Texas aggregate prices are still rising in 2026, and the two largest producers just confirmed it. In late July, Vulcan Materials and Martin Marietta reported second-quarter results showing aggregate prices climbing even as shipment volumes held roughly flat. For any Texas contractor bidding road base, select fill, or crushed concrete into the back half of the year, that matters. A material number carried over from a spring quote is already behind the market. This is a pricing story with a direct line to your margin, and it is worth two minutes before your next bid goes out.
The two biggest names in aggregates reported second-quarter earnings in the last week of July, and both told the same story on price.
Vulcan Materials reported freight-adjusted aggregate selling prices up 5 percent on a mix-adjusted basis for the quarter, with shipments up 1 percent and cash gross profit improving to $12.02 per ton (Source: Vulcan Materials, July 29, 2026). Martin Marietta reported record aggregate shipments of 61.6 million tons and raised its full-year revenue guidance to a range of $7.2 to $7.4 billion (Source: Martin Marietta, July 30, 2026). Both producers pointed to aggregate pricing finishing 2026 near the upper end of a 4 to 6 percent range.
When the companies that set the price of rock tell their investors they intend to hold pricing up through the back half of the year, that is not background noise. It is a signal you can bid against. The delivered cost of base and fill on a Texas job is trending up, not flat, and the gap between an old quote and a current one lands on the contractor who did not re-price.
Vulcan reported freight-adjusted aggregate prices up 5 percent on a mix-adjusted basis in Q2 2026, with pricing guided to the upper end of a 4 to 6 percent range.
Source: Vulcan Materials Second-Quarter 2026 Results, July 29, 2026
It is not only the material. The national on-highway diesel average reached $5.31 a gallon by July 28, a 16-month high (Source: EIA, July 28, 2026), so the haul side of your delivered number is climbing at the same time as the rock. On a long haul, that compounds.
Price base, fill, and haul on this week’s numbers, not a spring quote. On any work that runs into the fourth quarter, build in a modest escalation rather than betting on prices easing, because the producers have signaled the opposite. And confirm delivered cost in writing before you commit, so a mid-project price move is not a surprise.
The forward read is straightforward. With volumes healthy and producers holding pricing power, the aggregate market is not handing contractors a break in 2026. The contractors who protect their margin are the ones who quote current and lock delivered pricing early. See how truck capacity and haul distance drive your cost.
Price the rock you are buying this week, not the rock you priced last spring.
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