Thursday, April 2, 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
 Apr 26 contract only  @C6K 452'2s
-2'0
Chart
 May 26 contract only  @C6N 463'2s
-1'6
Chart

GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 April 2026  @C6K 452'2s
-2'0
Chart
 May 2026  @C6N 463'2s
-1'6
Chart
 June 2026  @C6N 463'2s
-1'6
Chart
 July 2026  @C6N 463'2s
-1'6
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 N/C 2026  @C6Z 481'2s
0'0
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 January 2027  @C7H 492'2s
0'2
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 492'2s
0'2
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 499'0s
0'2
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 April 2026  @S6K 1163'4s
-5'0
Chart
 May 2026  @S6N 1180'0s
-4'4
Chart
 June 2026  @S6N 1180'0s
-4'4
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1180'0s
-4'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1154'0s
-1'4
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 April 2026  @S6K 1163'4s
-5'0
Chart
 May 2026  @S6N 1180'0s
-4'4
Chart
 June 2026  @S6N 1180'0s
-4'4
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1180'0s
-4'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1154'0s
-1'4
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1158'4s
-1'2
Chart

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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 454'0 460'4 451'2 452'0 -2'0 452'2s 01:20P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 464'6 471'4 462'2 463'2 -1'6 463'2s 01:20P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 467'2 473'2 465'4 466'4 -0'2 467'0s 01:20P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 481'4 486'6 479'4 481'0 0'0 481'2s 01:20P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 491'4 496'6 490'2 492'0 0'2 492'2s 01:20P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 497'2 502'6 496'6 498'6 0'2 499'0s 01:20P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 500'4 505'6 500'4 502'0 0'4 502'4s 01:20P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 484'2 486'2 483'4 484'4 0'0 484'6s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1167'2 1174'2 1162'0 1162'6 -5'0 1163'4s 01:22P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1183'0 1190'0 1178'6 1179'2 -4'4 1180'0s 01:20P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1177'6 1186'2 1174'2 1175'0 -5'2 1175'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1152'6 1161'4 1151'0 1153'4 -2'2 1153'6s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1152'6 1161'6 1150'6 1153'6 -1'4 1154'0s 01:20P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1162'2 1171'6 1161'0 1163'4 -1'4 1163'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1156'2 1165'4 1156'2 1157'6 -1'2 1158'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1159'2 1167'6 1158'0 1160'0 -1'2 1160'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3182 3188 3139 3152 - 30 3152s 01:20P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3170 3172 3128 3135 - 35 3132s 01:20P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3150 3150 3107 3111 - 36 3109s 01:21P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3125 3125 3078 3082 - 38 3080s 01:20P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3087 3111 3051 3058 - 42 3056s 01:20P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3144 3144 3083 3093 - 42 3091s 01:21P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3136 3138 3086 3096 - 41 3094s 01:20P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3112 3112 3067 3080 - 41 3076s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 67.01 69.17 66.74 69.00 1.83 68.94s 01:20P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 67.09 69.03 66.87 68.83 1.55 68.74s 01:20P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 66.34 68.16 66.15 67.96 1.34 67.82s 01:20P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 65.39 67.26 65.33 67.00 1.22 66.87s 01:20P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 64.56 66.26 64.40 65.94 1.14 65.84s 01:20P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 64.00 65.58 63.74 65.26 1.12 65.15s 01:20P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 63.36 65.03 63.29 64.76 1.10 64.63s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 62.54 64.16 62.50 63.90 1.07 63.84s 01:20P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 90.675 90.825 90.125 90.125 -0.575 90.350s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 96.275 96.625 95.575 96.075 -0.775 96.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 104.800 105.150 104.075 104.450 - 0.700 104.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 107.475 107.900 106.650 106.950 - 0.700 107.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 107.325 107.800 106.600 106.875 - 0.725 106.875s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 91.650 92.100 91.025 91.450 -0.475 91.425s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 83.600 84.000 83.125 83.525 -0.550 83.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.975 86.350 85.650 85.975 -0.525 85.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 89.300 89.600 89.250 89.400 -0.475 89.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 92.850 -0.475 92.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 99.550 99.750 99.500 99.700 - 0.300 99.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 100.000 100.000 99.875 99.875 - 0.200 99.875s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 242.150 246.325 241.950 246.100 2.150 246.200s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 242.275 246.575 241.950 246.200 1.975 246.325s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 238.525 242.600 238.275 242.075 1.500 242.175s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 234.700 238.000 234.250 237.650 1.325 237.725s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 234.400 237.275 233.850 237.000 1.325 237.050s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 234.500 237.100 233.900 236.950 1.125 236.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 234.450 236.625 233.625 236.475 1.050 236.350s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 227.825 229.950 227.225 229.875 1.000 229.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 367.975 373.250 366.175 372.900 2.150 372.900s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 365.125 371.250 363.425 370.675 2.625 370.625s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 363.750 369.950 362.700 369.600 2.650 369.500s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 360.825 367.575 360.825 367.550 2.600 367.325s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 359.475 364.800 358.150 364.525 2.550 364.625s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 355.350 361.725 355.350 361.525 2.525 361.525s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 349.450 355.625 349.450 355.150 2.775 355.050s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 344.925 349.325 344.675 349.325 2.550 349.325s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 17.45 17.74 17.45 17.69 0.20 17.73 01:22P Chart for @DA6J Options for @DA6J
May 26 17.90 18.29 17.84 18.19 0.22 18.21 01:22P Chart for @DA6K Options for @DA6K
Jun 26 18.39 18.70 18.37 18.62 0.17 18.65 01:23P Chart for @DA6M Options for @DA6M
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