GrainStrategy

Coyote Ridge Farms LLC

Alma Rasmussen · Republic County, KS · Danae Kruse · client since 2026

25k bu at 74% priced · 362 head at 65% sold
$661.3K under management
Call before pricingCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 52 days2 other findings(785) 555-8424
128 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
362
234 sold, 65% by head
Sold against pace
65%
Pace target 65% by head.
Head with no floor
128
Unsold, with no endorsement and no forward contract.
On the table
$70,358
Margin over cost of gain in the unsold head, at today's market.

2026 calf crop Cow / Calf

362 calves at 5.73 cwt · 2,074 cwt total

On planReady in 46 days
On pace: 65% sold, market $95.93/cwt over break-even

Set the next rung on the ladder so the market has a standing order to hit.

Cost of gain
$150.26
$861 a head. Estimated.
Market today
$246.19
Cow / Calf at the outlets this client uses.
Average sold
$246.22
+$95.96/cwt over cost on 234 head, so $128,892 banked.
Market over cost
+$95.93
$70,358 across the unsold head.
Sold against pace, by head65% of 65% target

By head rather than by pounds, which is what a producer means. 234 head is 65% of the weight, because the lots that went first were not average.

128 unsold128 with no floor100 sold, not shippedWindow Oct 9, 2026 to Dec 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 Alma Rasmussen, so this is not a guaranteed sale price and should never be described as one.

The ladder

PriceHeadOver costAwaySell byState
$244.4099+$94.14
$53,402
SoldJun 9, 2026
2 months ago
Hit
$252.7592+$102.49
$54,028
SoldAug 9, 2026
15 days ago
Hit

Lots sold

DateHeadWeightPriceOutlet
May 17, 20261345.74 cwt$238.42Concordia Livestock Auction
Cash
Apr 21, 20261005.74 cwt$256.68Superior Sale Barn
CashNot shipped

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.