Thursday, May 21, 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)







US Drought Monitor Link



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
 May 26 contract only  @C6N 462'2s
-3'4
Chart
 June 26 contact only  @C6N 462'2s
-3'4
Chart

GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 May 2026  @C6N 462'2s
-3'4
Chart
 June 2026  @C6N 462'2s
-3'4
Chart
 July 2026  @C6N 462'2s
-3'4
Chart
 August 2026  @C6U 468'4s
-4'0
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 485'0s
-4'2
Chart
 January 2027  @C7H 499'2s
-4'0
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 499'2s
-4'0
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 506'6s
-4'0
Chart
 April 2027  @C7K 506'6s
-4'0
Chart
 June 2027  @C7N 510'6s
-4'0
Chart
 N/C 2027  @C7Z 495'2s
-2'0
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 May 2026  @S6N 1194'2s
-5'4
Chart
 June 2026  @S6N 1194'2s
-5'4
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1194'2s
-5'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1186'6s
-6'6
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 May 2026  @S6N 1194'2s
-5'4
Chart
 June 2026  @S6N 1194'2s
-5'4
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1194'2s
-5'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1186'6s
-6'6
Chart
 January 2027  @S7F 1198'6s
-6'2
Chart
 N/C 2027  @S7X 1144'2s
-2'0
Chart

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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 465'0 469'2 460'0 462'6 -3'4 462'2s 01:20P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 472'0 475'6 467'0 468'6 -4'0 468'4s 01:20P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 488'6 492'0 483'4 485'6 -4'2 485'0s 01:20P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 502'4 505'4 497'6 499'6 -4'0 499'2s 01:20P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 510'6 512'6 505'4 507'2 -4'0 506'6s 01:20P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 514'2 516'4 509'4 511'0 -4'0 510'6s 01:20P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 493'4 495'0 489'2 491'4 -2'2 491'2s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 496'6 499'0 493'2 495'4 -2'0 495'2s 01:20P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 1199'0 1204'0 1191'0 1193'4 -5'4 1194'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1199'2 1202'6 1190'2 1192'6 -5'6 1193'4s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1183'6 1187'6 1176'2 1178'4 -6'0 1179'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1192'4 1195'2 1183'6 1186'4 -6'6 1186'6s 01:20P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1203'2 1206'6 1195'6 1198'0 -6'2 1198'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1201'6 1205'2 1195'0 1196'6 -6'4 1197'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1204'0 1206'6 1197'4 1199'2 -6'0 1199'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1208'2 1211'2 1202'4 1203'4 -5'6 1204'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 3309 3312 3272 3273 - 25 3284s 01:21P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3251 3255 3216 3216 - 28 3225s 01:20P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3220 3226 3187 3188 - 27 3196s 01:20P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3203 3205 3169 3169 - 25 3178s 01:20P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3244 3245 3210 3211 - 26 3218s 01:21P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3256 3259 3225 3225 - 26 3232s 01:20P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3256 3258 3225 3226 - 26 3232s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3259 3260 3229 3231 - 24 3236s 01:28P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 74.62 74.96 73.51 73.85 -0.79 73.87s 01:20P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 72.96 73.32 71.92 72.34 -0.65 72.33s 01:20P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 71.66 72.00 70.62 71.02 -0.61 71.05s 01:20P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 70.55 70.87 69.56 69.94 -0.60 69.97s 01:20P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.87 70.17 68.91 69.27 -0.57 69.30s 01:20P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.27 69.56 68.40 68.71 -0.52 68.76s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.55 69.00 67.91 68.18 -0.42 68.24s 01:20P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 67.99 68.39 67.38 67.63 -0.32 67.70s 01:20P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 97.100 97.200 94.775 95.250 -2.150 95.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 101.975 102.150 99.500 100.150 - 1.950 100.025s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 101.800 101.900 99.625 100.400 - 1.600 100.225s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 88.650 88.800 86.750 87.575 -1.250 87.400s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 81.500 81.500 79.600 80.375 -1.100 80.225s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 84.250 84.250 82.550 83.225 -1.025 83.175s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 88.125 88.150 86.475 87.125 -1.000 87.075s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 90.200 90.200 90.200 90.200 -1.000 90.200s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 98.375 98.375 97.275 97.650 - 0.600 97.775s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 97.900 97.900 97.400 97.675 -1.025 97.575s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 97.025 - 0.875 96.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 82.525 -0.875 82.525s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 253.375 253.475 248.800 249.950 - 4.125 249.150s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 245.500 245.500 238.750 240.150 - 5.950 239.350s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 237.000 237.000 230.225 231.550 - 5.825 230.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 236.500 236.650 229.925 231.050 - 5.950 230.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 237.000 237.025 230.775 231.800 - 5.625 231.325s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 236.550 236.625 230.850 231.750 - 5.325 231.325s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 230.500 230.500 225.175 225.925 - 4.875 225.600s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 226.500 226.500 222.775 223.250 - 4.275 223.075s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 370.475 370.500 368.100 369.125 - 1.600 369.125s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 365.600 365.750 356.525 356.525 - 9.250 356.525s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 362.425 362.425 353.375 353.375 - 9.250 353.375s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 357.750 358.350 349.625 349.625 - 9.250 349.625s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 355.025 355.400 345.775 345.775 - 9.250 345.775s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 347.225 347.250 339.450 339.450 - 9.250 339.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 341.650 341.650 335.175 335.175 - 9.250 335.175s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 340.525 340.525 333.025 333.900 - 9.175 333.100s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 16.91 16.94 16.91 16.94 0.01 16.92 01:27P Chart for @DA6K Options for @DA6K
Jun 26 16.73 16.76 16.52 16.59 -0.13 16.60 01:27P Chart for @DA6M Options for @DA6M
Jul 26 17.13 17.14 16.83 16.86 -0.31 16.86 01:27P Chart for @DA6N Options for @DA6N
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