Those are probably not the actual acquisition costs the government paid. The way the surplussing process works is the people doing the surplussing just make a

Those are probably not the actual acquisition costs the government paid. The way the surplussing process works is the people doing the surplussing just make a random guess at the acquisition value if the exact information isn't available. For most things that number isn't readily available to the person filling out the surplus paperwork.