Tuesday, July 28, 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
 July 2026  @C6U 458'4s
6'6
Chart
 August 2026  @C6U 458'4s
6'6
Chart
 September 2026  @C6Z 480'4s
6'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 480'4s
6'4
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GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @C6U 458'4s
6'6
Chart
 August 2026  @C6U 458'4s
6'6
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 480'4s
6'4
Chart
 January 2027  @C7H 495'6s
6'2
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 February 2027  @C7H 495'6s
6'2
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 504'2s
5'6
Chart
 April 2027  @C7K 504'2s
5'6
Chart
 June 2027  @C7N 507'6s
5'6
Chart
 N/C 2027  @C7Z 489'6s
1'0
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July contract only  @S6X 1220'0s
6'2
Chart
 August 2026  @S6X 1220'0s
6'2
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1220'0s
6'2
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1235'6s
6'0
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @S6X 1220'0s
6'2
Chart
 August 2026  @S6X 1220'0s
6'2
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1220'0s
6'2
Chart
 January 2027  @S7F 1233'6s
6'2
Chart
 N/C 2027  @S7X 1173'6s
4'6
Chart

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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 452'0 462'2 451'4 458'6 6'6 458'4s 02:36P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 474'6 484'2 473'4 481'0 6'4 480'4s 02:35P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 490'2 499'2 489'2 496'2 6'2 495'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 498'6 507'4 497'6 504'2 5'6 504'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 503'0 511'0 501'4 508'0 5'6 507'6s 02:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 485'2 489'0 483'2 486'0 2'0 485'6s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 488'6 493'4 487'0 489'6 1'0 489'6s 02:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 501'0 503'6 500'4 500'4 0'2 500'4s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1210'2 1217'0 1202'2 1211'2 3'4 1212'0s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1202'6 1209'4 1193'0 1204'0 5'0 1204'6s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1215'4 1225'0 1206'2 1219'6 6'2 1220'0s 02:34P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1229'0 1238'4 1220'4 1233'2 6'2 1233'6s 02:37P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1230'2 1239'6 1223'2 1235'2 6'0 1235'6s 02:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1233'4 1243'0 1228'0 1239'2 6'0 1240'0s 02:31P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1238'6 1246'0 1231'6 1241'6 5'4 1243'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1219'6 1227'2 1214'0 1224'2 5'4 1224'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3210 3235 3190 3196 - 5 3203s 02:43P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3203 3233 3186 3209 10 3213s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3194 3230 3179 3223 32 3227s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3246 3281 3224 3274 37 3278s 02:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3275 3311 3254 3304 39 3309s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3291 3335 3277 3328 39 3333s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3310 3356 3298 3349 39 3353s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3337 3382 3327 3374 39 3380s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 71.51 71.71 70.10 70.83 -0.70 70.76s 02:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 70.90 71.10 69.59 70.36 -0.71 70.14s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 70.25 70.40 68.92 69.59 -0.66 69.46s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.64 69.88 68.42 69.07 -0.65 68.93s 02:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.52 69.53 68.24 68.83 -0.61 68.76s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 69.09 69.20 67.88 68.53 -0.54 68.42s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.50 68.50 67.55 68.18 -0.52 68.10s 01:30P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 68.31 68.53 67.15 67.69 -0.52 67.64s 01:30P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 102.675 103.350 102.500 103.050 0.125 103.100s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 87.625 88.725 87.250 88.175 0.475 88.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 78.300 79.725 78.000 79.525 1.125 79.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 81.425 82.875 81.175 82.575 1.200 82.800s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 85.725 87.150 85.725 86.900 1.025 87.075s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 89.775 90.175 89.775 90.175 0.925 90.300s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 97.650 98.525 97.475 98.250 0.925 98.450s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 98.150 98.925 98.000 98.675 1.000 98.875s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 96.975 97.800 96.975 97.800 1.125 97.750s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 82.575 83.000 82.575 83.000 1.450 82.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 75.725 1.450 75.725s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 225.500 228.375 225.500 227.125 2.250 227.475s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 219.075 222.975 218.500 221.775 3.400 222.175s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 217.725 222.350 217.400 220.900 3.900 221.300s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 218.100 222.600 217.725 220.975 3.800 221.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 218.600 223.000 218.350 221.175 3.300 221.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 211.850 216.050 211.700 214.050 2.850 214.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 209.575 212.000 208.250 210.025 2.500 210.625s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 207.475 210.150 207.125 208.400 2.200 209.050s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 339.750 346.000 338.750 342.750 4.825 343.075s 02:30P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 333.300 341.000 332.600 336.850 5.300 337.225s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 324.750 331.950 323.275 326.350 1.575 326.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 318.825 325.225 316.550 319.200 - 1.225 319.800s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 312.125 317.925 309.400 311.975 - 2.350 312.425s 02:30P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 308.900 313.850 305.975 307.900 - 3.100 308.400s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 308.225 312.850 305.375 307.475 - 3.550 307.975s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 307.400 312.000 304.975 306.200 - 3.300 306.925s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 15.78 15.79 15.76 15.78 0.02 15.77 02:40P Chart for @DA6N Options for @DA6N
Aug 26 16.75 16.82 16.49 16.61 -0.19 16.62 02:41P Chart for @DA6Q Options for @DA6Q
Sep 26 17.08 17.14 16.76 16.91 -0.24 16.89 02:41P Chart for @DA6U Options for @DA6U
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