Shortgrass Land & Cattle
Kirby Iverson · Thayer County, NE · Wes Tolliver · client since 2026
171k bu at 68% priced · 311 head at 92% sold
$1.3M under management
Price to the planCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 33 days2 other findings(785) 555-3605
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.
Wheat new crop · Jul 2027
Break-even $5.42 · cash bid $5.34 · 68% priced against a 80% pace
Ladder covers 52% of the cropGuarantee 119k bu
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5.68 | +$0.26 | 15% 26k bu | Filled | Jul 25, 2026 3 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $6.00 | +$0.58 | 18% 31k bu | Filled | Sep 25, 2026 30 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $6.31 | +$0.89 | 19% 32k bu | Filled | Nov 25, 2026 in 31 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 $5.52 to count as clearing cost.