Wednesday, August 19, 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 473'0s
9'6
Chart
 September 2026  @C6Z 498'0s
10'0
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 498'0s
10'0
Chart

GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 August 2026  @C6U 473'0s
9'6
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 498'0s
10'0
Chart
 January 2027  @C7H 513'6s
9'6
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 513'6s
9'6
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 520'6s
8'6
Chart
 April 2027  @C7K 520'6s
8'6
Chart
 June 2027  @C7N 523'0s
8'0
Chart
 N/C 2027  @C7Z 506'4s
4'0
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 AUG contract only  @S6X 1237'2s
20'4
Chart
 SEPT contract only  @S6X 1237'2s
20'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1237'2s
20'4
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1255'4s
17'2
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 August 2026  @S6X 1237'2s
20'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1237'2s
20'4
Chart
 January 2027  @S7F 1251'2s
19'6
Chart
 February 2027  @S7H 1255'4s
17'2
Chart
 March 2027  @S7K 1259'4s
15'0
Chart
 N/C 2027  @S7X 1193'6s
2'4
Chart

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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 462'6 473'4 461'4 473'0 9'6 473'0s 04:51P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 487'2 498'4 486'2 498'2 10'0 498'0s 04:51P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 503'0 514'0 502'0 513'6 9'6 513'6s 04:46P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 511'0 521'0 510'0 521'0 8'6 520'6s 04:51P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 514'2 523'2 513'2 523'2 8'0 523'0s 04:49P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 495'4 503'2 495'0 503'2 5'2 502'2s 03:54P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 501'2 507'6 500'6 507'4 4'0 506'4s 04:50P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 512'2 518'2 512'0 518'2 3'6 517'2s 02:32P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 1199'2 1224'4 1198'2 1221'0 21'4 1222'2s 03:37P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1215'0 1239'4 1214'0 1236'0 20'4 1237'2s 04:46P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1230'0 1253'4 1228'6 1250'6 19'6 1251'2s 04:49P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1236'2 1258'0 1235'4 1254'6 17'2 1255'4s 04:47P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1242'2 1262'4 1241'4 1259'0 15'0 1259'4s 04:45P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1246'4 1265'4 1246'2 1262'2 13'4 1262'6s 02:44P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1231'0 1247'6 1230'6 1244'6 11'2 1244'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1198'2 1207'2 1198'2 1204'4 6'0 1205'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 3140 3192 3128 3188 59 3189s 04:45P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3157 3213 3145 3211 64 3210s 04:45P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3190 3261 3186 3257 68 3256s 04:45P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3205 3280 3205 3278 66 3276s 03:46P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3227 3299 3227 3298 62 3297s 04:45P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3248 3318 3248 3316 57 3316s 03:47P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3286 3342 3284 3340 53 3339s 04:46P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3279 3324 3277 3324 47 3323s 03:48P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 69.69 70.63 69.07 69.70 0.17 69.86s 04:45P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 69.66 70.73 69.07 69.81 0.23 69.92s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.52 70.77 69.05 69.86 0.33 69.96s 02:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.40 70.74 69.17 69.89 0.42 69.98s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 69.20 70.58 68.95 69.80 0.52 69.89s 04:45P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 69.00 70.41 68.78 69.66 0.55 69.74s 01:20P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 68.67 70.05 68.43 69.36 0.58 69.44s 01:30P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 67.99 69.13 67.99 68.69 0.57 68.75s 01:20P Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 80.950 81.925 80.900 81.500 0.775 81.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 71.025 71.750 70.900 71.425 0.500 71.425s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 74.100 74.525 73.850 74.225 0.250 74.250s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 79.475 79.850 79.200 79.675 0.225 79.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 83.725 83.725 83.700 83.700 0.250 83.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 92.225 92.625 92.000 92.575 0.275 92.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 93.700 94.150 93.475 94.100 0.375 94.025s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 93.125 93.650 92.975 93.650 0.450 93.575s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 78.750 79.150 78.700 78.975 0.125 79.025s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 71.500 0.200 71.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 75.000 0.200 75.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 225.000 226.025 222.975 222.975 - 1.475 223.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 219.650 221.000 216.875 216.950 - 1.700 217.225s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 220.050 221.225 216.775 216.850 - 2.050 217.150s 03:43P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 220.675 221.600 217.400 217.400 - 2.000 217.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 220.725 221.750 218.025 218.125 - 1.825 218.475s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 213.850 214.525 211.275 211.275 - 1.800 211.700s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 210.125 210.375 207.275 207.275 - 1.725 207.725s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 208.425 208.950 206.525 206.525 - 1.850 206.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 340.475 341.500 336.325 336.400 - 2.375 336.850s 03:40P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 335.000 335.075 328.525 328.650 - 4.225 329.125s 02:31P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 327.900 328.125 321.500 321.675 - 4.275 322.050s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 319.925 320.075 313.600 313.750 - 4.550 314.075s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 311.350 311.725 305.050 305.300 - 4.750 305.425s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 307.250 307.250 301.075 301.075 - 4.925 301.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 305.000 305.600 301.050 301.050 - 4.875 301.100s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 304.600 304.600 300.000 300.000 - 4.575 300.225s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 16.50 16.60 16.49 16.60 -0.03 16.50s 04:50P Chart for @DA6Q Options for @DA6Q
Sep 26 17.32 17.43 17.08 17.11 -0.21 17.09s 04:50P Chart for @DA6U Options for @DA6U
Oct 26 17.59 17.63 17.27 17.30 -0.19 17.28s 04:00P Chart for @DA6V Options for @DA6V
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