Thursday, September 24, 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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Harvest Hours Grain Recieving:

GMO & Non-GMO Monday - Saturday     7:30 am - demand

Organic Monday - Friday      7:30 am - 4:00 pm


Feed Mill 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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NON-GMO CORN
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 October 2026  @C6Z 527'4s
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 November 2026  @C6Z 527'4s
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 December 2026  @C7H 541'4s
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 September 2026  @C6Z 527'4s
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 October 2026  @C6Z 527'4s
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 November 2026  @C6Z 527'4s
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 December 2026  @C7H 541'4s
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 January 2027  @C7H 541'4s
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 February 2027  @C7H 541'4s
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 March 2027  @C7K 548'2s
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 April 2027  @C7K 548'2s
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 May 2027  @C7N 551'4s
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 June 2027  @C7N 551'4s
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 July 2027  @C7N 551'4s
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 N/C 2027  @C7Z 527'2s
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NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
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 SEPT contract only  @S6X 1317'4s
-0'4
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 N/C 2026  @S6X 1317'4s
-0'4
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 January 2027  @S7H 1339'6s
-2'6
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 February 2027  @S7H 1339'6s
-2'6
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 March 2027  @S7K 1346'6s
-3'2
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GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 By Sept 25  @S6X 1317'4s
-0'4
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 N/C 2026  @S6X 1317'4s
-0'4
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 December 2026  @S7F 1332'0s
-1'6
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 January 2027  @S7F 1332'0s
-1'6
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 February 2027  @S7H 1339'6s
-2'6
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 March 2027  @S7K 1346'6s
-3'2
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 N/C 2027  @S7X 1279'0s
-2'4
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 526'4 530'6 525'4 526'4 -1'4 527'4s 03:57P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 541'2 545'0 539'4 540'4 -2'0 541'4s 02:49P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 548'4 552'2 546'2 547'4 -2'4 548'2s 02:54P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 551'6 555'0 549'4 550'4 -2'0 551'4s 03:12P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 523'0 526'2 521'2 522'0 -2'0 522'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 527'0 529'6 525'4 526'4 -1'2 527'2s 02:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 540'2 541'4 538'0 538'6 -1'0 539'4s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 548'2 548'2 546'4 546'4 -0'4 546'4s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 1310'0 1327'6 1310'0 1316'4 -0'4 1317'4s 03:55P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1326'2 1343'2 1325'6 1330'2 -1'6 1332'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1335'0 1351'2 1334'0 1338'0 -2'6 1339'6s 02:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1342'2 1357'6 1341'4 1345'0 -3'2 1346'6s 03:55P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1346'4 1362'2 1346'0 1349'6 -3'2 1351'2s 03:55P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1329'2 1343'4 1328'6 1332'0 -3'6 1333'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1297'6 1301'2 1288'4 1291'6 -3'0 1293'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1274'2 1286'6 1273'2 1277'6 -2'4 1279'0s 02:30P Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 3691 3776 3680 3752 58 3761s 03:56P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3690 3769 3680 3712 18 3724s 03:56P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3703 3761 3680 3694 3 3706s 03:54P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3688 3745 3667 3674 - 6 3688s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3672 3739 3667 3670 - 5 3684s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3690 3746 3675 3679 - 2 3694s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3647 3701 3634 3646 - 4 3649s 01:30P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3622 3645 3581 3592 - 6 3594s 01:30P Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 67.25 67.35 66.39 66.82 -0.32 66.93s 03:58P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 67.81 67.97 67.00 67.47 -0.26 67.55s 03:56P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 68.02 68.19 67.27 67.74 -0.24 67.82s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.12 68.41 67.55 68.00 -0.16 68.11s 03:56P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.28 68.57 67.79 68.21 -0.08 68.34s 03:24P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 68.25 68.53 67.84 68.24 68.39s 01:30P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 67.79 68.05 67.48 67.82 0.05 67.97s 01:20P Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
Sep 27 67.13 67.60 67.08 67.37 0.11 67.53s 01:30P Chart for @BO7U Options for @BO7U
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 79.750 79.875 79.025 79.500 -0.675 79.200s 02:32P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 70.350 70.475 69.225 69.650 -0.850 69.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 71.875 72.025 70.700 70.950 -1.175 70.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 77.025 77.325 76.075 76.350 -0.900 76.300s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 81.175 81.175 80.800 80.875 -0.675 80.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 89.850 90.300 89.375 89.650 -0.575 89.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 91.575 92.025 91.250 91.500 -0.450 91.525s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 91.500 91.825 91.200 91.450 -0.300 91.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 77.000 77.250 76.800 76.800 -0.450 76.800s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 70.450 70.500 70.425 70.425 -0.025 70.425s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 75.800 -0.025 74.025s 01:05P Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 220.000 220.800 218.950 218.950 - 1.850 219.075s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 221.500 222.975 220.975 221.050 - 1.250 221.100s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 222.450 224.450 222.400 222.825 - 0.775 222.875s 02:59P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 224.050 225.750 223.600 224.400 - 0.175 224.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 218.200 220.425 218.175 219.250 - 0.050 219.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 215.425 217.125 214.825 215.875 216.025s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 214.000 215.675 213.825 214.700 0.175 214.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 214.275 215.800 214.275 214.850 0.050 215.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 336.975 337.725 336.625 337.500 1.100 337.625s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 332.625 334.575 331.575 331.850 - 1.575 331.750s 03:37P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 328.900 331.325 327.900 328.175 - 1.425 328.075s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 320.675 324.000 320.100 321.000 - 1.025 320.650s 02:37P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 316.350 319.750 315.650 317.100 - 0.675 316.600s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 316.150 319.300 315.625 316.825 - 0.650 316.275s 02:30P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 315.075 317.825 314.775 315.525 - 0.775 315.050s 02:30P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 318.000 319.325 316.225 316.800 - 1.200 316.400s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
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Sep 26 16.10 16.13 16.10 16.13 -0.01 16.12s 04:00P Chart for @DA6U Options for @DA6U
Oct 26 15.64 15.64 15.27 15.28 -0.23 15.30s 04:00P Chart for @DA6V Options for @DA6V
Nov 26 15.97 16.03 15.82 15.84 -0.11 15.88s 04:00P Chart for @DA6X Options for @DA6X
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