South Dakota is one of the country's top cattle and calf states, and the way cattle move through it is unique: calves born on western range, backgrounded and finished in the lots along the I-29 and I-90 corridors, and fed against some of the most volatile grain basis in the Northern Plains. That mix can hit you on both ends, the price you sell at and the cost to put on gain. South Dakota is also a major corn and soybean state, so for many operations grain marketing and livestock risk are two sides of the same business.
We work both sides with you: a price floor and margin protection on the cattle, and a real marketing plan on the grain. Local market knowledge, advisors who stay in it through the season, not set-and-forget.
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LRP sets a price floor on feeder or fed cattle while leaving your upside open. For feedlots and backgrounders carrying cattle for months, that floor is the difference between a planned margin and a market guess. No minimum head.
LGM protects the gross margin, cattle value minus feed and feeder cost, in one policy. For yearling and calf-finishing operations exposed to both falling cattle prices and rising feed, it covers the squeeze from both directions.
A real plan for your corn and soybeans: cash, futures, and options used together to protect price and capture rallies, backed by daily market insight.
Protect fed cattle prices while feed and fuel costs move under you through the feeding period.
Lock a floor on feeder cattle ahead of marketing.
Market your crop with a plan that protects price, whether you sell it or feed it.
We work with producers across the state, from the James River Valley and the I-29 corridor through the central counties around Pierre to the western range near Rapid City and the Black Hills.
LRP sets a price floor on feeder or fed cattle. If the market falls before you sell, you receive the difference; if it rises, you sell into the higher market. With no minimum head, it fits small backgrounding lots and large feedlots alike.
LRP protects the selling price of your cattle. LGM protects the gross margin, the cattle value minus feed and feeder costs, which matters when feed prices and cattle prices move at the same time. An advisor can model both against your operation.
Yes. South Dakota is a major corn and soybean state. We help build a grain marketing plan using cash, futures, and options so you protect price and capture rallies, whether you sell the grain or feed it.
LRP is offered nearly every market trading day. Sales open after the market closes and run until 8:25 a.m. CST the next morning. Coverage attaches when you buy a specific coverage endorsement and RMA approves it.
Talk to an advisor who knows cattle and grain markets.
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