Lone Oak Land & Cattle
Cassie Albrecht · Nuckolls County, NE · Danae Kruse · client since 2017
132k bu at 71% priced · 411 head at 97% sold
$1.2M under management
Price to the planCosts from their booksLast spoke in 4 months9 other findings(785) 555-4311
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 $4.04 · cash bid $4.14 · 79% priced against a 80% pace
Ladder covers 59% of the crop
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4.27 | +$0.23 | 15% 16k bu | Filled | Jul 25, 2026 3 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $4.50 | +$0.46 | 23% 25k bu | Filled | Sep 25, 2026 30 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $4.70 | +$0.66 | 21% 23k bu | Filled | Nov 25, 2026 in 31 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
Soybeans new crop · Nov 2026
Break-even $10.52 · cash bid $10.51 · 39% priced against a 80% pace
Ladder covers 76% of the cropGuarantee 18k bu
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10.99 | +$0.47 | 15% 3,646 bu | Filled | Jul 25, 2026 3 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $11.71 | +$1.19 | 15% 3,646 bu | Filled | Sep 25, 2026 30 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $12.11 | +$1.59 | 22% 5,348 bu | $1.60 | Nov 25, 2026 in 31 days Window Feb-May | Working |
| 4 | $12.82 | +$2.30 | 24% 5,834 bu | $2.31 | Jan 25, 2027 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 $4.14 to count as clearing cost.