Friday, July 31, 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 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 440'6s
-5'0
Chart
 August 2026  @C6U 440'6s
-5'0
Chart
 September 2026  @C6Z 464'0s
-4'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 464'0s
-4'4
Chart

GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @C6U 440'6s
-5'0
Chart
 August 2026  @C6U 440'6s
-5'0
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 464'0s
-4'4
Chart
 January 2027  @C7H 479'6s
-4'6
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 479'6s
-4'6
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 488'6s
-4'6
Chart
 April 2027  @C7K 488'6s
-4'6
Chart
 June 2027  @C7N 493'2s
-5'0
Chart
 N/C 2027  @C7Z 485'4s
-2'6
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July contract only  @S6X 1187'4s
-1'2
Chart
 August 2026  @S6X 1187'4s
-1'2
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1187'4s
-1'2
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1204'6s
-3'4
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @S6X 1187'4s
-1'2
Chart
 August 2026  @S6X 1187'4s
-1'2
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1187'4s
-1'2
Chart
 January 2027  @S7F 1201'2s
-2'2
Chart
 N/C 2027  @S7X 1154'2s
-4'4
Chart

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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 445'4 447'0 438'0 440'4 -5'0 440'6s 02:32P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 468'4 470'0 461'0 463'6 -4'4 464'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 484'4 485'6 477'0 479'6 -4'6 479'6s 02:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 493'2 494'4 486'0 488'4 -4'6 488'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 498'0 499'2 491'0 493'2 -5'0 493'2s 02:42P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 483'0 483'0 478'0 479'0 -3'6 479'4s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 488'0 489'0 483'6 485'2 -2'6 485'4s 02:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 499'2 499'4 497'4 497'4 -2'4 497'0s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1177'0 1181'0 1166'6 1170'6 -5'2 1172'0s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1171'2 1179'2 1164'0 1171'2 -1'4 1170'6s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1188'0 1196'0 1180'4 1188'2 -1'2 1187'4s 02:44P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1203'2 1210'2 1194'6 1201'6 -2'2 1201'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1207'0 1215'0 1199'4 1205'2 -3'4 1204'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1213'4 1221'0 1205'4 1210'4 -4'0 1210'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1218'0 1225'2 1210'0 1214'6 -4'4 1214'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1202'0 1208'0 1194'6 1198'2 -4'4 1198'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3140 3164 3094 3110 - 19 3122s 01:20P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3175 3199 3123 3145 - 26 3149s 02:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3186 3206 3140 3162 - 17 3166s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3223 3250 3188 3209 - 16 3212s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3257 3276 3214 3232 - 20 3235s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3271 3299 3239 3253 - 25 3257s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3307 3321 3264 3274 - 27 3280s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3338 3350 3293 3304 - 29 3307s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 68.39 68.39 66.56 66.99 -1.23 67.12s 01:20P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 68.22 68.23 66.66 67.47 -0.96 67.26s 02:31P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 67.77 67.77 66.38 67.21 -0.66 67.04s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 67.46 67.46 66.17 67.05 -0.39 66.90s 02:44P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 67.18 67.22 66.19 66.97 -0.30 66.85s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 66.95 67.05 66.11 66.84 -0.21 66.70s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 66.88 67.03 66.05 66.69 -0.15 66.57s 01:30P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 66.30 66.64 65.85 66.41 -0.11 66.30s 01:30P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 98.375 99.350 98.325 98.775 0.425 98.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 83.350 85.175 83.125 84.700 1.500 84.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 74.525 76.100 74.025 75.475 1.150 75.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 78.100 79.200 77.325 78.600 0.725 78.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 82.675 83.625 81.975 83.150 0.550 83.225s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 86.300 87.025 85.825 86.450 0.400 86.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 94.750 95.300 93.925 95.000 0.275 94.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 95.050 95.875 94.600 95.650 0.250 95.575s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 93.975 94.700 93.750 94.600 0.225 94.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 79.000 79.000 79.000 79.000 0.500 79.425s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 72.525 72.525 72.525 72.525 1.675 72.525s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 231.275 232.675 231.200 231.575 0.525 231.750s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 227.425 228.550 226.925 227.000 - 0.200 227.250s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 226.675 228.000 226.550 226.725 0.225 226.950s 02:33P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 226.375 227.575 226.275 226.550 0.500 226.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 225.950 226.950 225.775 226.150 0.500 226.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 218.400 218.950 218.100 218.250 0.200 218.625s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 213.750 214.100 213.450 213.475 - 0.175 213.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 211.900 212.275 211.900 212.175 - 0.125 212.150s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 346.475 348.725 346.150 347.600 1.550 348.025s 02:31P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 342.625 345.350 342.100 343.275 1.325 343.775s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 334.025 337.025 333.625 334.950 1.325 335.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 327.600 330.425 327.300 328.600 1.475 329.125s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 320.800 322.975 319.725 321.425 1.475 321.925s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 317.050 318.625 315.875 317.825 1.250 317.675s 02:30P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 316.400 317.000 315.975 316.675 0.875 316.750s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 315.775 316.400 314.700 315.175 0.900 315.275s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 15.65 15.68 15.65 15.67 0.03 15.67 01:55P Chart for @DA6N Options for @DA6N
Aug 26 16.84 17.14 16.68 17.12 0.46 17.09 01:55P Chart for @DA6Q Options for @DA6Q
Sep 26 17.08 17.58 16.98 17.58 0.64 17.53 01:55P Chart for @DA6U Options for @DA6U
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