Silver Sage Land & Cattle
Lori Novak · Thayer County, NE · Owen Speck · client since 2016
161k bu at 71% priced
$1.7M under management
Call before pricingCosts are stated, not from their booksLast spoke in 3 months2 other findings(785) 555-2365
Soybeans break-even is 7 months old. Get updated costs from Lori Novak, or get them onto Farmer Metrics so this stops being a phone call every six months. 1 more findings on this family.
Priced
71%
114k bu of 161k bu · pace 72%
Revenue locked
$1.2M
$202,656 of it over break-even
On the table
$75K
Margin over cost in 47k bu unpriced, at today's bids.
Reading
On plan
1 live crop across 2,817 acres.
Soybeans new crop · Nov 2026
2,817 acres at 57 bu/acre · 161k bu expected
On plan: 71% sold at $10.85 average, $1.78/bu over break-even
Cash bid $10.67 still clears break-even. Let the working orders rest and revisit at the next rung.
Break-even
$9.07
Stated by the client, Jan 9, 2026.
Cash bid today
$10.67
Board $10.88 with a -$0.21 basis.
Average sold
$10.85
+$1.78 over cost on 114k bu.
Bid over cost
+$1.60
$74,990 across the unpriced bushels.
Priced against pace71% of 72% target
47k bu unpricedStorage 85k bu, 53% of the crop114k bu sold, not hauled6,700 bu safe to contract
Every figure on this page is computed from the desk's records. Nothing here is a trade recommendation to the client: the plan is what they agreed to, the next action is what that plan calls for today, and a person decides.