Wednesday, August 26, 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 503'4
3'0
Chart
 SEPT contract only  @C6Z 525'6
2'2
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 525'6
2'2
Chart

GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 August 2026  @C6U 503'4
3'0
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 525'6
2'2
Chart
 January 2027  @C7H 540'2
1'6
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 540'2
1'6
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 547'2
2'2
Chart
 April 2027  @C7K 547'2
2'2
Chart
 June 2027  @C7N 549'0
2'2
Chart
 N/C 2027  @C7Z 524'4
2'4
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 AUG contract only  @S6X 1243'6
6'0
Chart
 SEPT contract only  @S6X 1243'6
6'0
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1243'6
6'0
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1265'0
6'6
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 August 2026  @S6X 1243'6
6'0
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1243'6
6'0
Chart
 January 2027  @S7F 1258'0
5'6
Chart
 February 2027  @S7H 1265'0
6'6
Chart
 March 2027  @S7K 1270'6
6'6
Chart
 N/C 2027  @S7X 1208'4
5'4
Chart

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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 500'4 508'0 499'0 502'6 2'2 500'4 09:58A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 524'0 530'0 521'2 525'0 1'4 523'4 09:58A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 538'2 544'4 536'4 540'2 1'6 538'4 09:57A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 545'0 551'2 543'0 547'2 2'2 545'0 09:57A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 546'0 552'6 545'0 549'0 2'2 546'6 09:57A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 520'6 525'6 520'4 523'4 2'0 521'4 09:57A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 521'4 526'6 521'0 524'4 2'4 522'0 09:57A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 530'6 536'2 530'6 534'6 2'6 532'0 09:57A Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 1228'4 1237'2 1223'2 1234'0 6'0 1228'0 09:57A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1238'0 1246'2 1232'0 1243'0 5'2 1237'6 09:58A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1252'0 1260'4 1246'6 1258'0 5'6 1252'2 09:57A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1257'6 1266'2 1253'0 1265'0 6'6 1258'2 09:57A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1263'4 1272'6 1259'0 1270'6 6'6 1264'0 09:57A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1267'0 1276'2 1262'4 1274'4 7'0 1267'4 09:57A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1247'4 1259'2 1246'2 1257'6 7'2 1250'4 09:58A Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1214'4 1221'2 1210'4 1219'6 6'0 1213'6 09:58A Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 3203 3255 3191 3209 6 3203 09:58A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3248 3292 3226 3252 15 3237 09:58A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3303 3347 3280 3313 21 3292 09:58A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3333 3374 3309 3343 22 3321 09:57A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3363 3401 3339 3372 21 3351 09:58A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3392 3423 3366 3398 20 3378 09:57A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3420 3445 3393 3427 23 3404 09:57A Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3388 3427 3381 3412 24 3388 09:57A Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 67.33 67.64 66.26 67.24 -0.28 67.52 09:57A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 67.52 67.80 66.43 67.42 -0.28 67.70 09:57A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 67.64 67.91 66.51 67.55 -0.23 67.78 09:57A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 67.57 67.90 66.53 67.56 -0.22 67.78 09:57A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 67.77 67.92 66.60 67.60 -0.22 67.82 09:57A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 67.81 67.92 66.64 67.61 -0.20 67.81 09:57A Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 67.66 67.78 66.55 67.50 -0.16 67.66 09:57A Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 66.86 67.12 66.17 67.12 -0.06 67.18 09:57A Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 80.425 81.050 80.150 80.375 -0.075 80.450 09:57A Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 70.375 71.125 70.375 70.675 0.325 70.350 09:57A Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 73.225 73.775 73.200 73.425 0.250 73.175 09:57A Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 79.100 79.375 78.775 79.050 0.275 78.775 09:58A Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 83.650 83.650 83.650 83.650 0.400 83.250 09:58A Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 92.200 92.600 92.025 92.350 0.175 92.175 09:58A Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 93.500 94.100 93.500 94.000 0.150 93.850 09:57A Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 93.425 93.725 92.925 93.675 0.175 93.500 09:56A Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 78.225 78.225 78.225 78.225 -0.150 78.375 09:56A Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 71.100 -0.425 70.700s 09:54A Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 74.000 -0.425 74.000s 09:54A Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 218.300 219.150 217.525 219.000 0.900 218.100 09:57A Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 210.950 212.075 210.300 211.725 0.775 210.950 09:57A Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 212.150 213.675 211.650 213.325 1.200 212.125 09:57A Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 213.900 215.100 213.150 214.825 1.325 213.500 09:58A Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 215.400 216.850 214.800 216.475 1.250 215.225 09:58A Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 209.250 210.950 209.100 210.550 1.075 209.475 09:58A Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 206.000 207.450 205.625 207.200 1.050 206.150 09:57A Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 205.175 206.200 205.075 206.200 1.000 205.200 09:56A Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 333.350 333.625 332.000 333.000 - 0.725 333.725 09:57A Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 318.825 320.725 317.675 320.175 0.900 319.275 09:57A Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 313.000 315.875 311.900 315.100 1.775 313.325 09:57A Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 305.625 309.000 304.400 308.150 2.450 305.700 09:58A Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 297.375 301.050 296.700 300.425 2.675 297.750 09:58A Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 294.550 297.750 293.500 297.350 2.800 294.550 09:58A Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 294.750 298.275 294.750 297.825 2.650 295.175 09:57A Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 295.000 298.250 295.000 298.250 3.025 295.225 09:57A Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 16.60 16.62 16.59 16.61 16.61 09:29A Chart for @DA6Q Options for @DA6Q
Sep 26 16.35 16.50 16.33 16.47 0.07 16.40 09:54A Chart for @DA6U Options for @DA6U
Oct 26 16.74 16.82 16.71 16.79 0.05 16.74 09:56A Chart for @DA6V Options for @DA6V
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