Friday, September 29, 2023  
 
 
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 46 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 Receiving & Meal / Oil Load Out
Monday - Friday  8:00 am - 4:00 pm






Harvest Hours:

GMO Grain
Monday - Saturday 7:30 am - Demand

Non-GMO Grain
Monday - Friday 7:30 am - 5:00 pm

Organic Grain
Monday - Friday 7:30 am - 5:00 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

Larry Van Roekel
Swine
(production & extruded meal) 
712-470-0421

 
Dustin Hoogendoorn

Agronomy/Grain Operations Manager
(seed & commodities)
712-470-7372 



CROP PRODUCTION
(Non-GMO & 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 & 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
 Sept contract only  @C3Z 476'6s
-11'6
Chart
 N/C 2023  @C3Z 476'6s
-11'6
Chart

GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 By September 29th  @C3Z 476'6s
-11'6
Chart
 N/C 2023  @C3Z 476'6s
-11'6
Chart
 December 2023  @C4H 491'6s
-11'4
Chart
 January 2024  @C4H 491'6s
-11'4
Chart
 February 2024  @C4H 491'6s
-11'4
Chart
 March 2024  @C4K 500'4s
-11'2
Chart
 April 2024  @C4K 500'4s
-11'2
Chart
 May 2024  @C4N 505'4s
-10'6
Chart
 June 2024  @C4N 505'4s
-10'6
Chart
 July 2024  @C4N 505'4s
-10'6
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 N/C 2023  @S3X 1275'0s
-25'4
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 N/C 2023  @S3X 1275'0s
-25'4
Chart
 November 2023  @S4F 1294'4s
-24'6
Chart
 December 2023  @S4F 1294'4s
-24'6
Chart
 January 2024  @S4H 1310'2s
-21'2
Chart
 February 2024  @S4H 1310'2s
-21'2
Chart
 March 2024  @S4K 1322'0s
-18'6
Chart
 April 2024  @S4K 1322'0s
-18'6
Chart
 May 2024  @S4N 1327'2s
-16'0
Chart

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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 23 487'4 490'0 475'4 476'0 -11'6 476'6s 03:34P Chart for @C3Z Options for @C3Z
Mar 24 503'0 504'6 490'4 491'2 -11'4 491'6s 03:29P Chart for @C4H Options for @C4H
May 24 511'6 513'2 499'2 499'4 -11'2 500'4s 01:30P Chart for @C4K Options for @C4K
Jul 24 515'6 517'4 504'2 504'4 -10'6 505'4s 03:15P Chart for @C4N Options for @C4N
Sep 24 511'4 512'6 501'6 502'0 -8'6 503'2s 01:30P Chart for @C4U Options for @C4U
Dec 24 513'2 515'0 505'4 506'2 -7'2 507'2s 02:36P Chart for @C4Z Options for @C4Z
Mar 25 523'2 524'6 516'2 516'2 -7'0 517'4s 01:30P Chart for @C5H Options for @C5H
May 25 528'0 528'2 528'0 528'0 -7'0 522'4s 01:20P Chart for @C5K Options for @C5K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 23 1300'4 1305'4 1272'4 1275'0 -25'4 1275'0s 03:17P Chart for @S3X Options for @S3X
Jan 24 1319'0 1323'4 1292'4 1295'0 -24'6 1294'4s 02:31P Chart for @S4F Options for @S4F
Mar 24 1331'4 1335'2 1307'0 1309'6 -21'2 1310'2s 01:30P Chart for @S4H Options for @S4H
May 24 1340'4 1345'4 1318'0 1321'4 -18'6 1322'0s 02:31P Chart for @S4K Options for @S4K
Jul 24 1343'0 1347'6 1323'0 1326'4 -16'0 1327'2s 01:30P Chart for @S4N Options for @S4N
Aug 24 1326'2 1331'0 1307'6 1311'0 -14'0 1311'6s 01:24P Chart for @S4Q Options for @S4Q
Sep 24 1288'2 1291'4 1271'4 1274'6 -10'6 1275'4s 01:20P Chart for @S4U Options for @S4U
Nov 24 1270'0 1275'4 1256'2 1258'6 -9'6 1260'0s 01:30P Chart for @S4X Options for @S4X
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 23 3924 3924 3743 3752 -165 3759s 01:24P Chart for @SM3V Options for @SM3V
Dec 23 3918 3920 3808 3818 -103 3812s 03:27P Chart for @SM3Z Options for @SM3Z
Jan 24 3880 3889 3791 3797 - 85 3794s 01:30P Chart for @SM4F Options for @SM4F
Mar 24 3813 3829 3747 3752 - 63 3750s 03:22P Chart for @SM4H Options for @SM4H
May 24 3781 3799 3727 3731 - 50 3731s 02:32P Chart for @SM4K Options for @SM4K
Jul 24 3788 3806 3739 3746 - 43 3745s 01:30P Chart for @SM4N Options for @SM4N
Aug 24 3783 3791 3730 3734 - 38 3736s 01:20P Chart for @SM4Q Options for @SM4Q
Sep 24 3757 3760 3712 3713 - 33 3714s 01:20P Chart for @SM4U Options for @SM4U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 23 58.61 58.77 57.29 57.29 -1.09 57.44s 03:04P Chart for @BO3V Options for @BO3V
Dec 23 56.91 57.30 55.66 55.85 -1.08 55.83s 03:31P Chart for @BO3Z Options for @BO3Z
Jan 24 56.45 56.76 55.12 55.22 -1.19 55.22s 02:30P Chart for @BO4F Options for @BO4F
Mar 24 55.90 56.24 54.67 54.75 -1.16 54.73s 01:20P Chart for @BO4H Options for @BO4H
May 24 55.67 55.97 54.47 54.56 -1.12 54.53s 02:33P Chart for @BO4K Options for @BO4K
Jul 24 55.48 55.71 54.27 54.35 -1.09 54.31s 01:30P Chart for @BO4N Options for @BO4N
Aug 24 54.99 55.25 53.85 53.89 -1.03 53.90s 01:20P Chart for @BO4Q Options for @BO4Q
Sep 24 54.48 54.65 53.43 53.48 -0.99 53.45s 01:24P Chart for @BO4U Options for @BO4U
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 23 82.600 82.600 80.200 80.200 -3.750 80.200s 02:30P Chart for @HE3V Options for @HE3V
Dec 23 73.550 73.675 71.775 71.775 -3.750 71.775s 01:05P Chart for @HE3Z Options for @HE3Z
Feb 24 77.075 77.075 75.100 75.600 -3.150 75.450s 01:05P Chart for @HE4G Options for @HE4G
Apr 24 82.225 82.275 80.825 81.025 -2.550 80.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE4J Options for @HE4J
May 24 87.625 87.625 85.750 86.675 -2.350 85.950s 01:05P Chart for @HE4K Options for @HE4K
Jun 24 94.925 94.950 94.000 94.300 -1.725 94.125s 02:30P Chart for @HE4M Options for @HE4M
Jul 24 95.525 95.850 94.850 95.200 -1.475 95.225s 01:05P Chart for @HE4N Options for @HE4N
Aug 24 95.225 95.250 94.375 94.775 -1.175 94.775s 02:31P Chart for @HE4Q Options for @HE4Q
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 23 186.350 186.350 184.075 184.175 - 2.300 184.200s 01:05P Chart for @LE3V Options for @LE3V
Dec 23 190.150 190.175 187.850 187.950 - 2.500 187.925s 01:05P Chart for @LE3Z Options for @LE3Z
Feb 24 194.425 194.500 192.425 192.475 - 2.125 192.500s 02:31P Chart for @LE4G Options for @LE4G
Apr 24 197.125 197.125 195.400 195.450 - 1.925 195.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE4J Options for @LE4J
Jun 24 191.375 191.375 189.500 189.500 - 1.675 189.700s 01:05P Chart for @LE4M Options for @LE4M
Aug 24 189.400 189.450 188.100 188.100 - 1.575 188.250s 01:05P Chart for @LE4Q Options for @LE4Q
Oct 24 191.775 191.825 190.625 190.800 - 1.650 190.700s 01:05P Chart for @LE4V Options for @LE4V
Dec 24 195.000 195.025 193.725 194.150 - 1.875 193.725s 01:05P Chart for @LE4Z Options for @LE4Z
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 23 254.725 254.725 252.025 252.325 - 2.250 252.475s 01:05P Chart for @GF3V Options for @GF3V
Nov 23 257.475 257.475 254.525 254.900 - 2.775 254.900s 02:39P Chart for @GF3X Options for @GF3X
Jan 24 260.100 260.100 257.600 258.025 - 2.000 258.050s 01:05P Chart for @GF4F Options for @GF4F
Mar 24 262.850 262.900 260.775 261.175 - 1.850 261.275s 01:05P Chart for @GF4H Options for @GF4H
Apr 24 267.000 267.000 265.075 265.175 - 2.050 265.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF4J Options for @GF4J
May 24 270.000 270.025 268.100 268.100 - 2.275 268.225s 01:05P Chart for @GF4K Options for @GF4K
Aug 24 277.825 277.825 275.975 276.150 - 2.125 276.075s 01:05P Chart for @GF4Q Options for @GF4Q
Sep 24 280.000 280.000 276.950 276.950 - 3.750 276.950s 01:05P Chart for @GF4U Options for @GF4U
@DK - MILK CLASS IV - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 23 18.61 18.84 01:10P Chart for @DK3U Options for @DK3U
Oct 23 20.80 20.80 20.80 20.80 20.80 01:55P Chart for @DK3V Options for @DK3V
Nov 23 20.38 20.38 20.30 20.30 -0.35 20.30 01:55P Chart for @DK3X Options for @DK3X
Dec 23 19.80 -0.11 19.69 01:55P Chart for @DK3Z Options for @DK3Z
Jan 24 19.25 19.25 01:55P Chart for @DK4F Options for @DK4F
Feb 24 19.30 -0.05 19.25 01:55P Chart for @DK4G Options for @DK4G
Mar 24 19.30 19.30 19.25 19.25 -0.15 19.25 01:55P Chart for @DK4H Options for @DK4H
Apr 24 19.30 19.30 19.30 19.30 -0.10 19.30 01:55P Chart for @DK4J Options for @DK4J
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