Whitetail Farms LLC
Dorene Ellison · Mitchell County, KS · Danae Kruse · client since 2023
470k bu at 83% priced
$1.9M under management
Price to the planCosts are stated, not from their booksLast spoke in 16 days3 other findings(785) 555-2645
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 $4.03 · cash bid $3.94 · 83% priced against a 80% pace
Ladder covers 78% of the cropGuarantee 399k bu
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4.22 | +$0.19 | 15% 70k bu | Filled | Jul 25, 2026 3 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $4.49 | +$0.46 | 18% 85k bu | Filled | Sep 25, 2026 30 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $4.71 | +$0.68 | 25% 117k bu | Filled | Nov 25, 2026 in 31 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 4 | $4.92 | +$0.89 | 20% 94k bu | Filled | Jan 25, 2027 in 3 months 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 $4.13 to count as clearing cost.