Used Cars & Trucks

The most recent national average price of used cars & trucks tracked by Basket Index is $183.36 per index. This figure is sourced from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) and updated monthly.

Over the past 12 months, the price of used cars & trucks is 1.8% less than it was a year ago, and it moved 1.6% up from the previous month.

In the time period Basket Index tracks, the historical high was $213.68 per index in July 2022, and the historical low was $136.06 per index in January 2020.

Used cars & trucks price data comes directly from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED). We publish the source series ID on the Methodology page so every figure can be reproduced from the original government dataset.

A scheduled job pulls the latest observation from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) once per day. Monthly observations are published with a short publication lag from the source. See /item/used-cars for the most recent figure.