Asphalt Weekly Monitor
1 Oct 2021
- Retail asphalt prices held mostly steady in East Coast asphalt and flux markets.
- East Coast asphalt barge prices eased lower, while flux barge prices were steady.
- Midwest wholesale sales activity spanned wider price ranges for both barges and rail supply. Flux prices were mostly steady with good demand for product.
- Midwest retail markets had few price changes, with limited adjustments to selling ranges.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt and flux price assessments were unchanged to start October.
- Gulf Coast asphalt barge sales prices were in a broad range on multiple deals, while flux barge prices remain steady.
- Rocky Mountain states had active paving and few price adjustments this week.
- Rockies wholesale prices were in a steady and broad range for October supply.
- In West Coast, some Pacific Northwest locations had higher pricing.
- California markets were flat.
- In western Canada, retail markets were flat but wholesale prices were up this week.
- Eastern Canada markets were static this week for both Quebec and Ontario locations.
- Oil prices were up sharply again for all benchmark grades, by more than $2 a barrel.
