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Unclassified Excavation: cost per cubic yard in Missouri
The median awarded price is $20.00 per cubic yard, from 80 winning bids on 65 public projects in Missouri (2023–2026). Half of the awarded prices fall between $12.00 and $30.51.
Cost by state › Missouri › Unclassified Excavation
$20.00median per cubic yard
$12.00 – $30.51middle half (25th–75th percentile)
80winning bids, 65 source documents
2023–2026lettings covered (last 3 years)
Winning bids only, as printed in the agencies' bid tabulations (MoDOT). 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 $14.00 in 2021 to $20.70 in 2026 (+48%).
| Year | Median per cubic yard | Winning bids |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $14.00 | 15 |
| 2022 | $20.25 | 20 |
| 2023 | $12.13 | 23 |
| 2024 | $14.70 | 19 |
| 2025 | $21.16 | 35 |
| 2026 | $20.70 | 24 |
Most recent source documents
| Letting | Agency | Quantity | Awarded unit price | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2026 | MoDOT | 22549 CUYD | $20.40 | Open the source page, contract 260618-F01 |
| May 15, 2026 | MoDOT | 3143 CUYD | $39.00 | Open the source page, contract 260515-A02 |
| May 15, 2026 | MoDOT | 8475 CUYD | $10.00 | Open the source page, contract 260515-D03 |
| May 15, 2026 | MoDOT | 258 CUYD | $63.80 | Open the source page, contract 260515-G02 |
| May 15, 2026 | MoDOT | 1500 CUYD | $18.00 | Open the source page, contract 260515-G05 |
See every awarded price for this item, in all states, on the Unclassified Excavation item page.
Unclassified Excavation in other states
- Oklahoma: median $9.18 (310 bids)
- South Carolina: median $36.58 (260 bids)
- South Dakota: median $11.95 (202 bids)
- Alabama: median $27.48 (186 bids)
- Arkansas: median $23.73 (128 bids)
- Wyoming: median $26.50 (83 bids)
- North Carolina: median $16.50 (65 bids)
- California: median $195.00 (39 bids)
- Illinois: median $40.00 (19 bids)
Related items in Missouri
- Rock Ditch Check: $17.12 per linear foot
- Compacting Embankment: $8.10 per cubic yard
- Class 3 Excavation: $27.82 per cubic yard
- Placing Type 2 Rock Blanket: $26.75 per cubic yard
- Class A Excavation: $20.70 per cubic yard
- Furnishing Type 2 Rock Blanket: $56.00 per cubic yard
- Clearing AND Grubbing: $7,228 per acre
- Class 1 Excavation: $50.00 per cubic yard
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