Thursday, April 16, 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 48 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

HELP WANTED/General Labor
Contact Reid at 712-348-3637


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
 Apr 26 contract only  @C6K 448'4s
-2'6
Chart
 May 26 contract only  @C6N 457'6s
-2'6
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GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 April 2026  @C6K 448'4s
-2'6
Chart
 May 2026  @C6N 457'6s
-2'6
Chart
 June 2026  @C6N 457'6s
-2'6
Chart
 July 2026  @C6N 457'6s
-2'6
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 476'6s
-1'2
Chart
 January 2027  @C7H 490'2s
-0'6
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 490'2s
-0'6
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 497'4s
-1'0
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 April 2026  @S6K 1163'6s
-3'2
Chart
 May 2026  @S6N 1180'4s
-2'6
Chart
 June 2026  @S6N 1180'4s
-2'6
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1180'4s
-2'6
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1156'0s
1'4
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 April 2026  @S6K 1163'6s
-3'2
Chart
 May 2026  @S6N 1180'4s
-2'6
Chart
 June 2026  @S6N 1180'4s
-2'6
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1180'4s
-2'6
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1156'0s
1'4
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1166'6s
1'2
Chart

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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 451'0 452'6 447'4 448'6 -2'6 448'4s 01:30P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 460'2 462'4 456'6 457'6 -2'6 457'6s 01:30P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 463'6 465'4 460'2 461'2 -2'2 461'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 478'0 481'0 475'6 476'4 -1'2 476'6s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 491'0 494'0 489'2 489'6 -0'6 490'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 498'0 501'0 496'6 497'2 -1'0 497'4s 01:20P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 501'0 504'2 500'2 500'4 -0'6 501'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 484'0 485'0 483'0 483'0 -1'2 481'6s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1165'6 1170'0 1162'2 1162'4 -3'2 1163'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1181'2 1186'4 1178'6 1178'6 -2'6 1180'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1174'6 1181'0 1173'0 1173'6 -1'4 1175'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1150'2 1157'2 1149'6 1150'4 -0'6 1151'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1153'0 1161'0 1151'6 1154'4 1'4 1156'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1164'0 1173'0 1163'4 1166'4 2'0 1168'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1163'0 1171'6 1162'6 1164'6 1'2 1166'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1167'0 1175'0 1166'0 1168'2 1'2 1170'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3343 3350 3310 3325 - 17 3327s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3310 3315 3267 3278 - 31 3281s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3244 3255 3208 3214 - 33 3220s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3200 3209 3165 3166 - 36 3171s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3170 3179 3135 3136 - 38 3138s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3204 3212 3169 3169 - 38 3172s 01:23P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3205 3214 3177 3179 - 37 3180s 01:20P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3205 3205 3167 3170 - 40 3170s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 67.61 69.69 67.36 69.29 1.73 69.33s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 67.31 69.37 67.10 68.97 1.74 69.05s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 65.93 67.80 65.75 67.40 1.52 67.48s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 64.45 66.28 64.41 65.94 1.35 65.99s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 63.31 64.92 63.19 64.49 1.19 64.56s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 62.52 64.01 62.35 63.52 1.05 63.59s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 62.11 63.31 62.11 62.87 0.92 62.93s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 61.22 62.56 61.22 62.10 0.76 62.11s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 93.575 94.675 93.200 94.150 -0.025 94.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 101.550 102.450 101.175 101.700 - 0.275 101.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 104.600 105.125 104.275 104.375 - 0.625 104.350s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 105.100 105.250 104.500 104.675 - 0.575 104.575s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 90.250 90.650 89.950 90.125 -0.625 90.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 82.725 83.050 82.400 82.600 -0.575 82.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.750 86.025 85.500 85.675 -0.300 85.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 89.675 89.925 89.525 89.725 0.050 89.725s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 93.300 0.050 92.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 100.000 100.125 100.000 100.050 - 0.050 100.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 100.100 100.100 100.100 100.100 - 0.050 100.100s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 100.275 - 0.050 100.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 252.600 253.300 249.000 250.250 - 2.300 250.300s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 251.525 251.900 246.900 247.600 - 3.450 247.625s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 246.600 246.975 242.050 243.100 - 3.050 243.075s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 240.800 241.350 237.275 238.400 - 2.450 238.325s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 239.875 240.375 236.825 237.800 - 2.125 237.750s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 239.650 239.925 236.675 237.550 - 1.975 237.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 238.800 239.000 236.025 236.825 - 1.850 236.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 232.300 232.300 229.700 230.375 - 1.700 230.275s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 376.500 376.500 370.825 373.075 - 0.425 373.075s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 373.500 373.650 365.725 366.925 - 3.850 367.100s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 374.625 374.800 367.150 368.350 - 3.675 368.525s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 372.100 372.750 365.125 366.325 - 3.900 366.425s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 369.500 370.000 362.725 363.475 - 4.025 363.675s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 365.550 366.400 359.100 360.100 - 4.125 360.250s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 358.575 358.575 352.500 353.225 - 4.350 353.125s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 354.000 354.000 347.925 347.925 - 3.875 347.800s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 16.88 16.90 16.86 16.86 -0.11 16.86 01:19P Chart for @DA6J Options for @DA6J
May 26 17.36 17.43 17.05 17.10 -0.26 17.13 01:30P Chart for @DA6K Options for @DA6K
Jun 26 18.28 18.32 17.91 17.94 -0.33 17.98 01:30P Chart for @DA6M Options for @DA6M
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