The tender attracted bids worth 1.8 times the amount on offer, up from 1.5 times at the previous auction and compared with an average at 10-year debt sales in 2012 of 1.37, according to Reuters data.
The average yield was 1.42 percent, compared with 1.31 percent at the previous sale in July and a 2012 average of 1.66 percent, while the amount retained to be sold at a later date was 15 percent, compared with a 2012 average of 18.87 percent.
The so-called "tail", which is the difference between the lowest and the average bid and a measure of the bidding quality was zero cents, the same as at the last two sales and compared with a 2012 average of 0.02 cents.