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- Sep 22, 2026Use the dated article and cited sources for the definition, examples, and stated limitations.
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Construction Materials Asphalt Average Sales Price measures asphalt product revenue per ton shipped, excluding service revenue from the unit-price calculation.
Vulcan Materials reported an Asphalt average sales price of $81.93 per ton in 2025.
Why it matters
Average sales price shows the realized revenue earned per ton and can be compared with cash cost per ton to understand changes in downstream unit margins.
Investor caution
Average sales price is issuer-defined and can move with geography, mix, liquid asphalt costs, and customer or project mix. It is not a pure list-price measure.
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Part of the Construction Materials Unit Economics
Connect physical shipments, realized selling prices, cash costs, cash gross profit per unit, and segment gross profit across aggregates, asphalt, and ready-mixed concrete.
How the model fits together
- Aggregates price, cost, volume, and unit profitability: Aggregates shipments provide the physical-volume base, freight-adjusted sales price isolates realized product pricing, and freight-adjusted cash cost per ton separates operating cost from price. Cash gross profit per ton connects those unit drivers to non-GAAP unit profitability, while segment gross profit retains the accounting earnings view.
- Asphalt price, cost, volume, and unit profitability: Asphalt shipments, average sales price, cash cost per ton, and cash gross profit per ton connect downstream physical volume with realized pricing and cash unit economics. Liquid asphalt costs, internal aggregate sourcing, geography, and mix can move these measures independently, so they should be interpreted within Vulcan's definitions.
- Ready-mixed concrete price, cost, volume, and unit profitability: Ready-mixed concrete shipments in cubic yards provide the unit denominator for average sales price, cash cost, and cash gross profit per cubic yard. Mix design, cement and aggregate inputs, delivery distance, and local project mix affect unit economics, while segment gross profit retains the accounting profitability view.
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