Commercial trucks, trailers for sale fall 4% in May

The number of commercial trucks for sale dropped in April as prices for new and used vehicles rose.   

Equipment Finance News’ Index of Commercial Trucks and Trailers Available for Sale and Lease, which is a reference point for truck-supply trends, reached 92.6 on June 1, down 3.7% month over month. The interactive index is based on data collected by EFN since November 2024 and is updated daily.   

Index of Commercial Trucks & Trailers Available for Sale & Lease

Meanwhile, prices for used and certified pre-owned commercial trucks fell in May while new truck prices inched up, according to EFN’s Average Pricing of Commercial Trucks and Trailers by Condition dataset. The interactive data also goes back to November 2024 and is updated daily. The dataset identifies pricing trends in the trucking industry.

Average Pricing of Commercial Trucks & Trailers by Condition

The average new commercial truck price landed at $122,322 as of June 1, up 0.1% MoM. Meanwhile, the average used-truck price fell 3.8% MoM to $63,560, and the average certified pre-owned price dropped 5.9% MoM to $79,569.   

Dealers and buyers of both new and used trucks also continue to navigate issues in the political climate as changes in tariffs and emissions regulations present more challenges, ACT Research Vice President Steve Tam told Equipment Finance News.   

“Used trucks aren’t going to have tariffs on them, so we could very well see an acceleration of that type of [vehicle],” he said. “We had expected a big pre-buy on the new truck side because of the regulations that are in place, and little by little, it seems like those regulations are being dismantled.” 

As the tariff situation becomes clearer, the number of trucks available to purchase is also going to shift, Sandhills Global Equipment Lease and Finance Manager Jim Ryan told EFN. 

“The transportation side is going to look like where that used equipment becomes more valuable, but that’s all tariff depending, so it’s a lot of speculation,” he said. “If these tariffs do go through, the used market takes a huge jump because that tariff piece is going to affect new, which when you start splitting hairs on that and you start splitting inventory up, then there’s less in the market to purchase.”