Big Bluff Ranch

Rhonda Klein · Washington County, KS · Wes Tolliver · client since 2015

337k bu at 83% priced

$3.6M under management

Call before pricingCosts are stated, not from their booksLast spoke in 19 days6 other findings(785) 555-5374

Position Plan Working Orders Sales Break-evens Livestock Coverage Recap

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 $10.62 · cash bid $10.55 · 68% priced against a 80% pace

Ladder covers 86% of the cropGuarantee 117k bu

Rung	Price	Over cost	Tranche	Away from the bid	Sell by	State
1	$11.23	+$0.61	15% 25k bu	Filled	Jul 25, 2026 3 months ago Window Feb-May	Hit
2	$11.77	+$1.15	25% 42k bu	Filled	Sep 25, 2026 30 days ago Window Feb-May	Hit
3	$12.32	+$1.70	21% 35k bu	Filled	Nov 25, 2026 in 31 days Window Feb-May	Hit
4	$12.98	+$2.36	25% 42k bu	$2.43	Jan 25, 2027 in 3 months Window Feb-May	Working

Soybeans old crop · Nov 2026

Break-even $9.38 · cash bid $10.55 · 97% priced against a 95% pace

Ladder covers 60% of the crop

Rung	Price	Over cost	Tranche	Away from the bid	Sell by	State
1	$9.81	+$0.43	15% 25k bu	Filled	Oct 25, 2026 today Window Feb-May	Hit
2	$10.30	+$0.92	24% 41k bu	Filled	Dec 25, 2026 in 61 days Window Feb-May	Hit
3	$10.82	+$1.44	21% 36k bu	Filled	Feb 25, 2027 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 $10.72 to count as clearing cost.