Copper Creek Farms
Tessa Carver · Thayer County, NE · Wes Tolliver · client since 2025
59k bu at 32% priced
$611.6K under management
Call before pricingCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 8 days1 critical4 other findings(785) 555-2917
1 rung has passed their sell-by date with the bushels still unpriced. The plan prices those tranches on the calendar rather than the market, which is the whole point of writing a date next to a price. Either price them or agree a new date with the family and write it down.
Soybeans new crop · Nov 2026
Break-even $10.32 · cash bid $10.35 · 32% priced against a 80% pace
Ladder covers 83% of the cropGuarantee 44k bu
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10.90 | +$0.58 | 15% 8,868 bu | Filled | Jul 25, 2026 3 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $11.49 | +$1.17 | 23% 14k bu | $1.14 | Sep 25, 2026 30 days ago Window Feb-May | Time stop passed |
| 3 | $11.99 | +$1.67 | 23% 14k bu | $1.64 | Nov 25, 2026 in 31 days Window Feb-May | Working |
| 4 | $12.62 | +$2.30 | 22% 13k bu | $2.27 | Jan 25, 2027 in 3 months Window Feb-May | Working |
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 $10.42 to count as clearing cost.