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Common Excavation (Rural Small): cost per cubic yard in Kansas
The median awarded price is $12.50 per cubic yard, from 229 winning bids on 225 public projects in Kansas (2023–2026). Half of the awarded prices fall between $7.00 and $27.50.
Cost by state › Kansas › Common Excavation (Rural Small)
$12.50median per cubic yard
$7.00 – $27.50middle half (25th–75th percentile)
229winning bids, 225 source documents
2023–2026lettings covered (last 3 years)
Winning bids only, as printed in the agencies' bid tabulations (KDOT). 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 $8.00 in 2021 to $12.00 in 2026 (+50%).
| Year | Median per cubic yard | Winning bids |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $8.00 | 79 |
| 2022 | $14.38 | 62 |
| 2023 | $11.93 | 79 |
| 2024 | $10.68 | 82 |
| 2025 | $15.00 | 78 |
| 2026 | $12.00 | 56 |
Most recent source documents
| Letting | Agency | Quantity | Awarded unit price | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2026 | KDOT | 7638 CUYD | $12.00 | line 11 ↗ |
| Oct 21, 2026 | KDOT | 534 CUYD | $10.53 | line 8 ↗ |
| Oct 21, 2026 | KDOT | 1883 CUYD | $9.00 | line 11 ↗ |
| Oct 21, 2026 | KDOT | 170 CUYD | $60.00 | line 9 ↗ |
| Oct 21, 2026 | KDOT | 16912 CUYD | $5.00 | line 12 ↗ |
See every awarded price for this item, in all states, on the Common Excavation (Rural Small) item page.
Related items in Kansas
- Rock Excavation: $48.00 per cubic yard
- Common Excavation (Contractor Furnished): $20.79 per cubic yard
- Salvaged Topsoil: $2.00 per square yard
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