Tallgrass Grain Co
Lori Ulrich · Washington County, KS · Danae Kruse · client since 2025
704k bu at 67% priced · 2,113 head at 67% sold
$7.3M under management
Price to the planCosts are estimatesLast spoke in 21 days8 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 $3.44 · 77% priced against a 80% 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 | Jul 25, 2026 3 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $3.99 | +$0.39 | 24% 91k bu | Filled | Sep 25, 2026 30 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $4.17 | +$0.57 | 15% 57k bu | Filled | Nov 25, 2026 in 31 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 4 | $4.37 | +$0.77 | 22% 84k bu | Filled | Jan 25, 2027 in 3 months Window Feb-May | Hit |
Milo old crop · Dec 2026
Break-even $3.74 · cash bid $3.44 · 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 | Oct 25, 2026 today Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $4.15 | +$0.41 | 19% 61k bu | Filled | Dec 25, 2026 in 61 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $4.35 | +$0.61 | 16% 52k bu | Filled | Feb 25, 2027 in 4 months Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 4 | $4.52 | +$0.78 | 23% 74k bu | $1.08 | Apr 25, 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.