Old Cedar Farms
Alma Pruitt · Webster County, NE · Wes Tolliver · client since 2022
120k bu at 80% priced · 286 head at 66% sold
$1.1M under management
Self directedCosts from their booksLast spoke in 43 days3 other findings(785) 555-9168
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.
Wheat new crop · Jul 2027
Break-even $5.96 · cash bid $5.79 · 69% priced against a 72% pace
Ladder covers 55% of the cropGuarantee 43k bu
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $6.30 | +$0.34 | 15% 9,217 bu | Filled | May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $6.58 | +$0.62 | 23% 14k bu | Filled | Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $6.87 | +$0.91 | 17% 10k bu | Filled | Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
Wheat old crop · Sep 2026
Break-even $5.29 · cash bid $5.24 · 91% priced against a 95% pace
Ladder covers 56% of the crop
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5.58 | +$0.29 | 15% 8,740 bu | Filled | Aug 9, 2026 15 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $5.88 | +$0.59 | 19% 11k bu | Filled | Oct 9, 2026 in 46 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $6.14 | +$0.85 | 22% 13k bu | Filled | Dec 9, 2026 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 $6.06 to count as clearing cost.