“The preliminary average retail price (same dealer sales) of used Class 8 trucks was steady in May, slipping a narrow 0.6% m/m to land at $59,601. Pricing easily defeated seasonal expectations, which called for more than a 5% decline,” ACT's Steve Tam said. https://www.actresearch.net/resources/blog/us-classes3-8-used-trucks-blog
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This market has been scored against the published resolution criteria. The result, final crowd consensus and source rules are preserved here so readers can compare the forecast with what actually happened.
June 27, 2026
$35,000 - $75,000
ACT Research publishes the State of the Industry: U.S. Classes 3-8 Used Trucks report every month, and the average retail price series is the industry benchmark for used truck values. The February 2026 preliminary average was $53,969, down 1% month over month, with two-year-old sleeper tractors off roughly $10,000 year over year as fleets work through a glut of late-model trade-ins. The series complements the new Class 8 order and build markets already on Rig Load and gives used-truck buyers a tradable signal on where residuals are heading.
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The Bureau of Transportation Statistics publishes the Transportation Services Index each month, with a freight-only component that moves on truck...
Series PCU484121484121 is the Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index for general freight trucking, long-distance truckload. Fleet financ...
May benefits from seasonal freight activity: produce season, Memorial Day retail and the ramp toward summer inventory builds. The question is whe...
“The preliminary average retail price (same dealer sales) of used Class 8 trucks was steady in May, slipping a narrow 0.6% m/m to land at $59,601. Pricing easily defeated seasonal expectations, which called for more than a 5% decline,” ACT's Steve Tam said. https://www.actresearch.net/resources/blog/us-classes3-8-used-trucks-blog
This market has been scored against the published resolution criteria. The result, final crowd consensus and source rules are preserved here so readers can compare the forecast with what actually happened.
June 27, 2026
$35,000 - $75,000
ACT Research publishes the State of the Industry: U.S. Classes 3-8 Used Trucks report every month, and the average retail price series is the industry benchmark for used truck values. The February 2026 preliminary average was $53,969, down 1% month over month, with two-year-old sleeper tractors off roughly $10,000 year over year as fleets work through a glut of late-model trade-ins. The series complements the new Class 8 order and build markets already on Rig Load and gives used-truck buyers a tradable signal on where residuals are heading.
Active markets come first, followed by recently resolved calls from the same category.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics publishes the Transportation Services Index each month, with a freight-only component that moves on truck...
Series PCU484121484121 is the Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index for general freight trucking, long-distance truckload. Fleet financ...
May benefits from seasonal freight activity: produce season, Memorial Day retail and the ramp toward summer inventory builds. The question is whe...