United States Used Trucks

Used truck market conditions are fragmented, cyclical, and channel-specific.

1. Sales channels behave differently.

Retail, wholesale, and auction channels can move at different speeds and show different price, volume, and inventory patterns. ACT helps customers compare channel behavior and understand what those differences may mean for used equipment decisions.

2. Market performance varies by class.

Class 8 used truck activity is closely tied to freight conditions, carrier profitability, new truck availability, and replacement cycles. Classes 3–5 and 6–7 are often influenced by last-mile, regional delivery, construction, service, and local vocational demand.

3. Age, mileage, and model mix affect pricing.

Used truck prices can change significantly based on vehicle age, mileage, model, specification, and condition. ACT provides comparative views that help customers evaluate pricing trends with better context.

4. Inventory and turnover vary by class, channel, and region.

A single geography, class, or sales channel rarely tells the full story. ACT’s monthly data helps customers compare inventory, turnover, and sales activity across multiple views of the used truck market.

5. Timely dealer-reported data adds important market context.

What the United States Used Trucks report covers

The United States Used Trucks report provides a monthly view of used Class 3–8 truck market activity, including price, sales, mileage, age, inventory, turnover, channel behavior, and regional movement.

Use the report to monitor current conditions, evaluate market-cycle signals, and support decisions related to inventory, pricing, resale, remarketing, acquisition, residual risk, and collateral exposure.

What's included

Summary Observations

Each report begins with a concise narrative explaining:

• Volume shifts

• Price behavior

• Mileage and age changes

• Export trends

• Market drivers and risks

Used Truck Management Statistics

Breakdowns by class, channel, and time period, including:

• Units sold

• Total sales $

• Average price

• Average miles

• Average age

• Inventory

• Turnover & days on hand

Tables include:

• Current month

• Year-to-date

• Month-over-month comparisons

• Same month year-over-year

• 3-month vs. prior-year 3-month

• Annualized comparisons

Class 8 Selling Price Intelligence

ACT tracks Class 8 used truck pricing across several important market views, including:

• Overall average selling price
• Three- to seven-year-old price bands
• Age and mileage interaction
• Ten-year historical trend charts
• Year-over-year, monthly, and six-month moving average patterns

These views help customers understand pricing momentum and evaluate how used truck values are moving across the cycle.

Class 3–5, Classes 6–7, and Class 8 Market Graphs

For each class group, ACT provides:

• Sales volumes

• Average sale price

• Average miles

• Average age

These graphs help customers compare how light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty used truck markets behave over time.

Class 8 Model-Specific Pricing

Model-level average selling price trends for high-volume Class 8 models, including:

• Freightliner Cascadia and Columbia
• International LT and RH
• Kenworth T680 and T800
• Peterbilt 389 and 579
• Volvo VNL 760 and VNL 860

These charts help customers evaluate model-level demand, resale strength, and lifecycle behavior for pricing, acquisition, remarketing, and residual-risk decisions.

Regional Dashboards: Price & Volume Heatmaps

ACT’s regional dashboards show:

• State-by-state price changes
• State-by-state volume shifts

These views help customers identify where pricing is under pressure, where sales are improving, and where inventory conditions may differ by region.

What you receive each month

• Summary observations & cycle interpretation

• Class-by-class management statistics

• Complete channel (auction/retail/wholesale) breakdowns

• Time-period comparisons (MoM, YoY, 3-month, YTD)

• Class 8 pricing by model year

• 3–5, 6–7, and 8 graphs (volume, price, miles, age)

• OEM model-specific ASP charts

• Regional dashboards and heatmaps

Together, these resources help customers understand market health, pricing momentum, inventory conditions, and used truck cycle direction.

Why ACT for used truck market intelligence

Independent, data-informed market perspective

ACT provides a used truck market view built on industry data, disciplined analysis, and analyst interpretation across Class 3–8 used equipment markets.

Detailed class, channel, age, mileage, and model-level views

ACT’s report brings together multiple views of the used truck market, including class coverage, channel breakdowns, age and mileage detail, model-level pricing, and regional dashboards.

Recognized market authority

ACT is recognized across commercial vehicle, freight, finance, dealer, leasing, and investment markets for its market intelligence, forecasting discipline, and industry perspective.

Who uses this report — and how it supports planning

Different teams use ACT’s United States Used Trucks report in different ways, but all rely on it to understand current used truck market conditions, pricing movement, inventory trends, and asset-cycle signals.

OEMs

• Track resale strength and used value movement
• Understand trade-cycle implications
• Monitor used market signals that may affect new truck demand
• Support dealer and customer conversations with market context

Dealers & Remarketers

• Price inventory with stronger market context
• Time acquisitions and resale activity
• Monitor lot turnover and days on hand
• Compare channel, regional, and model-level activity

Fleets & Leasing Companies

• Evaluate replacement timing
• Support remarketing strategy
• Monitor residual value movement
• Understand lifecycle cost and asset value implications

Suppliers & Component Manufacturers

• Monitor used market signals that may foreshadow new truck demand
• Understand replacement-cycle movement
• Track equipment market health and fleet behavior
• Support demand planning with additional market context

Financial & Lending Institutions

• Evaluate asset values and collateral risk
• Monitor pricing momentum and inventory conditions
• Support residual value assumptions
• Track market-cycle signals tied to used equipment exposure

Logistics & Transportation Leaders

• Understand used equipment market health
• Monitor signals tied to carrier capacity and fleet behavior
• Evaluate acquisition, disposal, or replacement timing
• Track how used values may reflect freight-cycle conditions