Winter is only a few weeks away, but if last week’s price movement is any indicator, it feels a bit more like spring in the auction lanes.

Prices at auction last week showed the lowest depreciation rates in months, illustrating price movement seen more often closer to tax season.

Black Book editorial director Ricky Beggs said in latest “Beggs on the Used Car Market” video report that the easing depreciation this past week “shows a level of change not familiar for this time of the year” that could be related to strength of new-car sales.

Both trucks and cars are seeing depreciation well below year-ago levels.

The cars saw prices fall by an average of $40, while the trucks only saw a $12 decline last week. During the same period of 2013, cars fell by $34, and trucks fell by $50.

Last week’s movement also marks the lowest level of depreciation since the week of May 2.

Taking a look at the individual segment movement for cars, the entry-level segment was the only one to see an increase, with prices rising by $14. The compact cars also performed well with a decline of only $17.

“The levels of change of these segments are not a surprise until we look at the price of gas at the pump. It fell by another 4 cents this past week to be at $2.78,” Beggs said. “Our first thought is the beginning of dealers trying to find inventory for the soon to be here tax season, that is just ignoring the four-year record low gas prices.”

The trucks, though, have also seen average depreciation ease each of the past four weeks.

The full-size vans, both cargo and passenger designs, saw prices rise by $34 last week.The compact SUVs also saw a spike, with prices rising by $21.

The pickup trucks also continue to perform well: the full-size pickups rose by $7, while the compact pickups saw prices increase by $8.

And the luxury SUVs and full-size crossovers experienced a significant shift this past week in price movement.

Two weeks ago, both segments saw declines of over $100. This past week, the luxury SUVs and full-size crossovers saw price declines of only $37 and $29, respectively.

“There could be retail interest for these larger utilities due to the four year low gas prices,” Beggs concluded.

The full video report can be seen above.