Tuesday, April 28, 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 48 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

HELP WANTED/General Labor
Contact Reid at 712-348-3637


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
 Apr 26 contract only  @C6K 461'6
1'0
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 May 26 contract only  @C6N 471'6
2'4
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GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 April 2026  @C6K 461'6
1'0
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 May 2026  @C6N 471'6
2'4
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 June 2026  @C6N 471'6
2'4
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 July 2026  @C6N 471'6
2'4
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 N/C 2026  @C6Z 492'2
2'6
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 January 2027  @C7H 505'4
2'4
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 505'4
2'4
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 512'4
2'0
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 April 2026  @S6K 1172'2
-5'0
Chart
 May 2026  @S6N 1187'4
-4'4
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 June 2026  @S6N 1187'4
-4'4
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1187'4
-4'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1163'0
-2'6
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 April 2026  @S6K 1172'2
-5'0
Chart
 May 2026  @S6N 1187'4
-4'4
Chart
 June 2026  @S6N 1187'4
-4'4
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1187'4
-4'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1163'0
-2'6
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1173'0
-1'4
Chart

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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 460'2 464'0 460'0 461'6 1'0 460'6 08:34A Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 469'0 474'0 468'6 471'6 2'4 469'2 08:34A Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 473'0 479'0 473'0 477'0 3'0 474'0 08:34A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 489'4 494'2 489'2 492'2 2'6 489'4 08:34A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 502'0 507'2 502'0 505'4 2'4 503'0 08:34A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 509'6 514'2 509'6 512'4 2'0 510'4 08:34A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 513'6 517'6 513'6 515'6 2'0 513'6 08:34A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 493'4 496'2 493'4 495'0 1'6 493'2 08:34A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1175'6 1177'6 1169'6 1172'2 -5'0 1177'2 08:34A Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1191'0 1192'6 1184'4 1187'4 -4'4 1192'0 08:34A Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1183'4 1185'2 1178'0 1180'2 -4'0 1184'2 08:34A Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1160'4 1163'6 1156'4 1158'6 -2'6 1161'4 08:34A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1163'6 1168'2 1161'0 1163'0 -2'6 1165'6 08:34A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1174'2 1179'6 1172'6 1175'0 -2'4 1177'4 08:34A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1171'4 1176'6 1170'2 1173'0 -1'4 1174'4 08:34A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1174'6 1181'2 1173'4 1176'6 -0'4 1177'2 08:34A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3338 3369 3325 3343 5 3338 08:34A Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3277 3303 3266 3283 5 3278 08:34A Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3197 3225 3189 3206 4 3202 08:34A Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3146 3165 3134 3151 5 3146 08:34A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3111 3127 3099 3116 6 3110 08:34A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3130 3155 3127 3146 7 3139 08:34A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3134 3158 3131 3151 9 3142 08:34A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3116 3141 3116 3137 10 3127 08:34A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 72.26 72.66 71.98 72.09 -0.17 72.26 08:34A Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 71.67 72.09 71.38 71.44 -0.23 71.67 08:34A Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 69.94 70.29 69.64 69.75 -0.23 69.98 08:34A Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 68.28 68.70 68.12 68.24 -0.24 68.48 08:34A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 67.05 67.35 66.83 66.93 -0.24 67.17 08:34A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 66.17 66.50 65.95 66.04 -0.25 66.29 08:34A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 65.63 65.91 65.46 65.58 -0.21 65.79 08:34A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 64.89 65.18 64.77 64.87 -0.21 65.08 08:34A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 94.200 94.200 93.950 94.000 -0.375 94.375 08:34A Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 102.100 102.175 101.325 101.350 - 0.825 102.175 08:34A Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 104.975 104.975 104.150 104.275 - 0.750 105.025 08:34A Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 105.500 105.525 104.825 104.850 - 0.750 105.600 08:34A Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 91.100 91.100 90.325 90.350 -0.675 91.025 08:34A Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 83.425 83.425 82.825 82.825 -0.600 83.425 08:34A Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.550 86.550 86.000 86.000 -0.550 86.550 08:34A Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 90.450 90.450 89.975 89.975 -0.475 90.450 08:34A Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 93.300 0.050 93.400s 08:35A Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 100.775 100.775 100.375 100.375 - 0.400 100.775 08:35A Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 100.800 100.800 100.450 100.750 100.750s 08:34A Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 99.925 -0.025 99.925s 08:34A Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 250.950 250.975 250.400 250.800 0.375 250.425 08:34A Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 249.000 249.250 248.550 249.225 0.275 248.950 08:34A Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 245.500 245.725 245.075 245.600 0.225 245.375 08:34A Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 241.050 241.375 240.700 241.150 0.100 241.050 08:34A Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 240.225 240.875 240.225 240.625 0.100 240.525 08:34A Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 240.425 240.650 240.300 240.400 - 0.025 240.425 08:34A Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 239.800 239.850 239.525 239.750 0.200 239.550 08:34A Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 232.975 233.000 232.775 233.000 0.300 232.700 08:34A Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 370.300 371.000 369.500 371.000 0.425 370.575 08:34A Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 367.225 367.650 365.750 367.650 0.200 367.450 08:34A Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 368.225 368.525 366.950 368.475 0.200 368.275 08:34A Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 366.025 366.475 364.950 366.400 0.150 366.250 08:34A Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 363.575 364.050 362.650 363.900 0.100 363.800 08:34A Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 360.500 361.275 360.375 361.100 0.275 360.825 08:34A Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 353.925 354.650 353.925 354.650 0.075 354.575 08:34A Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 348.775 349.525 348.775 349.525 349.525 08:34A Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 16.84 16.84 16.81 16.83 -0.02 16.85 08:33A Chart for @DA6J Options for @DA6J
May 26 17.82 18.15 17.82 17.94 0.10 17.84 08:34A Chart for @DA6K Options for @DA6K
Jun 26 18.49 18.59 18.46 18.48 0.03 18.45 08:34A Chart for @DA6M Options for @DA6M
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