Yard Rates and Project Costs in 2021

Yes, prices are up. Yes, they will go up more.

Exactly. And if you want a yard to do work in the spring, better put in requests now as most of the really good yards fill up slots for the bigger jobs pretty quick.

My "take" on it goes to the root cause, more specifically the out of control government spending which has the printing presses running over-time, and every dollar printed cuts the value of those already in circulation. Commonly known as Inflation, the result of which is EVERYTHING will continue to cost more dollars and if that's not bad enough; the more free stuff, including dollars, the government gives away the less people are inclined to work, and less laborers means higher wages (supply & demand) and shortages of materials when manufacturing jobs go unfilled.
It's gotten to the point now where I find myself looking more for availability then cost and where never looked forward to going in the yard, now I simply dread the thought.

Prices are going up and with the recent boating boom it takes longer than before to get work done. Everybody seems to be having a harder time finding good workers although with crazy unemployment benefits drying out things should improve.

and there are still serious issues getting parts and supplies which delay things even more.