Prairie Wind Family Farms

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

333k bu at 60% priced · 97 head at 53% sold

$2.6M under management

Price to the planCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 42 days1 critical8 other findings(785) 555-1067

Position Plan Working Orders Sales Break-evens Livestock Recap

46 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

51 sold, 53% by head

Sold against pace

53%

Pace target 65% by head.

Head with no floor

Unsold, with no endorsement and no forward contract.

On the table

$21,173

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 callReady in 46 days

Time stop passed: the 29 head lot was due 2026-08-09

The plan sells this lot on the calendar rather than the market, so cattle do not ride past condition and weight. Today's market is $246.19/cwt against a $161.58 break-even.

29 head at $246.19 banks $13,348 over cost of gain.

Cost of gain

$161.58

$879 a head. Stated, Mar 9, 2026.

Market today

$246.19

Cow / Calf at the outlets this client uses.

Average sold

$237.71

+$76.13/cwt over cost on 51 head, so $20,500 banked.

Market over cost

+$84.61

$21,173 across the unsold head.

Sold against pace, by head53% of 65% target

By head rather than by pounds, which is what a producer means. 51 head is 51% of the weight, because the lots that went first were not average.

46 unsold46 with no floor8 restingWindow Oct 9, 2026 to Nov 9, 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
$247.04	25	+$85.46 $11,622	Sold	Jun 9, 2026 2 months ago	Hit
$255.92	29	+$94.34 $14,883	$9.73	Aug 9, 2026 15 days ago	Time stop passed
$261.97	24	+$100.39 $13,107	$15.78	Oct 9, 2026 in 46 days	Working
$272.32	16	+$110.74 $9,639	$26.13	Dec 9, 2026 in 4 months	Working

Resting in the market

Head	Trigger	Away	Expires
8	$246.67	$0.48	Good til canceled

Lots sold

Date	Head	Weight	Price	Outlet
May 26, 2026	51	5.28 cwt	$237.71	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.