The first week of February continued what analysts are calling “mild” depreciation to start off the new year.

In January, depreciation rates were mellow, as dealers readied for the tax season.

That’s according to Black Book’s latest depreciation report, which shows the average price for a used vehicle for model years 2009-2012 saw prices drop by 1.2 percent during January.

This reading represented little change from the 1-percent decline for December.

Domestic cars performed the best this past month, with prices only dropping by 0.6 percent, while domestic trucks saw a 1.6-percent drop in price.

Import cars fell by 1.2 percent, while import trucks saw prices drop by 1 percent.

Three car segments — full-size cars, entry-level cars and compact cars — represented the best-performing segments in January, showing signs of tax-season trends.

“With the tax season right around the corner, it’s very telling that the top three vehicle segments were represented by cars often in the crosshairs of the tax rebate buyer,” said Ricky Beggs, editorial director at Black Book. “With the economy continuing to improve, it will be interesting to see if other segments at a slightly higher price point become as popular this year with the average tax buyer.”

Full-size cars were out in front with the strongest price retention, with wholesale prices increasing by 0.1 percent in January. This segment finished the month off with an average price of $11,659, a 12.4 percent year-over-year decline.

Next up were the entry-level cars and compact cars, both with drops of 0.5 percent.

Price retention wasn’t quite as strong for some of the larger units in January, even as gas prices remain low.

Passenger minivans, for example, saw prices drop the most out of any segment with a drop of 2.2 percent in January. The average price for a passenger minivan at the end of January was $14,639, a 11.6 percent year-over-year decline.

Full-size SUVs experienced the second largest rate of depreciation, with prices falling by 2 percent last month, ending January with an average price of $22,255. This represents a 9.6 percent year-over-year drop.

But not all truck segments saw larger-than-average depreciation rates.

The full-size cargo vans continued to perform well with the lowest depreciation rate for trucks in January of 0.5 percent.

Looking ahead to the full year, Black Book expect 2015 depreciation to come in at 14.5 percent, relatively mild when looking at the average pre-recession annual deprecation of 15 to 18 percent.