Blue Stem Hollow Land & Cattle
Grant Klein · Thayer County, NE · Katie Rennick · client since 2020
320k bu at 54% priced
$2M under management
Price to the planCosts are stated, not from their booksLast spoke in 26 days3 other findings(785) 555-4466
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 $3.96 · cash bid $4.50 · 46% priced against a 72% pace
Ladder covers 58% of the cropGuarantee 181k bu
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4.14 | +$0.18 | 15% 34k bu | Filled | May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $4.41 | +$0.45 | 18% 41k bu | Filled | Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $4.63 | +$0.67 | 25% 57k bu | $0.13 | Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May | Due soon |
Soybeans new crop · Nov 2026
Break-even $11.03 · cash bid $10.83 · 73% priced against a 72% pace
Ladder covers 73% of the cropGuarantee 70k bu
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $11.62 | +$0.59 | 15% 14k bu | Filled | May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $12.20 | +$1.17 | 22% 21k bu | Filled | Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $12.86 | +$1.83 | 17% 16k bu | Filled | Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 4 | $13.30 | +$2.27 | 19% 18k bu | Filled | Nov 9, 2026 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 $4.06 to count as clearing cost.