Elm Grove Ranch

Kristin Grosshans · Thayer County, NE · Wes Tolliver · client since 2023

260k bu at 75% priced

$1.2M under management

Call before pricingCosts are stated, not from their booksLast spoke in 27 days2 other findings(785) 555-4331

Position Plan Working Orders Sales Break-evens Livestock Recap

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 $4.11 · cash bid $4.20 · 68% priced against a 72% pace

Ladder covers 71% of the cropGuarantee 70k bu

Rung	Price	Over cost	Tranche	Away from the bid	Sell by	State
1	$4.30	+$0.19	15% 15k bu	Filled	May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May	Hit
2	$4.53	+$0.42	16% 16k bu	Filled	Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May	Hit
3	$4.76	+$0.65	18% 18k bu	Filled	Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May	Hit
4	$4.99	+$0.88	22% 22k bu	$0.79	Nov 9, 2026 in 3 months Window Feb-May	Working

Corn old crop · Sep 2026

Break-even $4.13 · cash bid $4.03 · 95% priced against a 95% pace

Ladder covers 59% of the crop

Rung	Price	Over cost	Tranche	Away from the bid	Sell by	State
1	$4.34	+$0.21	15% 17k bu	Filled	Aug 9, 2026 15 days ago Window Feb-May	Hit
2	$4.60	+$0.47	25% 28k bu	Filled	Oct 9, 2026 in 46 days Window Feb-May	Hit
3	$4.79	+$0.66	19% 21k bu	Filled	Dec 9, 2026 in 4 months Window Feb-May	Hit

Wheat new crop · Jul 2027

Break-even $5.09 · cash bid $5.69 · 43% priced against a 72% pace

Ladder covers 49% of the cropGuarantee 41k bu

Rung	Price	Over cost	Tranche	Away from the bid	Sell by	State
1	$5.34	+$0.25	15% 7,225 bu	Filled	May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May	Hit
2	$5.61	+$0.52	17% 8,189 bu	Filled	Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May	Hit
3	$5.86	+$0.77	17% 8,189 bu	$0.17	Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May	Due soon

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 $4.21 to count as clearing cost.