Thursday, April 30, 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 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
 Apr 26 contract only  @C6N 474'6s
-3'0
Chart
 May 26 contract only  @C6N 474'6s
-3'0
Chart

GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 April 2026  @C6N 474'6s
-3'0
Chart
 May 2026  @C6N 474'6s
-3'0
Chart
 June 2026  @C6N 474'6s
-3'0
Chart
 July 2026  @C6N 474'6s
-3'0
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 494'2s
-3'4
Chart
 January 2027  @C7H 507'2s
-3'2
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 507'2s
-3'2
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 514'4s
-3'0
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 April 2026  @S6N 1195'4s
-1'4
Chart
 May 2026  @S6N 1195'4s
-1'4
Chart
 June 2026  @S6N 1195'4s
-1'4
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1195'4s
-1'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1173'0s
1'6
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 April 2026  @S6N 1195'4s
-1'4
Chart
 May 2026  @S6N 1195'4s
-1'4
Chart
 June 2026  @S6N 1195'4s
-1'4
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1195'4s
-1'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1173'0s
1'6
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1182'0s
2'0
Chart

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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 466'2 469'0 460'6 463'2 -1'6 464'6s 02:30P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 477'0 480'0 471'2 474'6 -3'0 474'6s 05:07P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 482'2 485'0 477'2 479'4 -3'2 479'6s 04:45P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 497'0 499'6 492'2 493'6 -3'4 494'2s 04:55P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 509'2 512'0 505'2 507'0 -3'2 507'2s 04:45P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 516'2 519'2 513'2 514'0 -3'0 514'4s 05:03P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 519'2 522'2 516'6 517'6 -2'6 518'0s 04:45P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 497'0 498'6 495'6 497'0 -1'0 497'2s 02:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1182'4 1190'0 1175'4 1182'0 -0'2 1182'0s 03:05P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1197'0 1206'2 1189'4 1195'2 -1'4 1195'4s 05:04P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1189'2 1199'0 1183'2 1188'6 -0'4 1189'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1165'0 1173'0 1159'6 1166'6 1'6 1167'6s 04:45P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1171'0 1178'0 1164'4 1171'6 1'6 1173'0s 03:58P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1181'4 1189'4 1176'6 1183'4 1'6 1184'6s 04:47P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1178'4 1186'0 1174'2 1181'0 2'0 1182'0s 04:45P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1178'0 1187'6 1176'6 1183'2 3'0 1185'0s 04:45P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3291 3291 3211 3218 - 57 3223s 03:38P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3241 3241 3181 3191 - 49 3189s 04:50P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3185 3185 3142 3148 - 36 3149s 04:57P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3142 3147 3109 3114 - 32 3114s 04:45P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3117 3117 3084 3087 - 32 3086s 04:45P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3131 3144 3112 3115 - 32 3115s 04:45P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3143 3143 3115 3121 - 30 3119s 01:21P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3132 3132 3103 3110 - 26 3110s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 75.75 76.39 74.75 76.30 1.05 76.36s 01:20P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 74.20 74.85 73.45 74.43 0.42 74.54s 04:50P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 72.42 73.14 71.97 72.89 0.56 72.97s 04:59P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 70.87 71.69 70.61 71.50 0.70 71.58s 03:12P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 69.59 70.42 69.37 70.23 0.77 70.33s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 68.52 69.55 68.51 69.34 0.80 69.44s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 68.08 68.97 68.01 68.76 0.81 68.86s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 67.08 68.18 67.08 67.92 0.86 68.07s 01:20P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 94.800 94.900 93.300 93.375 -1.650 93.450s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 103.750 104.000 102.050 102.200 - 1.475 102.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 106.175 106.825 104.775 104.900 - 1.225 105.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 106.500 107.225 105.175 105.325 - 0.975 105.450s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 91.350 92.075 90.325 90.500 -0.875 90.525s 02:50P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 83.500 83.950 82.525 82.850 -0.825 82.700s 02:34P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.425 86.750 85.550 85.925 -0.700 85.725s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 90.350 90.525 89.550 89.825 -0.650 89.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 93.250 -0.650 92.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 100.725 100.900 100.300 100.300 - 0.575 100.150s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 100.875 100.900 100.500 100.500 - 0.250 100.325s 03:07P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 99.725 99.725 99.500 99.500 - 0.300 99.425s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 257.150 258.725 256.850 258.475 1.600 258.475s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 255.200 255.300 253.700 254.025 - 1.250 254.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 249.500 250.075 248.350 248.700 - 1.050 248.675s 02:35P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 243.925 244.550 242.875 243.475 - 0.450 243.475s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 242.800 243.600 242.000 242.750 - 0.225 242.625s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 242.625 243.500 241.950 242.825 0.025 242.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 241.850 242.825 241.350 242.150 0.225 242.125s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 235.300 236.300 234.750 235.550 0.425 235.725s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 373.250 373.950 373.250 373.750 1.475 373.750s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 372.675 373.950 371.000 372.800 1.150 372.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 373.650 374.850 371.925 373.600 1.000 373.525s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 371.475 373.200 370.300 371.950 1.050 371.975s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 369.650 371.000 368.050 369.775 1.000 369.750s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 367.200 368.175 365.350 366.800 1.075 366.900s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 360.325 362.175 359.375 360.800 1.050 360.850s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 355.000 356.075 354.825 356.075 0.800 355.775s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 17.20 17.20 17.20 17.20 0.01 17.19 05:06P Chart for @DA6K Options for @DA6K
Jun 26 17.57 17.47 Chart for @DA6M Options for @DA6M
Jul 26 18.25 18.21 Chart for @DA6N Options for @DA6N
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