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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
 May 26 contract only  @C6N 471'2s
3'6
Chart

GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 May 2026  @C6N 471'2s
3'6
Chart
 June 2026  @C6N 471'2s
3'6
Chart
 July 2026  @C6N 471'2s
3'6
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 493'4s
4'0
Chart
 January 2027  @C7H 507'0s
4'2
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 507'0s
4'2
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 514'2s
4'2
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 May 2026  @S6N 1208'0s
15'6
Chart
 June 2026  @S6N 1208'0s
15'6
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1208'0s
15'6
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1189'4s
16'0
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 May 2026  @S6N 1208'0s
15'6
Chart
 June 2026  @S6N 1208'0s
15'6
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1208'0s
15'6
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1189'4s
16'0
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1197'2s
14'0
Chart

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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 454'0 457'6 452'4 457'2 3'4 456'2s 05/08 Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 466'6 473'0 465'2 471'0 3'6 471'2s 05/08 Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 473'0 479'4 471'6 477'4 3'4 477'6s 05/08 Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 488'4 495'0 487'2 493'4 4'0 493'4s 05/08 Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 501'4 508'2 500'4 507'0 4'2 507'0s 05/08 Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 509'4 515'4 507'6 514'4 4'2 514'2s 05/08 Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 513'2 519'0 512'0 517'6 4'4 518'0s 05/08 Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 496'0 501'4 495'2 500'2 4'4 500'6s 05/08 Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1180'2 1194'4 1180'2 1193'4 17'2 1194'2s 05/08 Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1195'2 1210'2 1189'4 1206'2 15'6 1208'0s 05/08 Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1189'2 1204'6 1184'2 1201'0 16'0 1202'6s 05/08 Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1170'0 1186'0 1165'6 1183'0 17'6 1184'6s 05/08 Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1175'4 1191'2 1172'4 1187'4 16'0 1189'4s 05/08 Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1187'4 1203'4 1185'0 1199'6 16'0 1201'4s 05/08 Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1184'4 1200'2 1183'2 1196'0 14'0 1197'2s 05/08 Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1189'0 1202'2 1186'4 1198'0 12'6 1198'6s 05/08 Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3212 3235 3210 3227 12 3225s 05/08 Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3189 3213 3170 3194 8 3197s 05/08 Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3144 3172 3132 3159 11 3160s 05/08 Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3119 3145 3103 3131 15 3134s 05/08 Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3088 3124 3078 3110 20 3115s 05/08 Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3122 3162 3114 3147 21 3152s 05/08 Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3129 3170 3123 3156 22 3162s 05/08 Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3127 3165 3119 3153 21 3157s 05/08 Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 75.67 75.67 75.67 75.67 0.17 75.26s 05/08 Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 74.70 74.94 73.73 74.16 0.17 74.32s 05/08 Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 72.93 73.38 72.29 72.59 0.17 72.78s 05/08 Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 71.75 72.05 71.05 71.32 0.21 71.50s 05/08 Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 70.60 70.83 69.85 70.21 0.28 70.36s 05/08 Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.75 69.99 69.01 69.39 0.34 69.57s 05/08 Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.00 69.35 68.43 68.82 0.41 69.02s 05/08 Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.22 68.50 67.71 68.10 0.44 68.25s 05/08 Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 91.200 91.400 90.775 90.925 -0.625 90.875s 05/08 Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 99.150 99.950 98.600 98.825 -0.750 98.625s 05/08 Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 102.900 103.950 102.650 103.225 0.250 103.200s 05/08 Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 104.075 105.000 103.950 104.475 0.325 104.425s 05/08 Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 90.000 90.750 89.525 90.350 0.650 90.425s 05/08 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 82.700 83.275 81.800 82.775 0.425 82.925s 05/08 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.500 86.050 84.750 85.500 0.300 85.675s 05/08 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 89.225 89.875 88.775 89.600 0.250 89.600s 05/08 Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 92.525 92.525 92.525 92.525 0.225 92.700s 05/08 Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 99.700 100.250 99.700 100.250 0.550 100.250s 05/08 Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 100.025 100.350 100.025 100.350 0.675 100.350s 05/08 Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 98.000 0.675 98.950s 05/08 Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 251.600 253.725 248.700 249.175 - 1.150 248.900s 05/08 Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 247.275 249.300 243.950 243.975 - 1.800 244.100s 05/08 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 241.050 242.925 237.725 238.050 - 1.675 238.300s 05/08 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 239.975 242.000 236.800 237.250 - 1.675 237.525s 05/08 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 240.925 241.625 236.750 237.075 - 1.525 237.450s 05/08 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 238.500 241.000 236.175 236.400 - 1.450 236.825s 05/08 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 234.450 234.450 230.050 230.550 - 1.250 230.575s 05/08 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 230.375 230.375 227.425 227.750 - 0.850 227.750s 05/08 Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 368.325 370.250 365.025 367.075 1.050 367.375s 05/08 Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 368.500 370.400 361.600 364.150 - 1.950 364.225s 05/08 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 367.225 369.000 359.850 362.175 - 2.425 362.225s 05/08 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 365.525 366.475 357.600 359.600 - 2.525 359.800s 05/08 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 361.475 363.700 354.750 356.575 - 2.650 356.725s 05/08 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 357.100 357.700 349.125 350.450 - 2.650 350.650s 05/08 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 349.350 349.950 344.475 346.000 - 2.625 346.200s 05/08 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 343.400 345.150 343.225 345.150 - 2.750 344.525s 05/08 Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 17.05 17.08 16.93 16.96 -0.10 16.95s 05/08 Chart for @DA6K Options for @DA6K
Jun 26 17.46 17.56 17.32 17.33 -0.14 17.33s 05/08 Chart for @DA6M Options for @DA6M
Jul 26 18.13 18.22 17.96 18.00 -0.11 18.03s 05/08 Chart for @DA6N Options for @DA6N
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