Asphalt Weekly Monitor
2 May 2025
- East Coast asphalt pricing slips in some areas with flux rack price assessments flat this week.
- Some asphalt barge ranges widen with flux barge pricing on the East Coast remainings steady.
- Midwest May wholesale prices were mostly flat at April levels, but some suppliers raised prices due to crude coming from the Keystone pipeline due to a leak and outage in April. Flux prices were flat.
- No Midwest rack price changes were reported, except for the Chicago area where they rose.
- Gulf Coast rack asphalt pricing eases in some areas, with flux pricing unchanged in the region.
- Gulf Coast asphalt rail prices moved lower, with asphalt and flux barges, and flux rail pricing stable.
- Rocky Mountain rack prices were flat in most markets, except one. Activity is slowly improving.
- Rockies’ wholesale prices declined for May, likely due to the recent decline in crude oil prices.
- In the West Coast, both Pacific Northwest and California markets had some lower prices this week.
- In western Canada, retail markets were steady but wholesale prices were lower for the week.
- In eastern Canada, both Quebec and Ontario markets had steady price assessments.
- Oil prices were lower for all benchmark grades this week, by around $3-5 per barrel.
