Sandhill Grain Co

Alma Hemmelgarn · Washington County, KS · Danae Kruse · client since 2016

68k bu at 66% priced · 242 head at 65% sold

$837.3K under management

Self directedCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 32 days6 other findings(785) 555-7381

Position Plan Working Orders Sales Break-evens Livestock Recap

Every rung on every ladder clears this family's cost of production plus the desk's $0.10 cushion, and nothing has passed its sell-by date. The plan is doing its job.

Soybeans new crop · Nov 2026

Break-even $9.54 · cash bid $10.56 · 68% priced against a 72% pace

Ladder covers 77% of the cropGuarantee 12k bu

Rung	Price	Over cost	Tranche	Away from the bid	Sell by	State
1	$10.00	+$0.46	15% 2,525 bu	Filled	May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May	Hit
2	$10.58	+$1.04	21% 3,534 bu	Filled	Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May	Hit
3	$11.11	+$1.57	24% 4,039 bu	Filled	Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May	Hit
4	$11.56	+$2.02	17% 2,861 bu	$1.00	Nov 9, 2026 in 3 months Window Feb-May	Working

Soybeans old crop · Aug 2026

Break-even $9.22 · cash bid $10.52 · 95% priced against a 95% pace

Ladder covers 60% of the crop

Rung	Price	Over cost	Tranche	Away from the bid	Sell by	State
1	$9.76	+$0.54	15% 2,446 bu	Filled	Aug 9, 2026 15 days ago Window Feb-May	Hit
2	$10.12	+$0.90	23% 3,751 bu	Filled	Oct 9, 2026 in 46 days Window Feb-May	Hit
3	$10.69	+$1.47	22% 3,588 bu	Filled	Dec 9, 2026 in 4 months Window Feb-May	Hit

Corn new crop · Dec 2026

Break-even $4.31 · cash bid $4.30 · 51% priced against a 72% pace

Ladder covers 50% of the cropGuarantee 25k bu

Rung	Price	Over cost	Tranche	Away from the bid	Sell by	State
1	$4.50	+$0.19	15% 5,248 bu	Filled	May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May	Hit
2	$4.73	+$0.42	19% 6,647 bu	Filled	Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May	Hit
3	$5.02	+$0.71	16% 5,598 bu	Filled	Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May	Hit

Rungs are sorted by price rather than by the order they were entered, because a scale-up ladder only reads as a ladder in price order. Distance is measured from the cash bid, which is the board plus the local basis, not from the board alone.

A rung that filled before its date is done rather than overdue. The desk's cushion over break-even is $0.10, because a break-even is itself an estimate and pricing exactly at one is pricing at the midpoint of an error bar. On this crop that means a rung has to clear $9.64 to count as clearing cost.