US Manheim Average Price, seasonally adjusted
US Manheim Average Price, seasonally adjusted stood at 18,832 USD in Sep 2026. It is one of the indicators in the Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index table (Value · Monthly), with a complete series running from Jan 1997 to Sep 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index table
| Indicator | 09-2026 | 08-2026 | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | |
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| TOTAL MARKET (Jan 1997 = 100) | |||||||||||
| Average Price, seasonally adjusted | 18,832 | 19,042 | 19,206 | 19,470 | 19,448 | 19,385 | 19,692 | 19,416 | 19,253 | 18,801 | |
| Average Price, not seasonally adjusted | 18,845 | 19,088 | 19,176 | 19,688 | 19,943 | 20,190 | 20,102 | 19,298 | 18,739 | 18,240 |
Understanding US Manheim Average Price, seasonally adjusted
The US Manheim Average Price, seasonally adjusted, measures the mean transaction value of pre-owned vehicles sold at wholesale auctions after applying statistical filters to remove calendar bias. It encapsulates the raw monetary shift in auction lots while deliberately stripping out predictable annual surges caused by tax refund seasons or holiday lulls. Readers should not mistake this nominal dollar-denominated series for the index-based relative valuation metrics, as it reflects absolute average price levels rather than baseline-referenced changes.
Released monthly following the close of auction cycles, this average price series is susceptible to historical revisions whenever baseline seasonal adjustment models are recalibrated. Because weather and calendar anomalies heavily distort raw remarketing figures, the seasonally adjusted series is essential for short-term month-on-month tactical assessments. Nonetheless, analysts tracking long-term structural cost trends often pair these sequential readings with annual comparisons to filter out transient market noise.