RVI Group recently shared its most recent wholesale used vehicle price analysis, finding that used-car prices went up slightly in October.

Analysts determined wholesale values (seasonally adjusted on two- to five-year-old vehicles) saw a small increase of 1.4 percent in October when compared to a month earlier.

On a year-over-year basis, prices moved up 4.1 percent.

“Due to the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, there is a possibility we will see increased demand for new and used vehicles in the next few months, which could result in higher prices similar to the aftermath of Katrina,” RVI analysts said.

When tracking price movements by vehicle segment, analysts found that full-size sedans (up 4.7 percent), small sedans (up 2.6 percent) and midsize sedans (up 2.1 percent), all saw increases above the market average from a month ago.

Full-size vans (up 3.5 percent) and sports cars (up 3.3 percent) also landed in that group.

Meanwhile, RVI noticed that full-Size SUVs (down 0.6 percent) made up the only segment that showed a drop in prices from September.

And wrapping up its latest report with a quick look at new-model trends, RVI indicated new-vehicle transaction prices on a seasonally adjusted basis, ticked down 0.1 percent from August to September.

However, new-vehicle prices have increased 1.0 percent since September of last year, according to analysts.