Asphalt Weekly Monitor
23 January 2026
- We have updated Page 3, adding several new fields; those are highlighted in yellow.
- Poten Webinar: Asphalt Outlook 2026: Navigating market shifts and price drivers (Signup link at end of Report – pages 28-29).
- Multiple asphalt shipments were contracted from Venezuela into the US this week, following months’ long ban/sanctions.
- East Coast retail asphalt pricing steady, with Flux pricing declining this week.
- Asphalt barge and assessments on the East Coast are flat, with flux wholesale easing.
- Midwest retail asphalt pricing steadfast, with flux pricing lower for the week.
- Midwest wholesale asphalt pricing is flat, while flux wholesale prices declined notably.
- Gulf Coast/Mid-South rack asphalt was stable, while flux rack prices dropped this week.
- Gulf Coast asphalt barge and rail prices were stable; flux barge and rail prices dropped.
- Rocky Mountain markets had flat prices across the region.
- In the West Coast, both Pacific Northwest and California locations had steady prices.
- Western Canada market prices were unchanged for both retail and wholesale material.
- In eastern Canada, Quebec and Ontario selling and posted prices were steady this week.
- Key benchmark crude oil futures rose week-on-week.
