GAINESVILLE, Ga. -

The proportion of positive value adjustments in the wholesale market has been relatively stable in recent weeks, according to Black Book’s Ricky Beggs, who has found the truck side of the market to be more consistent than cars.

As for the number of adjustments, these have been climbing to significant heights.

“The market for the past three weeks has been on a consistent pattern of adjustments being increases hovering around 41 percent, with the average number of vehicles adjusted per day going from just under 1,300 per day three weeks ago; to slightly over 1,400; to 1,525 per day this past week,” he said in the latest “Beggs On The Used Car Market” video report.

On the car side of the market, the average change was a decrease of $32, which is fairly consistent with how the rest of the year has gone.

This past week marked the second straight time all 10 segments were down. That said, the declines for full-size cars, entry-level cars and compact cars were each $13 or lower, Beggs noted.

Among the 14 truck segments, their average change was a $14 drop, again fairly consistent.

Beggs pointed out that full-size crossovers (up $21), full-size SUVs (up $8) and cargo minivans (up $6) increased and two segments were static. What’s more, three of the decliners were down by only single-digit dollar amounts.

“With gas prices at the pump continuing to gradually climb, the trend in trucks is actually following the consumer demand for the functionality of these vehicles and the limited supplies from which to choose,” Beggs noted.

“When compared to the truck changes from one year ago, the level of adjustments are in a very similar pattern,” he added. “For the car segments the level of change over the past three weeks is just over twice the decline of year-ago levels.”

Sharing some more analysis, Beggs delved into some tax-season-related trends.

“Over the week there were indications that the tax season money is closer to appearing across the country,” he stated. “Some dealers feel we are still two weeks away from a full push up for the more affordable cars. A few auctioneers say the activity is much improved with tax money already prevalent at many auctions.”

Moving on to discuss the company’s digital offering, Beggs also added that five additional 2012 models have been market-priced: Hyundai Accent, Hyundai Sonata, Ford Taurus, Kia Sportage and a Nissan NV2500 model.

“We also posted market driven values on some lower volume 2011 models for the first time,” he noted. 

Beggs’ video can be viewed below.