Wednesday, July 8, 2026  
 
 
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We are an independently owned feed mill, grain elevator, and extruded expelled soybean processing plant.  We have served the tri-state area for over 50 years!  Our commitment to service our customers with the highest quality GMO, Non-GMO, and Organic products is second to none!  Thanks for choosing Lester Feed & Grain.  712-478-4440



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Feed Mill / Grain Recieving / Meal & Oil Load Out
Monday - Friday  8:00 am - 4:00 pm

LFG IS ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR EXISTING HOG BARNS 

 



Soybean Crushing

Feed YOUR own soybeans
just like you feed YOUR own corn!

“EXPRESS SOYBEAN MEAL”
(extruded expelled)


Produce YOUR own soybean meal
at the cost of production!

* Lower F/G
* Higher ADG
* Lower Cull Rates
* Lower Death Loss
* Higher % Sold As Tops
* Grain Bank Your Soybeans
* Market Your soybeans every day



 

Company Information


SALES TEAM

Reid Krull

Beef/Dairy/Agronomy
(production, bi-products, & seed)

712-348-3637
Reidk@Lesterfg.com


Larry Van Roekel
Swine
(production & extruded meal) 
712-470-0421

Larryv@Lesterfg.com

Dustin Hoogendoorn
Agronomy/Grain Operations Manager
(seed & commodities)
712-470-7372 
Dustinh@Lesterfg.com




CROP PRODUCTION
(Non-GMO, Organic, & GMO)







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SWINE PRODUCTION
(Non-GMO & GMO)


Process your own soybeans into "EXPRESS SOYBEAN MEAL", Our mechanical process of extrusion is superior to conventional solvent extracted soybean meal due to the process in which it is manufactured gives it a higher nutrient availability.  This value allows you to feed what you already raise in the same manner you feed your own corn today! 



GRAIN MARKETING
(Non-GMO, Organic, & GMO)








BEEF-DAIRY PRODUCTION
(Non-GMO & GMO)




Bi-Products
(syrup, steep, corn oil, modified distillers, dry distillers)

Corn
(cracked, fine ground)

Cattle Feeds 
(tubs, protein, balancer, mineral)



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Local Cash Bids
 
NON-GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @C6U 435'0s
-8'6
Chart
 August 2026  @C6U 435'0s
-8'6
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 456'2s
-8'0
Chart

GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @C6U 435'0s
-8'6
Chart
 August 2026  @C6U 435'0s
-8'6
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 456'2s
-8'0
Chart
 January 2027  @C7H 471'4s
-7'4
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 471'4s
-7'4
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 480'2s
-7'0
Chart
 April 2027  @C7K 480'2s
-7'0
Chart
 June 2027  @C7N 485'2s
-6'6
Chart
 N/C 2027  @C7Z 481'2s
-4'6
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @S6Q 1193'2s
-0'4
Chart
 August 2026  @S6X 1192'2s
-5'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1192'2s
-5'4
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1208'2s
-4'6
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @S6Q 1193'2s
-0'4
Chart
 August 2026  @S6Q 1193'2s
-0'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1192'2s
-5'4
Chart
 January 2027  @S7F 1205'6s
-5'0
Chart
 N/C 2027  @S7X 1160'6s
-3'6
Chart

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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 442'2 443'6 434'2 435'0 -7'6 434'6s 01:20P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 443'0 444'6 433'2 433'2 -8'6 435'0s 01:20P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 463'2 465'6 454'4 454'4 -8'0 456'2s 01:23P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 478'0 480'4 469'6 469'6 -7'4 471'4s 01:20P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 486'2 488'4 478'2 478'2 -7'0 480'2s 01:20P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 490'4 493'2 483'2 483'4 -6'6 485'2s 01:22P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 478'4 480'6 473'4 473'4 -5'0 474'6s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 484'4 486'4 480'0 480'0 -4'6 481'2s 01:20P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 1194'0 1207'6 1194'0 1196'2 -1'6 1195'0s 01:20P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1192'2 1204'2 1189'2 1189'6 -0'4 1193'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1185'4 1193'6 1179'2 1179'4 -3'4 1183'4s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1195'6 1204'0 1188'0 1188'2 -5'4 1192'2s 01:22P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1210'0 1216'4 1201'4 1201'4 -5'0 1205'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1208'6 1218'6 1203'6 1204'2 -4'6 1208'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1215'0 1222'6 1208'0 1208'0 -4'4 1212'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1220'0 1227'0 1213'2 1213'4 -4'2 1217'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 3165 3166 3128 3150 - 39 3145s 01:20P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3162 3162 3102 3117 - 39 3123s 01:20P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3140 3140 3080 3093 - 48 3097s 01:20P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3126 3126 3058 3075 - 53 3078s 01:20P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3152 3154 3089 3109 - 53 3112s 01:23P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3162 3165 3103 3126 - 49 3128s 01:20P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3174 3179 3122 3141 - 47 3145s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3198 3198 3140 3155 - 49 3159s 01:20P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 69.73 71.43 69.47 71.43 2.60 71.39s 01:20P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 69.01 71.22 68.87 70.67 2.26 70.85s 01:20P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 68.33 70.81 68.33 70.23 2.22 70.38s 01:20P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 67.70 70.30 67.70 69.72 2.22 69.84s 01:20P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 67.54 70.00 67.52 69.40 2.25 69.52s 01:20P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 67.45 69.88 67.45 69.29 2.26 69.44s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 67.05 69.62 67.05 69.07 2.22 69.21s 01:20P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 67.00 69.25 66.94 68.74 2.19 68.89s 01:20P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 93.775 94.575 93.550 94.375 1.050 94.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 97.250 99.925 97.025 99.700 2.725 99.650s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 82.025 85.750 82.025 85.525 3.875 85.525s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 73.875 76.975 73.850 76.725 3.150 76.725s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 77.725 80.300 77.475 80.275 2.800 80.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 82.650 85.050 82.400 85.000 2.575 84.875s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 86.725 88.725 86.725 88.725 2.350 88.800s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 95.025 97.025 94.750 96.875 2.250 96.875s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 96.200 97.525 96.100 97.525 1.950 97.575s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 95.600 96.150 95.600 96.150 1.750 96.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 81.500 81.500 81.500 81.500 1.075 81.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 74.725 1.075 74.725s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 238.100 238.500 234.375 237.775 - 0.800 237.625s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 233.875 234.650 230.125 233.650 - 0.475 233.550s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 233.850 234.575 230.225 233.825 - 0.350 233.650s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 234.675 235.150 231.175 234.500 - 0.375 234.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 235.400 235.650 231.850 235.150 - 0.500 235.100s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 229.100 229.100 225.725 228.850 - 0.550 228.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 226.000 226.000 222.550 225.650 - 0.600 225.650s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 224.250 224.600 222.250 224.525 - 0.850 224.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 360.150 364.100 353.700 362.300 1.400 362.050s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 356.850 360.850 351.075 358.775 1.250 358.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 353.925 356.850 347.600 354.875 0.850 354.625s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 350.175 352.850 344.300 351.200 0.625 350.900s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 343.100 346.225 338.000 344.450 0.300 344.400s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 338.900 342.100 334.525 340.375 - 0.150 340.250s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 337.550 340.550 333.375 338.950 - 0.250 338.800s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 331.900 335.000 331.900 335.000 - 0.550 336.500s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 15.61 15.67 15.48 15.54 -0.06 15.56 01:21P Chart for @DA6N Options for @DA6N
Aug 26 16.41 16.51 16.17 16.21 -0.18 16.24 01:21P Chart for @DA6Q Options for @DA6Q
Sep 26 16.98 17.07 16.75 16.76 -0.18 16.82 01:21P Chart for @DA6U Options for @DA6U
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