Monday, April 20, 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  @C6K 452'2
3'4
Chart
 May 26 contract only  @C6N 461'0
3'4
Chart

GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 April 2026  @C6K 452'2
3'4
Chart
 May 2026  @C6N 461'0
3'4
Chart
 June 2026  @C6N 461'0
3'4
Chart
 July 2026  @C6N 461'0
3'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 480'0
3'0
Chart
 January 2027  @C7H 493'6
2'6
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 493'6
2'6
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 501'4
3'0
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 April 2026  @S6K 1168'0
0'6
Chart
 May 2026  @S6N 1184'0
1'0
Chart
 June 2026  @S6N 1184'0
1'0
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1184'0
1'0
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1159'6
3'2
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 April 2026  @S6K 1168'0
0'6
Chart
 May 2026  @S6N 1184'0
1'0
Chart
 June 2026  @S6N 1184'0
1'0
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1184'0
1'0
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1159'6
3'2
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1171'4
3'0
Chart

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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 449'0 454'0 446'6 452'2 3'4 448'6 12:18P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 458'0 462'2 455'4 461'0 3'4 457'4 12:18P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 462'0 465'2 459'2 464'4 3'2 461'2 12:18P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 477'4 481'0 475'2 480'0 3'0 477'0 12:18P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 490'2 494'4 489'0 493'6 2'6 491'0 12:18P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 498'0 502'0 496'6 501'4 3'0 498'4 12:18P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 502'0 505'4 501'2 505'0 3'0 502'0 12:18P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 484'6 486'0 482'6 486'0 1'6 484'2 12:18P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1167'2 1171'6 1161'0 1168'0 0'6 1167'2 12:18P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1183'2 1187'2 1177'0 1184'0 1'0 1183'0 12:18P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1177'0 1180'0 1171'0 1178'0 1'4 1176'4 12:18P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1153'6 1156'6 1148'0 1153'6 1'4 1152'2 12:18P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1158'0 1160'4 1152'0 1159'6 3'2 1156'4 12:18P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1170'0 1174'0 1165'4 1173'0 3'2 1169'6 12:18P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1169'0 1173'0 1164'0 1171'4 3'0 1168'4 12:18P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1175'0 1175'4 1166'6 1175'0 3'2 1171'6 12:18P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3318 3326 3241 3268 - 50 3318 12:18P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3268 3277 3204 3226 - 46 3272 12:18P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3210 3217 3159 3177 - 43 3220 12:17P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3166 3173 3123 3138 - 35 3173 12:18P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3137 3137 3097 3113 - 27 3140 12:18P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3174 3175 3130 3149 - 25 3174 12:18P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3184 3184 3145 3162 - 25 3187 12:18P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3178 3178 3145 3157 - 26 3183 12:18P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 68.86 69.56 68.17 69.52 1.36 68.16 12:18P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 68.70 69.23 67.94 69.20 1.29 67.91 12:18P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 66.95 67.73 66.56 67.73 1.27 66.46 12:18P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 65.50 66.25 65.12 66.25 1.26 64.99 12:18P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 63.99 64.80 63.82 64.80 1.23 63.57 12:18P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 63.22 63.83 62.75 63.81 1.20 62.61 12:18P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 62.48 63.25 62.30 63.25 1.20 62.05 12:18P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 61.94 62.62 61.62 62.59 1.18 61.41 12:18P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 93.650 94.175 93.450 94.050 0.650 93.400 12:18P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 101.450 101.875 101.100 101.675 0.625 101.050 12:18P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 103.975 104.200 103.575 103.875 0.200 103.675 12:18P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 104.100 104.300 103.725 103.950 0.050 103.900 12:18P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 89.575 89.825 89.175 89.275 -0.200 89.475 12:17P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 82.200 82.275 81.700 81.775 -0.350 82.125 12:17P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.550 85.550 84.950 84.975 -0.300 85.275 12:17P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 89.300 89.350 89.175 89.175 -0.125 89.300 12:17P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 93.300 -0.425 92.175s 12:16P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 99.750 99.750 99.750 99.750 99.750 12:16P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 100.150 100.150 100.150 100.150 - 0.025 100.075s 12:16P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 99.975 - 0.300 99.975s 12:16P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 250.450 251.750 249.025 249.450 - 0.500 249.950 12:18P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 247.300 248.900 245.625 246.100 - 1.250 247.350 12:17P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 243.050 244.500 241.350 241.700 - 1.125 242.825 12:18P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 238.100 239.600 236.775 237.275 - 0.825 238.100 12:18P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 238.000 238.900 236.425 236.850 - 0.575 237.425 12:18P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 236.875 238.400 236.475 236.675 - 0.425 237.100 12:18P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 236.500 237.400 235.725 236.150 - 0.050 236.200 12:18P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 229.925 230.450 228.975 229.250 - 0.375 229.625 12:17P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 371.075 372.800 368.025 369.475 - 1.850 371.325 12:18P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 365.525 367.450 360.625 361.475 - 3.800 365.275 12:18P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 366.000 367.875 360.800 361.775 - 3.900 365.675 12:18P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 364.300 365.750 358.850 359.750 - 3.850 363.600 12:18P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 362.050 363.050 356.675 357.375 - 3.675 361.050 12:18P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 358.725 359.700 353.775 354.725 - 3.250 357.975 12:18P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 351.950 353.200 347.500 347.900 - 3.400 351.300 12:18P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 347.925 347.925 346.975 346.975 0.825 346.150 12:18P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 16.85 16.86 16.84 16.86 0.01 16.85 12:14P Chart for @DA6J Options for @DA6J
May 26 17.00 17.30 16.97 17.30 0.33 16.97 12:17P Chart for @DA6K Options for @DA6K
Jun 26 17.91 18.03 17.76 18.00 0.11 17.89 12:17P Chart for @DA6M Options for @DA6M
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