Bluestem Family Farms
Marie Wendt · Smith County, KS · Bree Sandoval · client since 2024
856k bu at 87% priced
$3.3M under management
Call before pricingCosts are stated, not from their booksLast spoke in 29 days5 other findings(785) 555-9353
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.
Corn new crop · Dec 2026
Break-even $3.78 · cash bid $3.85 · 79% priced against a 80% pace
Ladder covers 50% of the crop
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3.95 | +$0.17 | 15% 74k bu | Filled | Jul 25, 2026 3 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $4.19 | +$0.41 | 18% 89k bu | Filled | Sep 25, 2026 30 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $4.41 | +$0.63 | 17% 84k bu | Filled | Nov 25, 2026 in 31 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
Corn old crop · Dec 2026
Break-even $4.61 · cash bid $3.85 · 96% priced against a 95% pace
Ladder covers 57% of the crop
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4.85 | +$0.24 | 15% 54k bu | Filled | Oct 25, 2026 today Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $5.08 | +$0.47 | 17% 62k bu | Filled | Dec 25, 2026 in 61 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $5.30 | +$0.69 | 25% 91k bu | Filled | Feb 25, 2027 in 4 months 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 $3.88 to count as clearing cost.