Tallgrass Grain Co
Lori Ulrich · Washington County, KS · Danae Kruse · client since 2025
704k bu at 63% priced · 2,113 head at 67% sold
$7.6M under management
Price to the planCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 36 days5 other findings(785) 555-7846
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.
Milo new crop · Dec 2026
Break-even $3.60 · cash bid $3.82 · 69% priced against a 72% pace
Ladder covers 76% of the cropGuarantee 324k bu
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3.81 | +$0.21 | 15% 57k bu | Filled | May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $3.99 | +$0.39 | 24% 91k bu | Filled | Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $4.17 | +$0.57 | 15% 57k bu | Filled | Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 4 | $4.37 | +$0.77 | 22% 84k bu | $0.55 | Nov 9, 2026 in 3 months Window Feb-May | Working |
Milo old crop · Sep 2026
Break-even $3.74 · cash bid $3.68 · 55% priced against a 95% pace
Ladder covers 73% of the crop
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3.89 | +$0.15 | 15% 49k bu | Filled | Aug 9, 2026 15 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $4.15 | +$0.41 | 19% 61k bu | Filled | Oct 9, 2026 in 46 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $4.35 | +$0.61 | 16% 52k bu | Filled | Dec 9, 2026 in 4 months Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 4 | $4.52 | +$0.78 | 23% 74k bu | $0.84 | Feb 9, 2027 in 6 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 $3.70 to count as clearing cost.