Asphalt Weekly Monitor
28 July 2023
- East Coast retail asphalt pricing was stable or higher this week, with retail flux pricing unchanged.
- Wholesale asphalt and flux barge pricing on the East Coast increased, with assessments up.
- Barge and rail asphalt sales prices were reported at mostly higher levels this week-raising assessed ranges. Roofing flux prices were steady.
- Midwest racks had flat posted prices and assessed selling ranges for this last week of July.
- Gulf Coast rack asphalt and flux prices were reported as steady, with assessments unchanged.
- Wholesale asphalt and flux pricing on the Gulf Coast remained stable, with assessments flat.
- Asphalt prices were assessed as steady across the in the Rocky Mountain region this week.
- Rockies wholesale prices were steady for this last July week, with reports for August still coming in.
- West Coast markets were steady for base grade materials both in Pacific Northwest and California locations. Roofing flux prices in southern California had a higher price assessment for the week.
- Western Canada retail and wholesale asphalt markets were steady.
- In eastern Canada, both Quebec and Ontario markets are assessed flat for the week.
- Oil prices were up for all benchmark grades this week, up around $3-4 a barrel this week.
