Wednesday, July 15, 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
 July 2026  @C6U 447'4s
9'0
Chart
 August 2026  @C6U 447'4s
9'0
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 469'4s
9'0
Chart

GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @C6U 447'4s
9'0
Chart
 August 2026  @C6U 447'4s
9'0
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 469'4s
9'0
Chart
 January 2027  @C7H 484'2s
8'4
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 484'2s
8'4
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 492'4s
8'2
Chart
 April 2027  @C7K 492'4s
8'2
Chart
 June 2027  @C7N 497'4s
8'4
Chart
 N/C 2027  @C7Z 490'4s
7'0
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @S6Q 1202'2s
9'4
Chart
 August 2026  @S6X 1201'6s
10'6
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1201'6s
10'6
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1219'4s
10'6
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @S6Q 1202'2s
9'4
Chart
 August 2026  @S6Q 1202'2s
9'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1201'6s
10'6
Chart
 January 2027  @S7F 1215'6s
10'6
Chart
 N/C 2027  @S7X 1175'2s
8'4
Chart

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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 438'0 449'0 437'0 447'2 9'0 447'4s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 459'6 471'0 458'6 469'2 9'0 469'4s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 475'0 485'4 474'4 483'4 8'4 484'2s 01:24P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 482'6 494'0 482'6 492'0 8'2 492'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 488'6 498'4 487'6 496'6 8'4 497'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 476'0 485'0 476'0 484'0 7'2 484'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 482'6 491'0 482'2 490'0 7'0 490'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 494'6 501'2 494'6 501'0 6'2 501'0s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1191'0 1204'6 1185'0 1201'4 9'4 1202'2s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1181'2 1193'6 1174'4 1191'6 11'0 1192'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1191'0 1203'2 1184'6 1201'6 10'6 1201'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1205'0 1217'2 1199'0 1215'6 10'6 1215'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1207'2 1221'0 1203'2 1219'4 10'6 1219'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1214'0 1226'4 1210'0 1225'0 10'4 1225'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1220'0 1232'0 1216'2 1230'4 10'2 1230'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1211'2 1217'0 1204'2 1215'6 9'4 1216'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3176 3199 3158 3190 15 3189s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3155 3188 3139 3178 26 3176s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3129 3172 3120 3165 36 3165s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3163 3204 3152 3202 37 3200s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3186 3220 3171 3218 35 3216s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3197 3233 3188 3229 32 3229s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3211 3245 3203 3243 31 3242s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3239 3271 3230 3269 30 3268s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 72.53 73.03 71.70 72.90 0.52 72.92s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 71.78 72.27 70.96 72.14 0.52 72.18s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 71.11 71.61 70.34 71.36 0.36 71.40s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 70.85 71.26 69.95 70.93 0.26 70.94s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 70.53 71.08 69.80 70.70 0.22 70.73s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 70.14 70.67 69.45 70.33 0.22 70.33s 01:21P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 69.69 70.11 69.01 69.83 0.23 69.87s 01:20P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 69.11 69.53 68.47 69.20 0.21 69.28s 01:20P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 95.175 95.300 95.100 95.150 0.075 95.175s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 98.575 100.450 98.350 100.350 1.875 100.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 84.575 86.850 84.450 86.625 2.350 86.725s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 75.075 77.450 74.950 77.350 2.550 77.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 78.700 80.625 78.500 80.500 2.175 80.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 83.150 85.250 83.150 85.150 1.950 85.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 87.375 89.000 87.375 88.975 2.025 89.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 95.075 97.175 95.000 97.125 1.750 97.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 96.250 97.850 96.225 97.825 1.675 97.750s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 95.850 97.000 95.850 97.000 1.500 97.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 81.975 82.000 81.975 82.000 1.050 81.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 74.975 0.850 74.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 231.425 232.100 229.250 230.325 - 1.300 230.125s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 227.325 228.025 225.050 226.250 - 1.650 226.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 227.200 227.650 224.650 225.825 - 1.750 225.550s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 228.300 228.550 225.425 226.500 - 2.025 226.275s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 228.900 228.950 225.875 226.625 - 2.100 226.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 222.475 222.475 219.475 220.125 - 2.275 220.200s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 218.550 218.950 216.800 216.925 - 2.450 216.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 217.750 217.750 215.875 215.875 - 2.625 215.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 349.300 351.350 347.475 350.700 1.150 349.950s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 345.250 346.575 342.250 344.950 - 0.475 344.375s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 340.800 341.725 337.050 339.125 - 1.675 338.850s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 337.200 337.950 333.000 334.675 - 2.275 334.500s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 331.125 331.125 326.625 328.050 - 2.250 328.175s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 326.875 327.250 323.500 324.600 - 2.275 324.475s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 324.750 325.975 322.875 323.725 - 2.075 323.725s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 323.375 324.450 321.075 322.625 - 1.975 322.125s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 15.76 15.77 15.72 15.77 0.01 15.76 02:05P Chart for @DA6N Options for @DA6N
Aug 26 16.99 17.06 16.85 17.04 0.03 17.04 02:09P Chart for @DA6Q Options for @DA6Q
Sep 26 17.35 17.45 17.25 17.44 0.08 17.44 02:05P Chart for @DA6U Options for @DA6U
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