Prairie Wind Family Farms

Merle Eichhorn · Republic County, KS · Katie Rennick · client since 2020

333k bu at 65% priced · 97 head at 82% sold

$2.5M under management

Price to the planCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 27 days1 critical10 other findings(785) 555-1067

Position Plan Working Orders Sales Break-evens Livestock Coverage Recap

17 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

80 sold, 82% by head

Sold against pace

82%

Pace target 95% by head.

Head with no floor

Unsold, with no endorsement and no forward contract.

On the table

$6,393

Margin over cost of gain in the unsold head, at today's market.

2026 calf crop Cow / Calf

97 calves at 5.44 cwt · 528 cwt total

Needs a callMarketable now

Sell the next lot: 82% sold against a 95% pace with the market $69.13/cwt over cost

Every day above break-even is margin that can be locked. Selling 16 head near $230.71/cwt banks the next lot without betting the whole pen on one sale day. The window opens in 0 days, and these cannot be held past it.

16 head at $230.71 banks $6,017 over cost of gain.

Cost of gain

$161.58

$879 a head. Stated, May 25, 2026.

Market today

$230.71

Cow / Calf at the outlets this client uses.

Average sold

$222.76

+$61.18/cwt over cost on 80 head, so $25,842 banked.

Market over cost

+$69.13

$6,393 across the unsold head.

Sold against pace, by head82% of 95% target

By head rather than by pounds, which is what a producer means. 80 head is 80% of the weight, because the lots that went first were not average.

17 unsold17 with no floor3 restingWindow 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 Merle Eichhorn, so this is not a guaranteed sale price and should never be described as one.

The ladder

Price	Head	Over cost	Away	Sell by	State
$231.51	25	+$69.93 $9,510	Sold	Aug 25, 2026 61 days ago	Hit
$239.82	29	+$78.24 $12,343	Sold	Oct 25, 2026 today	Hit
$245.50	24	+$83.92 $10,956	Sold	Dec 25, 2026 in 61 days	Hit
$255.20	16	+$93.62 $8,149	$24.49	Feb 25, 2027 in 4 months	Working

Resting in the market

Head	Trigger	Away	Expires
3	$231.19	$0.48	Good til canceled

Lots sold

Date	Head	Weight	Price	Outlet
Aug 11, 2026	80	5.28 cwt	$222.76	Heartland Video Auction Cash

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.