-02-2120Y BondHigh yield: 4.595%2.39$16.0B18.7%56.1%20.1%
2024-01-1719Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.423%2.53$13.0B20.4%61.9%17.2%
2023-12-2019Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.213%2.55$13.0B20.6%65.9%12.8%
2023-11-2020Y BondHigh yield: 4.780%2.58$16.0B16.2%72.4%9.3%
2023-10-1819Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 5.245%2.59$13.0B15.1%72.4%11.9%
2023-09-1919Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.592%2.74$13.0B25.3%65.1%9.2%
2023-08-2320Y BondHigh yield: 4.499%2.56$16.0B18.2%61.6%10.2%
2023-07-1919Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.036%2.68$12.0B21.4%67.8%9.4%
2023-06-2119Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.010%2.87$12.0B17.6%74.4%7.8%
2023-05-1720Y BondHigh yield: 3.954%2.56$15.0B15.2%59.1%9.5%
2023-04-1919Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 3.920%2.66$12.0B17.5%62.4%10.9%
2023-03-2119Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 3.909%2.53$12.0B21.0%66.8%11.9%
2023-02-1520Y BondHigh yield: 3.977%2.54$15.0B14.6%61.2%5.5%
2023-01-1819Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 3.678%2.83$12.0B15.6%76.1%8.1%
2022-12-2119Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 3.935%2.68$12.0B18.9%71.9%8.6%
2022-11-1620Y BondHigh yield: 4.072%2.64$15.0B13.8%67.5%8.3%
2022-10-1919Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 4.395%2.50$12.0B19.8%63.5%16.4%
2022-09-2019Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 3.820%2.65$12.0B16.6%75.3%8.1%
2022-08-1720Y BondHigh yield: 3.380%2.30$15.0B16.2%59.2%13.0%
2022-07-2019Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 3.420%2.65$14.0B12.9%71.6%7.3%
2022-06-2219Y Bond · reopeningHigh yield: 3.488%2.60$14.0B18.8%62.6%11.5%
2022-05-1820Y BondHigh yield: 3.290%2.50$17.0B14.3%61.3%11.3%
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