Monday, March 16, 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

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
 Mch 26 contract only  @C6K 459'6
-7'4
Chart
 Apr 26 contract only  @C6K 459'6
-7'4
Chart
 May 26 contract only  @C6N 471'6
-6'4
Chart

GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 March 2026  @C6K 459'6
-7'4
Chart
 April 2026  @C6K 459'6
-7'4
Chart
 May 2026  @C6N 471'6
-6'4
Chart
 June 2026  @C6N 471'6
-6'4
Chart
 July 2026  @C6N 471'6
-6'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 486'0
-5'4
Chart
 January 2027  @C7H 495'4
-4'4
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 495'4
-4'4
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 500'6
-4'2
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 March 2026  @S6K 1175'4
-49'6
Chart
 April 2026  @S6K 1175'4
-49'6
Chart
 May 2026  @S6N 1190'2
-47'2
Chart
 June 2026  @S6N 1190'2
-47'2
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1190'2
-47'2
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1140'0
-21'4
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 March 2026  @S6K 1175'4
-49'6
Chart
 April 2026  @S6K 1175'4
-49'6
Chart
 May 2026  @S6N 1190'2
-47'2
Chart
 June 2026  @S6N 1190'2
-47'2
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1190'2
-47'2
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1140'0
-21'4
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1147'0
-17'4
Chart

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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 464'6 466'0 459'6 459'6 -7'4 467'2 09:09A Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 475'4 477'0 471'6 471'6 -6'4 478'2 09:09A Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 476'2 478'2 473'2 473'4 -5'6 479'2 09:09A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 488'4 490'2 486'0 486'0 -5'4 491'4 09:09A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 497'6 499'0 495'2 495'4 -4'4 500'0 09:09A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 501'4 504'0 500'6 500'6 -4'2 505'0 09:09A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 504'2 506'4 503'2 504'0 -3'2 507'2 09:09A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 483'6 483'6 482'4 482'4 -2'0 484'4 09:09A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1214'0 1214'0 1175'4 1175'4 -49'6 1225'2 09:09A Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1225'0 1225'6 1190'0 1190'2 -47'2 1237'4 09:09A Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1208'6 1208'6 1178'6 1178'6 -39'4 1218'2 09:09A Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1160'2 1164'2 1142'4 1142'4 -27'2 1169'6 09:09A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1155'2 1159'0 1139'6 1140'0 -21'4 1161'4 09:09A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1165'0 1168'0 1150'0 1150'0 -20'2 1170'2 09:09A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1156'0 1163'4 1147'0 1147'0 -17'4 1164'4 09:09A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1157'4 1164'2 1150'4 1150'4 -15'4 1166'0 09:09A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3190 3198 3148 3148 - 79 3227 09:09A Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3213 3213 3159 3160 - 82 3242 09:09A Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3170 3170 3138 3141 - 68 3209 09:09A Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3132 3137 3111 3119 - 51 3170 09:09A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3121 3121 3083 3094 - 34 3128 09:09A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3139 3139 3112 3126 - 29 3155 09:09A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3126 3135 3115 3127 - 23 3150 09:09A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3111 3121 3102 3113 - 20 3133 09:09A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 67.07 67.15 65.13 65.17 -2.27 67.44 09:09A Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 66.86 66.87 64.99 65.01 -2.11 67.12 09:09A Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 66.12 66.12 64.26 64.26 -1.98 66.24 09:09A Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 65.32 65.32 63.52 63.53 -1.86 65.39 09:09A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 63.72 64.25 62.71 62.71 -1.78 64.49 09:09A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 63.87 63.87 62.29 62.30 -1.70 64.00 09:09A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 62.99 63.28 61.91 61.97 -1.55 63.52 09:08A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 62.59 62.65 61.31 61.33 -1.43 62.76 09:08A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 93.700 94.150 93.500 93.625 0.175 93.450 09:09A Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 98.800 99.075 98.725 98.725 0.325 98.400 09:09A Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 107.475 108.125 107.375 107.525 0.150 107.375 09:09A Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 109.325 110.200 109.325 109.525 0.225 109.300 09:09A Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 109.000 109.600 108.850 109.000 0.325 108.675 09:09A Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 92.650 92.875 92.175 92.275 0.225 92.050 09:09A Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 83.575 84.300 83.575 83.675 0.100 83.575 09:09A Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.400 86.550 86.125 86.125 0.050 86.075 09:09A Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 90.025 90.025 89.750 89.750 89.750 09:09A Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 92.800 92.800 92.800 92.800 0.200 92.600 09:08A Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 99.775 99.800 99.775 99.800 0.050 99.750 09:08A Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 99.800 99.800 99.800 99.800 0.050 99.750 09:08A Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 230.900 233.700 230.825 232.775 1.875 230.900 09:09A Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 228.925 231.925 228.850 231.175 2.225 228.950 09:09A Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 226.825 229.650 226.825 228.925 2.100 226.825 09:09A Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 225.000 227.875 225.000 227.200 1.975 225.225 09:09A Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 225.750 228.150 225.500 227.450 1.900 225.550 09:09A Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 225.775 228.450 225.775 227.700 1.875 225.825 09:09A Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 226.025 227.375 226.025 227.050 1.850 225.200 09:09A Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 218.925 220.275 218.925 219.825 1.650 218.175 09:09A Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 350.625 353.975 350.625 353.250 3.775 349.475 09:09A Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 344.125 348.300 344.125 347.600 4.500 343.100 09:09A Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 340.575 344.400 340.000 343.300 4.125 339.175 09:09A Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 341.025 344.250 340.525 343.375 3.900 339.475 09:09A Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 340.000 343.125 340.000 342.175 3.775 338.400 09:09A Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 339.425 341.550 339.425 340.900 3.875 337.025 09:09A Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 339.050 339.700 338.850 339.150 3.850 335.300 09:09A Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 333.625 333.625 333.000 333.025 3.750 329.275 09:09A Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 16.17 16.17 16.15 16.15 -0.03 16.18 09:01A Chart for @DA6H Options for @DA6H
Apr 26 16.55 16.73 16.34 16.60 -0.06 16.66 09:09A Chart for @DA6J Options for @DA6J
May 26 17.20 17.20 17.13 17.13 -0.06 17.19 09:09A Chart for @DA6K Options for @DA6K
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