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BCA October values slip to £7,244 as UK used EVs sit 34 days at retail
UK used market, week of Nov 9, 2026
Used cars at BCA's UK auctions averaged £7,244 in October, a 1.0% decrease on September, the company reported on Nov 4, 2026. On Nov 9, 2026, used electric vehicles (EVs) on UK dealer websites had been listed for a median of 34 days, against 57 days for all used cars, according to MarketCheck data.
BCA described October as a challenging month with strong EV performance. Motor Trade News reports the company warning that the small decline disguised the difficulty, and for dealers buying at auction replacement costs eased only slightly. BCA's average and the 34-day median measure different things, an auction value and a count of days listed at retail. Set side by side, they show that the wholesale dip has not appeared as slow-moving electric stock, and that the EV demand BCA described at auction has a visible counterpart on forecourts. BCA's November average and EV sold volumes are the next wholesale readings. A second monthly decline would test whether October was a one-month move, and dealers would likely reprice aged combustion stock first.
| Measure (Nov 09, 2026) | All used | Electric |
|---|---|---|
| Live listings (count) | 595,117 | 39,877 |
| Share of used listings (%) | 100 | 6.7 |
| Median asking price (GBP) | 15,310 | 23,590 |
| Mean asking price (GBP) | 18,739 | 26,214 |
| Median mileage (miles) | 38,367 | 15,195 |
| Median days on market (days) | 57 | 34 |
| 75th percentile days on market (days) | 125 | 75 |
| 90th percentile days on market (days) | 247 | 153 |
Days on market count the time a car still for sale has been listed so far, which is a different measure from days to sell. Used EVs have been listed for less time than the used market as a whole at each mark in the range. A quarter of all UK used listings have been live for 125 days or more, and one in ten for 247 days or more. For EVs the same marks are 75 and 153 days. The cost of a challenging month sits in that tail, where price cuts tend to start. If the share of listings live beyond 125 days grows, it would push retail price cuts that feed back into wholesale values. A narrowing gap between the EV and all-used medians would point to EV stock building on forecourts, which would show up in what dealers are willing to bid at auction.
Younger cars behind the £23,590 median
Used EVs on sale are younger and pricier than the used market as a whole. They carry a median asking price of £23,590 against £15,310 for all used cars, and a mean of £26,214 against £18,739. Their median mileage is 15,195 miles against 38,367. The price gap therefore reflects age and mix before any question of an EV premium. Against petrol equivalents of the same model and age, with age and mileage held level, the gap in asking prices reads differently.
39,877 of 595,117 listings
EVs account for 6.7% of UK used listings, or 39,877 of 595,117 live listings. Petrol sits at 51.5% with 306,514 listings and diesel at 29.9% with 177,940. Petrol electric hybrids account for 11.7% with 69,515 listings, nearly twice the EV share, and diesel electric hybrids for 0.1% with 502. Strength in EVs therefore moves a small share of total used supply, and the hybrid share is a check on how quickly the retail fuel mix is shifting.
An auction average beside a retail median
BCA's £7,244 is an average auction sale value for the mix of cars BCA sold in October. The retail figures are medians of asking prices for a different mix of cars on Nov 9, 2026, so the two levels are not a like-for-like margin. MarketCheck data covers retail listings only; the wholesale figures are BCA's.
How this was measured
A snapshot of UK used retail listings on dealer websites on Nov 9, 2026, from MarketCheck's UK market data. Prices are asking prices, days on market are for unsold listings, and the same car can appear on more than one dealer site. BCA's figure is a wholesale average and is quoted as BCA reports it.
The listing counts, price, mileage and days-on-market statistics come from the MarketCheck Inventory Search API, GET /v2/search/car/active (Inventory Search API docs), run against the UK active endpoint with statistics on price, miles and days on market, and with a fuel type facet for the fuel split. The Take's APIs used also list the MarketCheck Sold Summary API (the get_sold_summary tool in the MarketCheck MCP; docs Sold Summary tool). Data source: MarketCheck data, UK used cars on dealer websites. API keys: MarketCheck developer portal.
The story we checked
- Story: "BCA Reports Challenging October for UK Used Car Wholesale Market, EVs Perform Strongly"
- Source: BCA.co.uk
- Date: Nov 4, 2026
- Fact-check tally: 4 verified, 1 unverifiable. Verified: the £7,244 October average, the 1.0% decrease on September, strong EV sector performance in October, and that used EVs are moving faster than the wider used market at UK retail. Unverifiable: BCA's highest sold volume week for electric vehicles on record, where the story is the only source.
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Reproduce this
- search_active_cars: Pull live UK used dealer listings and compare median asking price, mileage and days on market for electric against all used cars.
- search_past_90_days: Look at UK used listings that left dealer websites in the last 90 days, at their last asking price, to see how electric stock cleared.
- generate_full_market_capture: Take every listing in one postcode market to check whether the EV days-on-market gap holds locally.
The story we checkedBCA Reports Challenging October for UK Used Car Wholesale Market, EVs Perform Strongly, BCA.co.uk, Nov 4, 2026
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