Tuesday, August 25, 2026  
 
 
Welcome !

     

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)







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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Local Cash Bids
 
NON-GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 AUG contract only  @C6U 504'0
3'4
Chart
 SEPT contract only  @C6Z 527'0
3'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 527'0
3'4
Chart

GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 August 2026  @C6U 504'0
3'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 527'0
3'4
Chart
 January 2027  @C7H 542'0
3'4
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 542'0
3'4
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 548'4
3'4
Chart
 April 2027  @C7K 548'4
3'4
Chart
 June 2027  @C7N 550'2
3'4
Chart
 N/C 2027  @C7Z 524'0
2'0
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 AUG contract only  @S6X 1235'4
-2'2
Chart
 SEPT contract only  @S6X 1235'4
-2'2
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1235'4
-2'2
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1256'2
-2'0
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 August 2026  @S6X 1235'4
-2'2
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1235'4
-2'2
Chart
 January 2027  @S7F 1250'4
-1'6
Chart
 February 2027  @S7H 1256'2
-2'0
Chart
 March 2027  @S7K 1262'0
-2'0
Chart
 N/C 2027  @S7X 1203'4
0'4
Chart

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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 500'4 505'6 499'0 504'0 3'4 500'4 10:10P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 524'0 528'6 521'2 527'0 3'4 523'4 10:10P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 538'2 543'4 536'4 542'0 3'4 538'4 10:11P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 545'0 550'0 543'0 548'4 3'4 545'0 10:11P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 546'0 551'6 545'0 550'2 3'4 546'6 10:11P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 520'6 524'6 520'4 524'6 3'2 521'4 10:11P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 521'4 525'0 521'0 524'0 2'0 522'0 10:11P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 530'6 535'0 530'6 535'0 3'0 532'0 10:11P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 1228'4 1229'4 1223'2 1226'6 -1'2 1228'0 10:11P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1238'0 1238'6 1232'0 1235'4 -2'2 1237'6 10:10P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1252'0 1253'4 1246'6 1250'4 -1'6 1252'2 10:11P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1257'6 1259'2 1253'0 1256'2 -2'0 1258'2 10:11P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1263'4 1265'0 1259'0 1262'0 -2'0 1264'0 10:11P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1267'0 1268'2 1262'4 1267'2 -0'2 1267'4 10:11P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1247'4 1251'2 1246'2 1249'6 -0'6 1250'4 10:10P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1214'4 1214'4 1210'4 1213'4 -0'2 1213'6 10:10P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 3203 3227 3191 3224 21 3203 10:10P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3248 3262 3226 3257 20 3237 10:10P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3303 3316 3280 3311 19 3292 10:10P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3333 3344 3309 3343 22 3321 10:11P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3363 3373 3339 3370 19 3351 10:10P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3392 3398 3366 3398 20 3378 10:11P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3420 3423 3393 3423 19 3404 10:11P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3388 3405 3381 3404 16 3388 10:11P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 67.33 67.33 66.59 66.60 -0.92 67.52 10:11P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 67.52 67.57 66.77 66.80 -0.90 67.70 10:11P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 67.64 67.67 66.83 66.88 -0.90 67.78 10:11P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 67.57 67.63 66.85 66.90 -0.88 67.78 10:11P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 67.77 67.77 66.95 66.96 -0.86 67.82 10:11P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 67.81 67.81 67.01 67.01 -0.80 67.81 10:11P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 67.66 67.66 66.93 66.94 -0.72 67.66 10:11P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 66.86 66.86 66.49 66.50 -0.68 67.18 10:10P Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 81.075 81.575 80.075 80.425 -0.675 80.450s 02:55P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 71.400 72.150 70.150 70.350 -1.125 70.350s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 74.375 74.975 72.900 73.225 -1.250 73.175s 02:30P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 79.950 80.225 78.575 78.900 -1.050 78.775s 02:30P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 84.625 84.625 83.200 83.200 -0.975 83.250s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 92.950 93.300 92.100 92.325 -0.850 92.175s 02:30P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 94.750 94.750 93.750 93.975 -0.750 93.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 94.250 94.425 93.450 93.675 -0.750 93.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 79.325 79.325 78.300 78.300 -0.950 78.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 71.100 -0.425 70.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 74.000 -0.425 74.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 220.000 220.100 217.900 218.250 - 1.975 218.100s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 213.500 214.000 210.450 210.825 - 2.650 210.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 214.200 214.700 211.700 211.925 - 2.075 212.125s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 215.600 216.050 213.150 213.375 - 2.100 213.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 217.050 217.350 214.825 215.150 - 1.875 215.225s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 210.925 211.050 208.925 209.600 - 1.575 209.475s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 207.500 207.500 205.275 206.025 - 1.275 206.150s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 206.000 206.000 204.500 205.100 - 1.125 205.200s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 333.425 335.225 332.650 333.800 0.150 333.725s 03:08P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 323.975 324.425 318.250 319.350 - 4.950 319.275s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 317.650 318.925 312.575 313.650 - 4.950 313.325s 02:31P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 310.275 311.800 305.300 306.000 - 5.275 305.700s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 302.525 303.400 297.400 298.075 - 5.125 297.750s 02:42P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 299.550 300.050 294.300 295.100 - 5.375 294.550s 02:30P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 300.650 300.650 295.025 295.900 - 5.475 295.175s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 299.450 299.450 295.000 296.000 - 5.650 295.225s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 16.60 16.60 16.60 16.60 -0.01 16.61 09:12P Chart for @DA6Q Options for @DA6Q
Sep 26 16.35 16.35 16.33 16.34 -0.06 16.40 10:05P Chart for @DA6U Options for @DA6U
Oct 26 16.74 16.74 16.71 16.72 -0.02 16.74 09:52P Chart for @DA6V Options for @DA6V
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