Asphalt Weekly Monitor
14 October 2022
- Most East Coast retail asphalt and flux prices are unchanged, with isolated price declines.
- East Coast asphalt barge assessments are mostly steady, with some easing; flux barge prices are flat.
- Midwest wholesale prices were steady for rail to slightly lower for barges this week. Flux assessments were once again lower for October supply.
- Rack selling prices slid in the Midwest, with discounting off posted/reference prices reported.
- Gulf Coast asphalt retail prices are assessed unchanged, with some flux retail pricing down slightly.
- Asphalt barge prices eased on the Gulf Coast, while flux price assessments held steady this week.
- Rocky Mountain rack selling prices ease lower in some locations.
- Rockies wholesale asphalt prices were steady this week for October supply.
- In West Coast, Pacific Northwest markets were flat, but California markets had lower prices.
- In western Canada, some retail markets were down but wholesale asphalt prices were flat this week.
- In eastern Canada, both Quebec and Ontario market selling price assessments are down.
- Oil prices dropped sharply this week for all benchmark grades per inflation fears.
