LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -

As the second quarter closes, Black Book is seeing more evidence that the steady — and unprecedented — climb in wholesale prices is running out of momentum with the Fourth of July holiday straight ahead.

Looking at value trends for the week ending on Saturday, Black Book discovered a week-over-week uptick of just 0.35%; just a fraction of the increases that often came in well above 1% several times throughout this price run-up that began at the end of January.

“Another week of gains for the exceptionally strong wholesale market,” analysts began in the latest installment of Market Insights released on Tuesday. “However, that pace has slowed tremendously.

“In recent weeks, segments have begun hovering around their respective ceilings as those that have already peaked fluctuate with some depreciation,” they added in the report.

Based on volume-weighted data, Black Book reported that overall car values rose only 0.17% compared to the previous week. Full-size cars led the way with a price gain of 0.53%, while analysts noticed that values for compact cars actually dipped by 0.16%

In the truck world, Black Book’s volume-weighted data showed an overall increase of 0.44%. For the first week in 19 weeks, analysts indicated that no truck segments increased more than 1.00%.

Black Book said the compact van segment had the largest gains for the week at 0.94%, while the small pickup segment was the only truck segment to decrease.

But it was a notable one in light of recent trends as values for small pickups declined 0.41% compared to the previous week, according to the report.