Wholesale price trends are starting to settle into a pattern Black Book is expecting.

At least that’s the view of Anil Goyal, senior vice president of automotive valuation and analytics, when this week’s Black Book Market Insights report took a look at valuation activity from the first week of June.

“Weekly depreciation rates are beginning to align with the expected declines of weeks to come,” Goyal said.

Black Book’s report indicated full-size vans were the only segment with a positive change in values. Minivans and small pickups also showed light depreciation on the week, as did luxury cars.

Specifically looking at volume-weighted for cars Black Book noticed overall values decreased 0.41 percent last week. For comparison, the average depreciation rate at this point last year was 0.59 percent.

Analysts noticed prices for full-size cars and subcompact cars generated the steepest weekly depreciation rates at 0.63 percent and 0.59 percent, respectively. Analysts added all but two segments’ depreciation rates were higher than the prior week.

Looking at overall volume-weighted truck trends, Black Book said truck values decreased 0.30 percent last week. At the same time last year, the average depreciation rate for trucks stood at 0.25 percent.

The full-size van segment was the sole truck segment — and, as mentioned earlier, the sole segment period — to increase in value, ticking up by 0.11 percent.

Analysts determined that the compact luxury crossover/SUV segment received the highest weekly depreciation rate at 0.71 percent.

When Black Book personnel mingled with dealers last week, representatives found that activity buzzed in the lanes, especially in Pennsylvania.

One rep said, “Lots of good clean cars this week, and dealers were willing to pay to get them,” while another added, “Not much complaining about prices today; dealers need inventory.”

A similar feeling was spotted in Michigan as Black Book reported, “Bidding was active today with a lot of clean consignment. Dealers say retail has picked up this week.”

In Illinois, Black Book personnel noticed, “Wholesale auction prices remain stable in this location.”

A summertime event in Washington prompted this representative to mention, “The market was stronger this week with the big promotional sale going on.”

Finally in Texas, even though flooding rains continue to fall, Black Book personnel said, “Consignment was higher this week than last with prices holding up well.”

Specialty markets report

Black Book shared an update in the other segments of the wholesale market that it tracks, including:

—Collectibles: Traditionally, January in Scottsdale was the center of the collectible car universe, but Black Book indicated many of the major auction houses have added sales around the country that have grown into significant events in their own right.

—Powersports: After last month’s mixed bag, where some model years and segments went up while others declined a bit, Black Book discovered prices are up across the board. Analysts explained this pattern generally occurs a month or two earlier in most years. 

—Recreational vehicles: Black Book reported the values of travel trailers sold at auction hit their all-time high this past month, closing above $12,000 for the first time.  Not to be outdone, Black Book added that motorized units surged 15 percent to break through the $40,000 barrier, something they have not done since May 2013. 

—Heavy-duty trucks: Analysts indicated rising depreciation is often a key result of rising numbers of available trucks at auction.

—Medium-duty: Black Book saw a greater rate of decline in the medium duty truck segment.