Editors turned a phrase for this week’s Black Book Market Insights report, highlighting that “a mixed bag of vehicle valuation strength” summarized the activity in the lanes.

Black Book noticed that some cars and trucks produced a “widening” gap in strength with compact vans and luxury cars generating price gains. But editors also found that several other segments saw “larger-than-normal” depreciation on the week.

“Sales reports from various auto auctions were generally positive as buyers showed interest in clean vehicles from commercial consignors,” said Anil Goyal, Black Book’s senior vice president of automotive valuation and analytics.

According to volume-weighted data, Black Book reported overall car segment values decreased by 0.36 percent last week, higher than the average weekly decrease of 0.27 percent in values seen over the previous four weeks.

Editors indicated the compact car, midsize car and full-size car segments declined the most by 0.87 percent, 0.45 percent and 0.37 percent, respectively.

Looking again at that volume-weighted data, Black Book determined overall truck segment values — including pickups, SUVs and vans — softened by 0.23 percent last week, a bit above the average weekly decrease of 0.14 percent in values over the previous four weeks.

Compact van was the best performing truck segment while the full-size luxury crossover/SUV segment declined the most.

Moving over to the anecdotes Black Book’s representatives collected from the lanes, the theme of “mixed bag” continued as activity picked up a bit coming out of Fourth of July.

One busy place was not far from Black Book’s headquarters in Georgia, where the observer shared, “Volume was higher than normal. Dealers were positive about the market even though there were more ‘if’ sales than normal.”

Nearby in North Carolina, a similar scene unfolded as the story went like this: “A good crowd today that came prepared to buy. They sold more than they have been with an average amount of no-sales.”

Meanwhile, the three other lane watchers who reported back to Black Book described softer action.

From Pennsylvania: “Based on the fewer dealers in the lanes, this should have been a poor sale but the online bidders saved the day with their purchases.”

From Michigan: “The market needle didn’t move either way today. It was a smaller consignment so the sale was short with an average sales percentage.”

And finally out West in California: “A below normal sale today even though there were cleaner vehicles in inventory, bringing really strong money.”