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Furnish excavation: cost per cubic yard in Illinois
Listed by the agency as “Furnished Excavation”.
The median awarded price is $38.00 per cubic yard, from 376 winning bids on 376 public projects in Illinois (2023–2026). Half of the awarded prices fall between $21.49 and $65.00.
Cost by state › Illinois › Furnished Excavation
Winning bids only, as printed in the agencies' bid tabulations (IDOT, Tazewell County Highway Department). These are prices agencies awarded, not quotes: a price on a given job depends on quantity, location and timing, and the figures here are not adjusted for any of them.
Trend
The median awarded price went from $30.00 in 2021 to $35.00 in 2026 (+17%).
| Year | Median per cubic yard | Winning bids |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $30.00 | 131 |
| 2022 | $43.30 | 154 |
| 2023 | $32.00 | 129 |
| 2024 | $39.08 | 150 |
| 2025 | $40.00 | 124 |
| 2026 | $35.00 | 88 |
Most recent source documents
| Letting | Agency | Quantity | Awarded unit price | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | IDOT | 50 CU YD | $50.00 | Open bid tab, 61L85 ↗ |
| Sep 18, 2026 | IDOT | 1480 CU YD | $30.00 | Open bid tab, 66M67 ↗ |
| Sep 18, 2026 | IDOT | 231 CU YD | $40.00 | Open bid tab, 78990 ↗ |
| Sep 18, 2026 | IDOT | 1940 CU YD | $10.00 | Open bid tab, 97892 ↗ |
| Jul 31, 2026 | IDOT | 125 CU YD | $0.01 | Open bid tab, 66N23 ↗ |
See every awarded price for this item, in all states, on the Furnished Excavation item page.
Related items in Illinois
- Earth Excavation: $49.00 per cubic yard
- Topsoil F & P 4: $7.00 per square yard
- Trench Backfill: $60.00 per cubic yard
- Structure Excavation: $45.00 per cubic yard
- Rock Excavation: $160.00 per cubic yard
- Unclassified Excavation: $40.00 per cubic yard
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