Friday, July 10, 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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NON-GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @C6U 439'4s
8'0
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 August 2026  @C6U 439'4s
8'0
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 N/C 2026  @C6Z 461'0s
9'0
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GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @C6U 439'4s
8'0
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 August 2026  @C6U 439'4s
8'0
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 N/C 2026  @C6Z 461'0s
9'0
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 January 2027  @C7H 475'6s
8'4
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 February 2027  @C7H 475'6s
8'4
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 March 2027  @C7K 483'6s
7'4
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 April 2027  @C7K 483'6s
7'4
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 June 2027  @C7N 488'4s
6'6
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 N/C 2027  @C7Z 482'6s
3'6
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NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @S6Q 1191'6s
14'0
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 August 2026  @S6X 1190'6s
9'2
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 N/C 2026  @S6X 1190'6s
9'2
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 January 2027  @S7H 1207'4s
7'2
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GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @S6Q 1191'6s
14'0
Chart
 August 2026  @S6Q 1191'6s
14'0
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1190'6s
9'2
Chart
 January 2027  @S7F 1204'6s
9'0
Chart
 N/C 2027  @S7X 1161'2s
1'0
Chart

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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 428'4 438'2 428'0 438'0 10'2 438'0s 01:20P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 430'2 440'0 426'6 438'4 8'0 439'4s 03:55P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 451'0 462'0 447'4 460'2 9'0 461'0s 03:50P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 466'2 477'0 463'0 475'0 8'4 475'6s 03:24P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 475'2 485'2 472'0 482'6 7'4 483'6s 02:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 480'6 490'0 477'4 487'6 6'6 488'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 471'4 478'2 469'2 476'0 3'6 476'2s 03:15P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 478'2 485'0 475'6 482'0 3'6 482'6s 02:53P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 1190'0 1197'4 1184'4 1197'4 16'6 1196'4s 01:20P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1179'0 1197'2 1170'0 1190'4 14'0 1191'6s 03:09P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1170'2 1188'2 1162'2 1179'6 11'2 1181'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1182'4 1199'0 1172'6 1189'4 9'2 1190'6s 03:28P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1195'6 1212'2 1187'0 1203'6 9'0 1204'6s 03:29P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1199'4 1215'0 1192'0 1206'4 7'2 1207'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1205'6 1220'4 1198'2 1211'4 6'4 1212'6s 02:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1211'6 1226'2 1204'4 1217'0 6'2 1218'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 3242 3258 3242 3258 36 3231s 01:20P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3165 3243 3153 3197 30 3204s 02:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3132 3212 3123 3163 28 3172s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3108 3196 3099 3143 31 3152s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3142 3232 3132 3179 33 3187s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3152 3247 3149 3197 36 3206s 02:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3171 3261 3168 3216 38 3225s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3188 3272 3187 3231 38 3240s 01:20P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 70.66 71.32 70.66 71.28 0.41 70.86s 01:20P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 70.08 70.85 69.43 70.42 0.54 70.46s 02:33P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 69.73 70.34 68.98 69.90 0.44 69.92s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 69.17 69.69 68.44 69.30 0.39 69.33s 01:23P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 68.79 69.42 68.07 68.95 0.36 68.98s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 68.63 69.19 67.96 68.82 0.33 68.84s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.42 68.90 67.75 68.53 0.28 68.54s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.04 68.50 67.42 68.15 0.24 68.15s 01:30P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 94.325 94.950 94.325 94.950 0.450 94.775s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 98.250 99.375 98.100 98.900 0.850 99.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 85.725 86.225 84.850 85.000 -0.575 85.075s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 76.975 77.125 76.100 76.175 -0.475 76.250s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 80.500 80.550 79.675 79.675 -0.400 79.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 85.025 85.225 84.450 84.525 -0.375 84.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 88.550 88.550 88.550 88.550 -0.425 88.550s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 97.025 97.175 96.425 96.500 -0.500 96.575s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 97.450 97.450 97.100 97.100 -0.600 97.175s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 96.500 96.550 96.500 96.550 -0.675 96.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 81.500 -0.675 81.150s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 74.350 -0.675 74.350s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 235.500 236.075 232.925 235.000 - 0.050 235.200s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 231.750 232.150 229.000 230.325 - 1.050 230.550s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 231.750 232.200 229.075 230.000 - 1.275 230.275s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 232.500 232.975 230.000 230.950 - 1.250 231.200s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 233.225 233.450 230.675 231.475 - 1.150 231.725s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 226.500 226.950 224.475 225.000 - 1.075 225.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 223.300 223.325 221.500 222.150 - 1.075 222.175s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 221.700 221.950 220.475 221.275 - 1.050 221.275s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 357.150 358.400 351.450 354.375 - 1.550 354.600s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 353.875 355.025 348.425 350.675 - 1.975 351.025s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 350.300 351.500 345.125 347.025 - 1.975 347.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 346.800 348.075 341.900 343.725 - 1.850 344.025s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 340.175 341.400 335.400 337.050 - 1.750 337.475s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 335.600 336.225 332.000 333.550 - 1.575 333.500s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 333.875 335.625 330.700 332.000 - 1.475 332.000s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 328.000 331.100 328.000 330.225 - 1.350 330.225s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 15.69 15.70 15.62 15.68 -0.01 15.67 01:55P Chart for @DA6N Options for @DA6N
Aug 26 16.94 17.13 16.61 16.64 -0.24 16.63 01:55P Chart for @DA6Q Options for @DA6Q
Sep 26 17.35 17.50 17.10 17.11 -0.17 17.11 01:55P Chart for @DA6U Options for @DA6U
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