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With the arrival of fall, auction prices are on the way down. However, declines haven’t been as extreme as expected — at least not so far.

Black Book editorial director Ricky Beggs said he was surprised at the slight nature of last week’s price adjustments in the lanes.

Though car prices fell by an average of $84 last week, the trucks only saw a $21 drop.

This marks the lowest dip for the trucks since July 2, when prices dropped only by $20.

Full-size vans were some of the best performing truck segments, with the cargo and passenger versions seeing prices rise by $24 and $25, respectively.

Beggs said this movement didn’t surprise him, noting, “The primarily no longer made old style vans are getting tremendous attention right now.”

Also as expected is the level of price adjustments within the car segments. Beggs said the average $84 drop is “in line with changes of the past month.”

The higher-end units continue to see the largest price drops. The premium sporty cars, prestige luxury cars and near luxury cars all saw prices fall by over $100, and the luxury level cars saw a drop of $95.

“Interestingly, this amount (average car price decline of $84) almost matched the segment change of one year ago where the change was -$73 overall, and also having three of the just-mentioned segments moving down by $100 or more,” said Beggs.

Beggs also shared the market data last week illustrated a trend in the lanes that often occurs after new model years are released.

“The market data and our conversations this past week also indicate the current and one year old models being the toughest sell. This is being driven by the 2015 models becoming available, and with the need to create a difference from those values,” said Beggs.

The Black Book team also attended the National Auto Auction Association Convention last week in Boston.

For the next few weeks, each “Beggs on the Used Car Market” report will feature an interview from with industry experts.

“During the convention several key industry personnel took the time to sit down with us and share their thoughts on a few topics regarding the market. We are including one of those in this week’s video market update blog with others to be shared with you in the coming weeks,” Beggs said.

See this week’s video report above, which features an interview with Paul Seger, vice president, asset remarketing, at GE Fleet Services.