Smoky Hill Acres

Dell Ostrander · Smith County, KS · Wes Tolliver · client since 2016

42k bu at 79% priced

$293.8K under management

Price to the planCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 3 months4 other findings(785) 555-8594

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.

Soybeans new crop · Nov 2026

Break-even $11.05 · cash bid $10.66 · 74% priced against a 72% pace

Ladder covers 76% of the cropGuarantee 7,100 bu

Rung	Price	Over cost	Tranche	Away from the bid	Sell by	State
1	$11.50	+$0.45	15% 1,326 bu	Filled	May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May	Hit
2	$12.29	+$1.24	23% 2,034 bu	Filled	Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May	Hit
3	$12.84	+$1.79	18% 1,592 bu	Filled	Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May	Hit
4	$13.50	+$2.45	20% 1,769 bu	$2.84	Nov 9, 2026 in 3 months Window Feb-May	Working

Soybeans old crop · Aug 2026

Break-even $10.58 · cash bid $10.62 · 94% priced against a 95% pace

Ladder covers 61% of the crop

Rung	Price	Over cost	Tranche	Away from the bid	Sell by	State
1	$11.11	+$0.53	15% 1,399 bu	Filled	Aug 9, 2026 15 days ago Window Feb-May	Hit
2	$11.64	+$1.06	21% 1,959 bu	Filled	Oct 9, 2026 in 46 days Window Feb-May	Hit
3	$12.17	+$1.59	25% 2,332 bu	Filled	Dec 9, 2026 in 4 months Window Feb-May	Hit

Corn new crop · Dec 2026

Break-even $3.76 · cash bid $4.13 · 75% priced against a 72% pace

Ladder covers 53% of the crop

Rung	Price	Over cost	Tranche	Away from the bid	Sell by	State
1	$3.91	+$0.15	15% 3,638 bu	Filled	May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May	Hit
2	$4.12	+$0.36	19% 4,608 bu	Filled	Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May	Hit
3	$4.34	+$0.58	19% 4,608 bu	Filled	Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May	Hit

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 $11.15 to count as clearing cost.