Monday, May 4, 2026  
 
 
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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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NON-GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 May 26 contract only  @C6N 485'6s
5'4
Chart

GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 May 2026  @C6N 485'6s
5'4
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 June 2026  @C6N 485'6s
5'4
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 July 2026  @C6N 485'6s
5'4
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 N/C 2026  @C6Z 504'4s
5'6
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 January 2027  @C7H 517'2s
5'6
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 517'2s
5'6
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 524'0s
5'2
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 May 2026  @S6N 1222'6s
19'4
Chart
 June 2026  @S6N 1222'6s
19'4
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1222'6s
19'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1196'6s
14'0
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 May 2026  @S6N 1222'6s
19'4
Chart
 June 2026  @S6N 1222'6s
19'4
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1222'6s
19'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1196'6s
14'0
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1203'4s
10'4
Chart

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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 468'2 474'0 466'4 474'0 5'4 473'6s 01:30P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 479'0 486'2 477'2 485'4 5'4 485'6s 02:31P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 483'0 490'6 482'2 490'0 6'0 490'4s 02:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 497'0 504'6 496'4 504'2 5'6 504'4s 02:32P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 510'0 517'2 509'4 516'6 5'6 517'2s 02:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 517'0 524'2 516'6 524'0 5'2 524'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 521'4 528'0 520'0 527'6 5'6 528'0s 02:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 500'4 507'2 500'4 507'2 6'0 507'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1192'6 1210'6 1192'6 1208'0 19'6 1207'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1203'0 1226'2 1202'2 1222'2 19'4 1222'6s 02:30P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1197'6 1218'4 1197'2 1215'4 18'6 1216'0s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1177'6 1195'6 1177'4 1191'6 15'4 1192'4s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1183'0 1200'4 1183'0 1196'0 14'0 1196'6s 02:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1194'0 1212'0 1194'0 1207'4 13'0 1208'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1193'4 1207'4 1192'6 1203'0 10'4 1203'4s 02:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1197'6 1208'6 1195'4 1203'6 9'2 1205'0s 02:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3208 3238 3192 3208 - 1 3207s 01:20P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3190 3236 3188 3208 16 3209s 02:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3149 3186 3141 3170 21 3170s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3119 3152 3108 3138 25 3141s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3092 3127 3086 3114 25 3117s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3120 3163 3120 3145 25 3151s 02:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3138 3169 3131 3151 20 3155s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3121 3158 3121 3140 13 3141s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 76.69 78.44 76.40 77.70 1.37 78.02s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 75.01 76.93 74.77 76.59 1.37 76.53s 02:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 73.58 75.20 73.14 74.93 1.33 74.87s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 72.19 73.72 71.71 73.46 1.24 73.37s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 70.92 72.38 70.48 72.16 1.17 72.05s 01:20P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.73 71.49 69.65 71.30 1.13 71.16s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.32 70.88 69.12 70.74 1.08 70.58s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.64 70.11 68.44 69.98 1.06 69.83s 01:20P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 92.600 93.000 91.550 91.700 -1.200 91.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 101.375 101.950 99.675 99.850 - 1.525 99.750s 02:30P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 103.425 104.075 101.725 101.950 - 1.550 101.825s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 103.875 104.575 102.250 102.475 - 1.450 102.400s 02:30P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 89.800 89.875 88.100 88.650 -0.800 88.450s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 82.325 82.350 80.825 81.400 -0.450 81.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.075 85.450 83.950 84.625 -0.450 84.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 89.400 89.400 87.950 88.650 -0.500 88.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 93.250 -0.325 91.575s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 99.100 99.300 98.500 98.725 - 0.400 98.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 99.350 99.400 98.650 98.650 - 0.350 99.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 98.200 98.200 98.200 98.200 - 0.550 98.200s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 252.975 253.325 249.400 251.950 - 1.250 251.750s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 247.800 248.275 243.950 246.375 - 1.650 246.175s 02:31P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 242.375 242.625 238.475 240.525 - 2.000 240.450s 02:30P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 241.650 241.925 238.050 239.950 - 1.975 239.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 241.850 241.850 238.200 240.025 - 1.850 240.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 240.875 241.175 237.800 239.600 - 1.900 239.450s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 234.725 234.725 231.575 233.250 - 1.875 233.050s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 231.550 231.550 229.475 229.475 - 1.925 230.050s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 371.400 371.800 364.500 367.000 - 4.800 366.600s 02:30P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 372.000 372.525 364.000 366.975 - 5.575 366.600s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 370.325 370.850 362.350 365.250 - 5.900 364.800s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 368.025 368.600 360.225 363.000 - 6.025 362.575s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 365.350 365.550 357.400 359.925 - 6.025 359.800s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 359.225 359.375 351.575 354.175 - 5.900 354.000s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 353.300 353.675 347.125 349.625 - 5.850 349.325s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 351.200 351.200 350.825 350.825 - 5.325 347.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 17.09 17.12 16.94 16.94 -0.14 16.94 02:32P Chart for @DA6K Options for @DA6K
Jun 26 17.40 17.40 17.17 17.21 -0.11 17.21 02:22P Chart for @DA6M Options for @DA6M
Jul 26 17.97 17.99 17.80 17.80 -0.20 17.81 02:16P Chart for @DA6N Options for @DA6N
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