Walnut Grove Ranch
Vern Gruber · Nuckolls County, NE · Wes Tolliver · client since 2015
100k bu at 70% priced
$835.7K under management
Call before pricingCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 26 days1 other findings(785) 555-8467
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 $9.07 · cash bid $10.67 · 73% priced against a 72% pace
Ladder covers 51% of the cropGuarantee 39k bu
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $9.48 | +$0.41 | 15% 7,828 bu | Filled | May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $10.02 | +$0.95 | 18% 9,393 bu | Filled | Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $10.55 | +$1.48 | 18% 9,393 bu | Filled | Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
Wheat new crop · Jul 2027
Break-even $5.51 · cash bid $5.69 · 68% priced against a 72% pace
Ladder covers 45% of the cropGuarantee 34k bu
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5.80 | +$0.29 | 15% 7,209 bu | Filled | May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $6.10 | +$0.59 | 15% 7,209 bu | Filled | Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $6.44 | +$0.93 | 15% 7,209 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 $9.17 to count as clearing cost.