Thursday, August 20, 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
 AUG contract only  @C6U 478'6s
5'6
Chart
 September 2026  @C6Z 503'4s
5'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 503'4s
5'4
Chart

GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 August 2026  @C6U 478'6s
5'6
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 503'4s
5'4
Chart
 January 2027  @C7H 518'2s
4'4
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 518'2s
4'4
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 524'6s
4'0
Chart
 April 2027  @C7K 524'6s
4'0
Chart
 June 2027  @C7N 526'4s
3'4
Chart
 N/C 2027  @C7Z 507'4s
1'0
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 AUG contract only  @S6X 1236'4s
-0'6
Chart
 SEPT contract only  @S6X 1236'4s
-0'6
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1236'4s
-0'6
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1257'2s
1'6
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 August 2026  @S6X 1236'4s
-0'6
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1236'4s
-0'6
Chart
 January 2027  @S7F 1251'4s
0'2
Chart
 February 2027  @S7H 1257'2s
1'6
Chart
 March 2027  @S7K 1262'0s
2'4
Chart
 N/C 2027  @S7X 1194'2s
0'4
Chart

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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 472'6 481'2 472'2 477'4 5'6 478'6s 03:08P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 498'0 506'2 497'2 502'4 5'4 503'4s 03:04P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 513'4 520'6 512'6 517'0 4'4 518'2s 02:58P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 520'0 527'0 519'4 523'4 4'0 524'6s 03:10P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 522'4 529'0 522'2 525'2 3'4 526'4s 03:10P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 503'2 506'4 502'4 503'4 2'2 504'4s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 506'2 509'4 506'2 506'4 1'0 507'4s 03:10P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 517'2 520'0 516'6 517'2 0'2 517'4s 01:30P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 1221'0 1228'2 1218'4 1220'4 -1'4 1220'6s 02:45P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1236'4 1244'4 1234'4 1236'0 -0'6 1236'4s 02:45P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1250'4 1259'0 1249'0 1250'4 0'2 1251'4s 02:49P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1254'4 1263'2 1253'4 1256'0 1'6 1257'2s 02:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1258'6 1267'2 1258'0 1260'4 2'4 1262'0s 02:52P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1262'0 1270'0 1260'6 1263'2 1'4 1264'2s 02:33P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1244'6 1250'4 1242'6 1245'2 1'6 1246'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1206'0 1209'4 1204'4 1205'6 1'4 1206'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 3189 3221 3149 3151 - 32 3157s 02:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3210 3243 3179 3180 - 24 3186s 03:10P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3255 3288 3231 3233 - 18 3238s 02:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3275 3305 3257 3260 - 12 3264s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3295 3322 3280 3283 - 10 3287s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3315 3339 3301 3301 - 7 3309s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3339 3360 3326 3326 - 7 3332s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3323 3339 3305 3308 - 9 3314s 01:20P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 69.95 71.29 69.56 71.24 1.32 71.18s 02:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 69.95 71.45 69.62 71.40 1.41 71.33s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.98 71.42 69.67 71.36 1.36 71.32s 02:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 70.06 71.27 69.69 71.21 1.18 71.16s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 69.89 71.05 69.61 70.96 1.03 70.92s 01:20P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 69.85 70.81 69.44 70.69 0.94 70.68s 01:20P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 69.34 70.43 69.28 70.36 0.86 70.30s 01:20P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 68.70 69.60 68.56 69.50 0.78 69.53s 01:20P Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 81.125 81.275 80.100 80.325 -1.275 80.225s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 71.150 71.250 70.625 70.775 -0.675 70.750s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 74.050 74.300 73.750 73.850 -0.425 73.825s 02:33P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 79.450 79.775 79.275 79.400 -0.250 79.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 83.975 84.150 83.975 84.150 0.075 84.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 92.250 92.750 92.250 92.550 92.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 94.000 94.400 93.975 94.125 0.125 94.150s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 93.575 94.000 93.550 93.775 0.175 93.750s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 79.000 79.050 78.725 78.725 -0.250 78.775s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 72.100 72.100 72.100 72.100 0.400 72.100s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 75.400 0.400 75.400s 01:05P Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 223.425 224.525 222.300 223.425 - 0.075 223.350s 02:36P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 217.225 219.325 216.150 218.050 0.775 218.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 217.150 219.675 216.025 218.150 1.125 218.275s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 217.800 220.125 216.525 218.725 1.100 218.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 218.425 220.500 217.000 219.350 1.025 219.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 211.650 213.650 210.175 212.625 1.100 212.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 207.700 209.600 206.175 208.625 1.025 208.750s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 205.525 208.050 205.525 207.450 0.825 207.350s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 337.500 337.500 334.400 335.425 - 1.550 335.300s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 329.350 330.700 325.775 329.000 - 0.200 328.925s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 322.375 324.425 318.675 322.825 0.650 322.700s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 314.325 316.500 310.475 314.925 0.800 314.875s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 305.400 307.950 302.000 306.625 0.925 306.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 301.825 304.100 298.250 302.875 1.375 302.725s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 300.000 304.025 298.200 303.000 1.475 302.575s 02:47P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 300.000 303.325 299.000 302.675 1.900 302.125s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 16.63 16.66 16.63 16.63 0.13 16.63 02:48P Chart for @DA6Q Options for @DA6Q
Sep 26 17.09 17.14 16.75 16.84 -0.25 16.80 03:10P Chart for @DA6U Options for @DA6U
Oct 26 17.40 17.40 17.10 17.10 -0.18 17.13 03:11P Chart for @DA6V Options for @DA6V
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