GAINESVILLE, Ga. -

As feedback from auctions was relayed to Black Book's Ricky Beggs last week, one of the most frequently cited trends was how trucks — especially four-wheel drive models — are performing better than the overall market.

In what Beggs, editorial director and senior vice president of Black Book, called a “further softening market,” the trend in change for all three pickup segments came in with better retention rates week-over-week.

The compact pickups at -$51, the midsize pickups at -$30 and the full-size pickups at -$55, were all lower average changes this past week than the prior week, and also better than the -$68 overall average segment change level for trucks, according to the latest “Beggs on the Used Car Market” video report.

Though pickups continue to perform well, a few segments contributed to the overall high average decline for the trucks last week of $68.

Minivans, midsize crossovers and compact crossovers all had at least a $41 greater average decline this past week over the prior reporting period, according to Black Book.

The average drop of $68 for trucks this past week was $15 steeper than the declines seen during the same period a year ago.

Beggs noted this also marks the fourth-largest average weekly decline over the past year.

The car segment average decline of $79 is also up slightly from the prior week, when prices fell $74, and is steeper  than the decline of $68 seen during the same week in 2012.

“It is also the second-largest declining amount behind the $84 for the week ending Sep. 20,” Beggs said.

And in perhaps another sign of a softer market in the lanes, nine of the 10 car segments saw larger declines last week than their respective four-week averages, according to the report.

Though the market shows evident softening, Beggs shared that since we approaching November, he said he doesn’t think “we are experiencing an abnormal shift in the market.”

To view the latest "Beggs on the Used Car Market" video report, see below: