Windmill Grain Co
Lyle Wendt · Thayer County, NE · Danae Kruse · client since 2016
1.6M bu at 74% priced
$6.8M under management
Self directedCosts are stated, not from their booksLast spoke in 42 days1 other findings(785) 555-3000
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 $4.51 · cash bid $4.20 · 74% priced against a 72% pace
Ladder covers 78% of the crop
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4.72 | +$0.21 | 15% 246k bu | Filled | May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $5.02 | +$0.51 | 19% 312k bu | Filled | Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $5.27 | +$0.76 | 21% 345k bu | Filled | Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 4 | $5.51 | +$1.00 | 23% 378k bu | $1.31 | Nov 9, 2026 in 3 months Window Feb-May | Working |
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 $4.61 to count as clearing cost.