Deer Trail Ag
Nadine Hemmelgarn · Republic County, KS · Owen Speck · client since 2015
48k bu at 70% priced
$517.3K under management
Call before pricingCosts are stated, not from their booksLast spoke in 25 days(785) 555-5471
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 $9.48 · cash bid $10.66 · 70% priced against a 72% pace
Ladder covers 51% of the cropGuarantee 41k bu
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $9.98 | +$0.50 | 15% 7,252 bu | Filled | May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $10.39 | +$0.91 | 19% 9,186 bu | Filled | Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $11.01 | +$1.53 | 17% 8,219 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 $9.58 to count as clearing cost.