Despite an increase in month over month and year-over-year sales volumes in the retail and wholesale segment — and a short-term volume spike in the auction space — used truck pricing was steady to better in June, J.D. Power reported recently in its July 2026 Commercial Truck Guidelines report.
J.D. Power states auction pricing was up 6.3% last month against May, with retail selling prices up 1.3% and the wholesale market down just slightly at 0.1% month over month.
Against 2025, J.D. Power states the auction market had the strongest year-over-year comparison at up 14.3% but that segment is still down 0.8% year-to-date. The company adds the retail market was down 3.7% against June 2025 and 0.6% year-to-date while the wholesale market fared better in year-over-year comps, up 10.1% against June 2025 and 4.3% year-to-date.
And all of these numbers came despite strong volume levels.
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Retail sales were up one truck per rooftop in June from May, J.D. Power states, and are now approaching five units per rooftop. The retail market is up nearly three trucks per rooftop from January 2025 through June.
The average retail truck sold in June, J.D. Power adds, was six months older than May and seven months older than last June, but is still two months newer year-to-date, and nine months younger against pre-2020 trend. Mileage was equally up month over month and year over year but is down year-to-date and against long-term trends.
In the auction space, volumes were up 12.5% month over month but down 7.3% year over year. The wholesale market was also up slightly against May (0.3%) and last year (0.5%). Year-to-date, the two segments expectedly lag behind the retail space with wholesale sales unchanged and auction volumes down 2.2%.
Finally, monthly depreciation year-to-date in 2026 is down 0.7% in the retail space, 0.6% in the auction sector and 0.2% in the wholesale space.
Looking ahead, J.D. Power reports since its June report, spot rates have surpassed contract rates for the first time in four years while OEMs have started scaling up production sites and adding workers to meet increasing demand. The company reports model year 2026 orders are running at the highest rate in five years, but until recently production and delivery has lagged.
“That situation looks to have turned the corner with the addition of a second shift at many plants. Fleets will expand capacity, and as new trucks are put into service, the current freight environment points to a higher volume of trades entering the used market,” the company states.
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