Wednesday, August 5, 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)







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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
 AUG contract only  @C6U 436'6s
-5'4
Chart
 September 2026  @C6Z 460'0s
-5'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 460'0s
-5'4
Chart

GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 August 2026  @C6U 436'6s
-5'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 460'0s
-5'4
Chart
 January 2027  @C7H 475'6s
-5'6
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 475'6s
-5'6
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 485'0s
-5'4
Chart
 April 2027  @C7K 485'0s
-5'4
Chart
 June 2027  @C7N 490'4s
-4'6
Chart
 N/C 2027  @C7Z 488'6s
-1'4
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 AUG contract only  @S6X 1174'6s
-3'0
Chart
 SEPT contract only  @S6X 1174'6s
-3'0
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1174'6s
-3'0
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1196'4s
-3'0
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 August 2026  @S6X 1174'6s
-3'0
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1174'6s
-3'0
Chart
 January 2027  @S7F 1189'6s
-3'4
Chart
 February 2027  @S7H 1196'4s
-3'0
Chart
 March 2027  @S7K 1204'6s
-2'2
Chart
 N/C 2027  @S7X 1160'2s
0'2
Chart

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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 441'6 443'0 435'4 437'4 -5'4 436'6s 03:45P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 465'2 466'2 458'4 460'6 -5'4 460'0s 03:35P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 481'0 481'6 474'2 476'4 -5'6 475'6s 03:21P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 490'6 490'6 483'4 485'4 -5'4 485'0s 02:38P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 495'2 495'2 488'4 490'6 -4'6 490'4s 02:38P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 482'4 483'6 479'0 481'6 -2'4 481'2s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 489'6 490'4 485'6 489'4 -1'4 488'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 501'0 501'4 497'4 500'4 -1'2 500'2s 03:36P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1149'2 1152'2 1146'2 1152'0 -3'4 1151'4s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1158'6 1161'6 1148'6 1158'2 -2'2 1156'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1177'0 1181'0 1167'2 1176'6 -3'0 1174'6s 03:31P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1192'2 1196'0 1182'6 1191'4 -3'4 1189'6s 03:37P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1198'4 1202'4 1189'4 1198'0 -3'0 1196'4s 02:52P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1206'6 1209'2 1197'0 1206'4 -2'2 1204'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1210'2 1214'6 1203'0 1213'0 -1'4 1211'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1194'6 1200'2 1190'2 1199'0 -0'6 1198'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3101 3101 3071 3087 - 13 3093s 01:20P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3126 3126 3087 3107 - 25 3102s 03:12P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3138 3138 3100 3117 - 26 3112s 03:44P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3180 3182 3146 3162 - 28 3156s 03:44P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3209 3211 3175 3188 - 27 3185s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3242 3242 3210 3222 - 25 3219s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3263 3270 3239 3250 - 24 3248s 01:20P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3297 3301 3271 3278 - 26 3276s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 68.25 68.25 67.64 67.86 -0.43 67.75s 03:02P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 68.13 68.55 67.37 67.74 -0.48 67.72s 02:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 67.75 68.19 67.04 67.46 -0.40 67.42s 03:40P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 67.50 67.91 66.79 67.22 -0.35 67.17s 03:40P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 67.29 67.77 66.73 67.12 -0.30 67.11s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 67.16 67.58 66.63 67.04 -0.25 67.01s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 66.98 67.42 66.53 66.92 -0.22 66.91s 01:20P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 66.71 67.10 66.32 66.71 -0.17 66.68s 01:30P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 97.350 97.450 96.475 96.675 -1.250 96.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 83.700 83.800 82.275 83.075 -1.325 83.025s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 75.100 75.100 73.800 74.600 -1.125 74.650s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 78.700 78.700 77.550 78.275 -1.100 78.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 83.625 83.625 82.750 83.350 -0.925 83.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 87.225 87.225 86.825 86.825 -0.725 86.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 95.575 95.750 95.150 95.725 -0.550 95.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 96.850 96.850 96.025 96.450 -0.475 96.475s 02:30P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 96.050 96.050 95.250 95.750 -0.325 95.725s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 81.100 -0.225 80.875s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 72.525 -0.225 73.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 231.900 234.875 231.500 234.100 2.225 234.175s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 227.900 230.325 227.400 229.425 1.575 229.475s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 227.300 229.450 226.775 228.800 1.400 228.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 227.500 229.175 226.800 228.525 1.125 228.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 227.525 228.975 226.975 228.550 1.150 228.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 219.625 221.000 219.075 220.675 1.025 220.625s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 214.800 215.850 214.175 215.700 0.800 215.575s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 213.350 213.975 212.500 213.825 0.650 213.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 351.000 354.575 349.575 354.000 2.125 353.325s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 346.000 349.850 344.350 348.775 2.225 348.375s 03:34P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 337.000 341.000 335.575 339.750 2.275 339.425s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 329.925 333.500 328.325 332.175 2.250 331.925s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 321.675 324.550 319.825 323.225 2.125 323.100s 02:30P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 316.450 319.175 315.000 317.975 1.750 318.000s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 316.550 317.650 314.000 316.575 1.075 316.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 315.575 316.050 312.975 314.525 1.000 314.525s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 16.96 17.00 16.64 16.66 -0.31 16.75 03:30P Chart for @DA6Q Options for @DA6Q
Sep 26 17.34 17.35 16.95 16.99 -0.35 16.99 03:45P Chart for @DA6U Options for @DA6U
Oct 26 17.50 17.56 17.29 17.29 -0.21 17.31 03:45P Chart for @DA6V Options for @DA6V
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