Sandhill Farms
Troy Ostrander · Republic County, KS · Katie Rennick · client since 2025
250k bu at 89% priced
$929.7K under management
Call before pricingCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 27 days6 other findings(785) 555-4898
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.
Milo new crop · Dec 2026
Break-even $3.95 · cash bid $3.71 · 83% priced against a 80% pace
Ladder covers 72% of the crop
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4.14 | +$0.19 | 15% 19k bu | Filled | Jul 25, 2026 3 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $4.37 | +$0.42 | 16% 20k bu | Filled | Sep 25, 2026 30 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $4.56 | +$0.61 | 19% 24k bu | Filled | Nov 25, 2026 in 31 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 4 | $4.78 | +$0.83 | 22% 28k bu | Filled | Jan 25, 2027 in 3 months Window Feb-May | Hit |
Milo old crop · Dec 2026
Break-even $3.52 · cash bid $3.71 · 96% priced against a 95% pace
Ladder covers 46% of the crop
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3.66 | +$0.14 | 15% 19k bu | Filled | Oct 25, 2026 today Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $3.90 | +$0.38 | 16% 20k bu | Filled | Dec 25, 2026 in 61 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $4.07 | +$0.55 | 15% 19k bu | Filled | Feb 25, 2027 in 4 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 $4.05 to count as clearing cost.