GrainStrategy

Harvest Moon Family Farms

Janelle Yoder · Webster County, NE · Owen Speck · client since 2019

247 head at 93% sold
$322.9K under management
Self directedCosts are stated, not from their booksLast spoke in 25 days1 other findings(785) 555-5027
18 head has no floor under it. Whether that matters depends on the margin: with the market well over cost of gain it is a risk the desk can live with, and with the market near cost it is the finding that outranks everything else on this page.
Head to market
247
229 sold, 93% by head
Sold against pace
93%
Pace target 95% by head.
Head with no floor
18
Unsold, with no endorsement and no forward contract.
On the table
$7,116
Margin over cost of gain in the unsold head, at today's market.

2026 calf crop Cow / Calf

247 calves at 5.71 cwt · 1,410 cwt total

On planMarketable now
On pace: 93% sold, market $69.24/cwt over break-even

Set the next rung on the ladder so the market has a standing order to hit.

Cost of gain
$161.47
$922 a head. Stated, Aug 25, 2026.
Market today
$230.71
Cow / Calf at the outlets this client uses.
Average sold
$225.15
+$63.68/cwt over cost on 229 head, so $84,633 banked.
Market over cost
+$69.24
$7,116 across the unsold head.
Sold against pace, by head93% of 95% target

By head rather than by pounds, which is what a producer means. 229 head is 94% of the weight, because the lots that went first were not average.

18 unsold18 with no floorWindow Oct 25, 2026 to Nov 25, 2026

What is under the price

No LRP endorsement on this group. With grain the fallback is a bin; here there is none, so an unsold head with no floor is exposed to whatever the market does between now and the day it has to move.

The net floor is the coverage price less the premium, because a $6.50 premium on a $240.00 coverage price is a $233.50 floor. And LRP settles on RMA's published index rather than on what these animals bring at the barn: the basis between the two stays with Janelle Yoder, so this is not a guaranteed sale price and should never be described as one.

The ladder

PriceHeadOver costAwaySell byState
$229.8243+$68.35
$16,782
SoldAug 25, 2026
61 days ago
Hit
$239.5859+$78.11
$26,314
SoldOct 25, 2026
today
Hit

Lots sold

DateHeadWeightPriceOutlet
Jul 24, 2026575.69 cwt$232.71Concordia Livestock Auction
Cash
Jun 16, 2026385.81 cwt$225.81Heartland Video Auction
Cash
Apr 23, 20261345.85 cwt$221.84Heartland Video Auction
Forward

A grid lot's price is an estimate until the carcass data comes back, in the same way an HTA with the basis open is on the grain side. Both mean the average on the client's statement moves after the fact.