The number of auctions held in December 2013 at each of the four auction sites, including Nagoya, Osaka increased by one auction, and decreased one auction at the Kyushu site compared to the same month in the previous fiscal year because of calendar factors.
As a result, number of consigned vehicles was up 17.9% (YoY), number of contract completions was up 18.1% (YoY), and contract completion rate was 65.4%.

»Monthly Used Car Auction Data
Number of auctions Number of consigned vehicles Number of contract completions Contract completion rate Average price of vehicles contracted
(thousand yen)
Current FY Previous FY Current FY Previous FY Changes Current FY Previous FY Changes Current FY Previous FY Current FY Previous FY Changes
Apr. 66 65 210,673 226,176 93.1% 132,619 123,375 107.5% 63.0% 54.5% 555 521 106.4%
May 58 55 169,208 175,567 96.4% 116,364 104,202 111.7% 68.8% 59.4% 630 566 111.3%
Jun. 68 72 177,966 195,032 91.2% 120,690 117,187 103.0% 67.8% 60.1% 629 565 111.3%
Jul. 71 66 178,045 179,372 99.3% 121,819 112,650 108.1% 68.4% 62.8% 626 578 108.3%
Aug. 57 58 161,830 156,301 103.5% 109,824 99,623 110.2% 67.9% 63.7% 633 585 108.2%
Sep. 65 68 183,512 187,172 98.0% 124,352 121,600 102.3% 67.8% 65.0% 634 594 106.7%
Oct. 71 71 211,744 183,316 115.5% 139,285 118,831 117.2% 65.8% 64.8% 629 585 107.4%
Nov. 72 69 207,958 184,820 112.5% 134,837 121,237 111.2% 64.8% 65.6% 614 626 98.1%
Dec. 63 60 165,509 140,329 117.9% 108,286 91,679 118.1% 65.4% 65.3% 591 567 104.2%
Total 591 584 1,666,445 1,628,085 102.4% 1,108,076 1,010,384 109.7% 66.5% 62.1% 615 577 106.7%
Note: Amounts less than the units shown are discarded but percentages are rounded to the hundredths place.


»Year on year comparison (calendar factor adjusted)

After adjustment for the calendar factors, the result of auctions at the USS Group in the period of December 2013 compared with corresponding period of previous year (December 2, 2012 to January 1, 2013) was as follows.
Please note that number of auctions held at Nagoya, Osaka, Shizuoka, Gunma, Okayama, Saitama and Hokuriku increased by one auction compared to the previous year because of the year-end auction.

This month Prv. year YoY
Number of consigned vehicles: 165K 134K 123.0%
Number of contract completions: 108K 88K 122.6%
Contract completion rate: 65.4% 65.6% -
Average price of vehicles contracted: ¥591K ¥575K 102.9%


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