GrainStrategy

Antelope Flats Grain Co

Wade Cronin · Smith County, KS · Owen Speck · client since 2023

140k bu at 87% priced · 1,959 head at 69% sold
$5.2M under management
Call before pricingCosts from their booksLast spoke in 25 days11 other findings(785) 555-9044
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.

Corn new crop · Dec 2026

Break-even $4.34 · cash bid $3.98 · 83% priced against a 80% pace

Ladder covers 54% of the crop
RungPriceOver costTrancheAway from the bidSell byState
1$4.56+$0.2215%
8,774 bu
FilledJul 25, 2026
3 months ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
2$4.80+$0.4617%
9,944 bu
FilledSep 25, 2026
30 days ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
3$5.04+$0.7022%
13k bu
FilledNov 25, 2026
in 31 days
Window Feb-May
Hit

Corn old crop · Dec 2026

Break-even $3.88 · cash bid $3.98 · 96% priced against a 95% pace

Ladder covers 61% of the crop
RungPriceOver costTrancheAway from the bidSell byState
1$4.05+$0.1715%
8,653 bu
FilledOct 25, 2026
today
Window Feb-May
Hit
2$4.26+$0.3824%
14k bu
FilledDec 25, 2026
in 61 days
Window Feb-May
Hit
3$4.52+$0.6422%
13k bu
FilledFeb 25, 2027
in 4 months
Window Feb-May
Hit

Soybeans new crop · Nov 2026

Break-even $10.07 · cash bid $10.32 · 79% priced against a 80% pace

Ladder covers 57% of the crop
RungPriceOver costTrancheAway from the bidSell byState
1$10.62+$0.5515%
1,901 bu
FilledJul 25, 2026
3 months ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
2$11.10+$1.0320%
2,534 bu
FilledSep 25, 2026
30 days ago
Window Feb-May
Hit
3$11.77+$1.7022%
2,788 bu
FilledNov 25, 2026
in 31 days
Window Feb-May
Hit

Soybeans old crop · Nov 2026

Break-even $9.65 · cash bid $10.32 · 67% priced against a 95% pace

Ladder covers 75% of the crop
RungPriceOver costTrancheAway from the bidSell byState
1$10.18+$0.5315%
1,619 bu
FilledOct 25, 2026
today
Window Feb-May
Hit
2$10.69+$1.0419%
2,050 bu
FilledDec 25, 2026
in 61 days
Window Feb-May
Hit
3$11.29+$1.6425%
2,698 bu
FilledFeb 25, 2027
in 4 months
Window Feb-May
Hit
4$11.70+$2.0516%
1,727 bu
$1.38Apr 25, 2027
in 6 months
Window Feb-May
Working

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 $4.44 to count as clearing cost.