Cottonwood Acres
Lori Tillman · Clay County, KS · Owen Speck · client since 2021
700k bu at 72% priced
$2.7M under management
Price to the planCosts are stated, not from their booksLast spoke in 16 days(785) 555-6537
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 $4.03 · cash bid $3.82 · 72% priced against a 72% pace
Ladder covers 68% of the cropGuarantee 595k bu
| Rung | Price | Over cost | Tranche | Away from the bid | Sell by | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4.20 | +$0.17 | 15% 105k bu | Filled | May 9, 2026 4 months ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 2 | $4.47 | +$0.44 | 16% 112k bu | Filled | Jul 9, 2026 46 days ago Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 3 | $4.70 | +$0.67 | 15% 105k bu | Filled | Sep 9, 2026 in 16 days Window Feb-May | Hit |
| 4 | $4.87 | +$0.84 | 22% 154k bu | Filled | Nov 9, 2026 in 3 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 $4.13 to count as clearing cost.