Tuesday, May 12, 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)







US Drought Monitor Link



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
 May 26 contract only  @C6N 480'0s
4'6
Chart

GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 May 2026  @C6N 480'0s
4'6
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 June 2026  @C6N 480'0s
4'6
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 July 2026  @C6N 480'0s
4'6
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 502'0s
4'2
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 January 2027  @C7H 515'2s
3'6
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 515'2s
3'6
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 522'2s
3'2
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NON-GMO SOYBEANS
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Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 May 2026  @S6N 1226'6s
13'6
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 June 2026  @S6N 1226'6s
13'6
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1226'6s
13'6
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1205'0s
10'2
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 May 2026  @S6N 1226'6s
13'6
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 June 2026  @S6N 1226'6s
13'6
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1226'6s
13'6
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1205'0s
10'2
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1212'6s
10'4
Chart

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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 463'0 467'6 463'0 466'6 6'4 467'2s 02:55P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 475'0 481'6 472'6 478'6 4'6 480'0s 06:24P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 481'2 487'4 478'4 485'0 4'4 486'2s 06:12P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 497'4 503'2 493'6 501'0 4'2 502'0s 06:28P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 511'0 516'2 507'2 514'2 3'6 515'2s 06:21P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 517'4 523'2 514'6 521'4 3'2 522'2s 04:46P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 521'6 526'6 518'4 525'4 3'0 526'0s 05:32P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 504'0 508'0 501'2 506'6 2'6 507'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1204'0 1212'6 1203'0 1212'6 13'6 1213'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1211'6 1232'6 1211'2 1225'2 13'6 1226'6s 06:24P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1207'2 1225'6 1206'4 1219'4 13'6 1221'6s 06:18P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1190'0 1205'6 1189'2 1200'2 11'4 1201'6s 04:45P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1194'0 1210'0 1193'0 1203'6 10'2 1205'0s 05:55P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1205'2 1221'2 1204'4 1215'0 10'0 1216'2s 04:45P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1201'0 1216'6 1201'0 1211'0 10'4 1212'6s 04:45P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1201'6 1218'0 1201'6 1212'4 10'4 1214'2s 04:53P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3337 3356 3330 3341 50 3329s 01:20P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3250 3300 3238 3286 36 3284s 05:55P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3204 3249 3191 3233 29 3231s 06:26P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3172 3215 3161 3193 21 3194s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3147 3190 3136 3166 20 3168s 04:45P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3185 3227 3173 3203 20 3204s 04:45P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3195 3233 3181 3208 18 3209s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3181 3223 3174 3196 17 3200s 03:58P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 76.03 76.03 75.35 75.50 1.62 76.30s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 73.77 75.40 73.72 75.29 1.62 75.36s 05:55P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 72.25 73.87 72.25 73.73 1.44 73.82s 05:10P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 71.27 72.74 71.19 72.59 1.40 72.69s 06:19P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 70.19 71.69 70.10 71.54 1.39 71.64s 04:45P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.41 70.97 69.41 70.83 1.39 70.93s 05:19P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.04 70.40 68.95 70.26 1.36 70.36s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.13 69.58 68.13 69.46 1.28 69.54s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 90.900 91.000 90.725 90.975 0.050 90.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 100.000 100.200 98.350 98.450 - 1.800 98.425s 03:08P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 104.425 104.600 102.750 102.925 - 1.700 102.950s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 105.150 105.525 103.800 104.000 - 1.725 103.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 91.375 91.625 90.225 90.475 -1.400 90.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 83.950 84.025 82.950 83.125 -0.975 83.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.400 86.625 85.775 86.000 -0.750 85.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 90.250 90.650 89.800 89.925 -0.525 89.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 93.000 -0.525 92.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 100.675 100.900 100.200 100.200 - 0.500 100.200s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 100.625 100.900 100.450 100.450 - 0.200 100.425s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 99.325 99.450 99.325 99.450 - 0.100 99.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 251.675 253.000 247.500 247.600 - 1.700 247.700s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 245.750 247.150 240.750 240.850 - 2.475 241.075s 02:30P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 238.650 240.025 233.600 233.725 - 2.800 233.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 237.725 239.000 233.150 233.300 - 2.475 233.450s 02:32P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 237.875 238.975 233.275 233.375 - 2.400 233.575s 03:21P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 237.425 238.250 232.800 232.800 - 2.400 233.025s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 232.025 232.025 226.650 226.650 - 2.425 226.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 227.625 227.625 223.675 223.675 - 2.325 224.050s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 370.050 371.250 365.600 365.800 - 2.500 365.900s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 365.000 367.500 355.900 356.000 - 5.750 356.550s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 362.650 365.325 353.275 353.400 - 6.275 353.875s 02:53P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 362.475 362.500 350.075 350.200 - 6.600 350.725s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 357.500 358.750 346.500 346.500 - 6.875 347.200s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 351.425 352.800 340.075 340.075 - 7.150 340.525s 02:56P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 347.650 347.650 335.300 335.300 - 7.300 335.725s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 345.700 345.700 336.100 336.100 - 7.075 333.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 17.05 17.06 Chart for @DA6K Options for @DA6K
Jun 26 17.28 17.23 Chart for @DA6M Options for @DA6M
Jul 26 17.87 17.81 Chart for @DA6N Options for @DA6N
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