LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -

How about these potential signals of improvements for used-car managers scouring the lanes for necessary inventory without using their entire floorplan allotment with a single click or tap?

Black Book reported on Tuesday that car segments posted the lowest weekly gain in values in 17 weeks. Analysts added that truck values showed their lowest weekly improvement in 15 weeks.

And the latest installment of Market Insights also showed conversion rates softened to 72%, down from the 75% peak the auction world hit twice during this unprecedented runup in prices that began in February.

“Wholesale prices remain strong. However, there are signs of softening in the market,” analysts said in the newest report.

Looking closer at the latest volume-weighted data beginning with cars, Black Book said the price increases now are at 21 consecutive weeks, but the latest rise was just 0.75%.

And only one car segment — compact cars — generated a week-over-week gain of more than 1%, as those particular units climbed another 1.29%. Value rises for these models have paced the car segment for 14 weeks in a row, according to Black Book.

The subcompact car segment posted the lowest price uptick, rising only 0.12%.

Meanwhile, in the truck world, not only did analysts spot the lowest overall value gain in 15 weeks at 0.68%, Black Book discovered prices in one truck segment actually dipped.

Black Book indicated the rate of increase for small pickups had slowed for seven weeks in a row. Then last week, values for small pickups ticked 0.23% lower, halting a streak of 21 consecutive weeks of rises.

Analysts added that prices for just two of the 13 truck segments rose more than 1% week-over-week. They included full-size crossover/SUVs (up 1.17%) and full-size vans at (up 1.08%).