Given the vehicle damage or complete destruction brougt on by Hurricane Sandy, hundreds of thousands of people looking to replace their rides. It was believed that used-car demand would rise given the storm’s destructive path, and according to Black Book, that very trend has already surfaced and impacted the wholesale side of things.

The firm has noticed that along with seasonal price patterns, wholesalers are reporting that “replacement demand is in effect.”

The segment showing the most significantly positive impact, price-wise, it says, has been the entry-midsize car segment. For example, the price movement for these cars in October was a downward slant of 2.4 percent, which Black Book managing editor Ricky Beggs said is normal for this time of year.

But then in November, that decline slowed to 1 percent, according to the firm. Beggs told Auto Remarketing in an interview Thursday that he attributes this to the overall demand in the market in light of Sandy. Or in other words, dealers were grabbing these cars in the wholesale market to get ready to meet consumer demands.

Showing a similar easing in wholesale price decline was the compact car segment, where the price drop slowed from 2.6 percent in October to 1.6 percent in November, Black Book said.

Conversely, the decline in compact pickups increased from 0.2 percent to 1.2 percent. Beggs attributes this largely to a re-adjustment of sorts from the levels of so much “strength and interest” in this particular segment that had been occuring of late. That said, pricing in the the compact pickup is fairly OK, Beggs said.

“That’s less than normal depreciation in a good year,” Beggs said, referring to the 1.2-percent drop. “It’s worse than October, but still not bad.”

Likewise, there was also negative pricing change moving in the near-luxury class in November, but it doesn’t lead Beggs to concern. The year-over-year dip for this segment in October was 1.4 percent — which was “maybe a little less than normal,” he said — and then that grew to 2-percent last month.

“Nothing scares me there,” Beggs said.