Monday, July 27, 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
 July 2026  @C6U 455'0
3'2
Chart
 August 2026  @C6U 455'0
3'2
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 477'4
3'4
Chart

GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @C6U 455'0
3'2
Chart
 August 2026  @C6U 455'0
3'2
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 477'4
3'4
Chart
 January 2027  @C7H 492'6
3'2
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 492'6
3'2
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 501'4
3'0
Chart
 April 2027  @C7K 501'4
3'0
Chart
 June 2027  @C7N 505'2
3'2
Chart
 N/C 2027  @C7Z 491'2
2'4
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @S6Q 1212'0
3'4
Chart
 August 2026  @S6X 1216'0
2'2
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1216'0
2'2
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1232'2
2'4
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @S6Q 1212'0
3'4
Chart
 August 2026  @S6Q 1212'0
3'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1216'0
2'2
Chart
 January 2027  @S7F 1229'6
2'2
Chart
 N/C 2027  @S7X 1171'0
2'0
Chart

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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 452'0 455'6 452'0 455'0 3'2 451'6 09:12P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 474'6 478'2 474'2 477'4 3'4 474'0 09:12P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 490'2 493'4 489'6 492'6 3'2 489'4 09:12P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 498'6 502'2 498'4 501'4 3'0 498'4 09:12P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 503'0 505'4 502'2 505'2 3'2 502'0 09:12P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 485'2 485'6 485'2 485'6 2'0 483'6 09:12P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 488'6 491'2 487'0 491'2 2'4 488'6 09:12P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 501'0 502'0 501'0 501'6 1'4 500'2 09:12P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1210'2 1213'2 1208'6 1212'0 3'4 1208'4 09:12P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1202'6 1204'4 1200'0 1202'6 3'0 1199'6 09:12P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1215'4 1218'4 1213'6 1216'0 2'2 1213'6 09:12P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1229'0 1232'2 1227'4 1229'6 2'2 1227'4 09:12P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1230'2 1234'0 1229'2 1232'2 2'4 1229'6 09:12P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1233'4 1238'2 1233'0 1237'0 3'0 1234'0 09:12P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1238'6 1241'6 1236'4 1240'4 3'0 1237'4 09:12P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1219'6 1223'4 1219'4 1221'4 2'4 1219'0 09:12P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3210 3235 3209 3229 21 3208 09:12P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3203 3233 3203 3225 22 3203 09:12P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3194 3227 3194 3216 21 3195 09:12P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3246 3273 3242 3263 22 3241 09:12P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3275 3300 3275 3291 21 3270 09:12P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3291 3323 3290 3315 21 3294 09:12P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3310 3341 3310 3329 15 3314 09:12P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3337 3360 3337 3357 16 3341 09:12P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 71.51 71.71 70.94 71.08 -0.38 71.46 09:12P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 70.90 71.10 70.30 70.54 -0.31 70.85 09:12P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 70.25 70.40 69.56 69.63 -0.49 70.12 09:12P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.64 69.88 68.93 69.13 -0.45 69.58 09:12P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.52 69.53 68.72 68.92 -0.45 69.37 09:12P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 69.09 69.20 68.34 68.46 -0.50 68.96 09:12P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.50 68.50 67.99 68.29 -0.33 68.62 09:12P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 68.31 68.53 67.59 67.86 -0.30 68.16 09:12P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 102.475 103.025 102.100 103.000 0.125 102.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 88.550 88.800 87.300 87.700 -1.225 87.800s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 79.750 79.975 78.150 78.500 -1.775 78.550s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 82.850 82.850 81.225 81.575 -1.725 81.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 87.600 87.600 85.700 86.050 -1.700 86.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 90.925 90.925 89.325 89.325 -1.550 89.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 98.650 98.975 97.175 97.525 -1.525 97.525s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 98.550 98.750 97.600 97.925 -1.525 97.875s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 96.650 96.925 96.625 96.625 -1.525 96.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 82.575 -1.525 81.525s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 74.275 -1.525 74.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 223.800 226.650 222.750 224.725 - 1.850 225.225s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 218.725 221.900 216.950 218.300 - 3.725 218.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 218.300 220.900 216.425 216.900 - 4.875 217.400s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 218.900 221.125 217.025 217.425 - 5.525 217.725s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 220.275 222.000 217.825 218.300 - 6.250 218.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 214.400 215.600 211.500 211.750 - 6.875 211.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 211.800 211.925 207.900 208.150 - 7.425 208.125s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 210.500 211.075 206.575 206.575 - 7.800 206.850s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 338.650 343.675 337.000 337.250 - 7.075 338.250s 02:38P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 334.250 337.900 330.700 331.275 - 9.525 331.925s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 328.450 330.375 325.250 325.250 -10.750 325.250s 02:52P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 323.925 325.275 321.025 321.025 -10.750 321.025s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 318.000 318.750 314.775 314.775 -10.750 314.775s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 315.350 315.775 311.500 311.500 -10.750 311.500s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 315.875 315.875 311.525 311.525 -10.750 311.525s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 314.550 314.550 310.225 310.225 -10.750 310.225s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 15.76 15.76 Chart for @DA6N Options for @DA6N
Aug 26 16.75 16.82 16.72 16.72 -0.08 16.80 08:46P Chart for @DA6Q Options for @DA6Q
Sep 26 17.08 17.08 17.08 17.08 -0.07 17.15 09:11P Chart for @DA6U Options for @DA6U
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