Decline in wholesale truck & SUV prices steepens
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In a wholesale vehicle market where prices continue to slow on a week-by-week basis, truck segments had particularly strong depreciation in the last full week of May.
According to the latest Market Insights report from Black Book, truck/SUV values were down 0.32% for the week ending Saturday, which is not only more than double the prior week’s drop (0.12%), it marked the steepest single-week decline since January.
Overall, wholesale values were down 0.25%, according to Black Book, following a 0.13% decline the week ending May 20.
Depreciation in car segments slowed from 0.16% to 0.11% last week.
Three car segments had price increases, with six showing declines, Black Book said. Meantime, prices fell in 10 of the 13 truck segments.
That includes the full-size vans (down 1%), which had its largest weekly drop since 2019, Black Book said.
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Elsewhere in the analysis, the company said there have now been two straight weeks of stable auction conversion rates. The estimated average weekly sales rate was 48%, same as the prior week.