Wednesday, March 25, 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

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
 Mch 26 contract only  @C6K 467'2s
4'6
Chart
 Apr 26 contract only  @C6K 467'2s
4'6
Chart
 May 26 contract only  @C6N 477'6s
5'2
Chart

GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 March 2026  @C6K 467'2s
4'6
Chart
 April 2026  @C6K 467'2s
4'6
Chart
 May 2026  @C6N 477'6s
5'2
Chart
 June 2026  @C6N 477'6s
5'2
Chart
 July 2026  @C6N 477'6s
5'2
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 493'2s
4'2
Chart
 January 2027  @C7H 503'0s
4'0
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 503'0s
4'0
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 508'6s
4'0
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 March 2026  @S6K 1171'6s
16'6
Chart
 April 2026  @S6K 1171'6s
16'6
Chart
 May 2026  @S6N 1187'6s
16'2
Chart
 June 2026  @S6N 1187'6s
16'2
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1187'6s
16'2
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1150'0s
6'2
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 March 2026  @S6K 1171'6s
16'6
Chart
 April 2026  @S6K 1171'6s
16'6
Chart
 May 2026  @S6N 1187'6s
16'2
Chart
 June 2026  @S6N 1187'6s
16'2
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1187'6s
16'2
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1150'0s
6'2
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1156'4s
7'0
Chart

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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 461'2 468'4 458'0 467'4 4'6 467'2s 01:30P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 471'0 478'4 468'2 478'2 5'2 477'6s 01:30P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 473'6 480'4 471'0 480'0 4'6 479'6s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 487'2 494'0 484'6 494'0 4'2 493'2s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 496'4 503'4 495'0 503'2 4'0 503'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 502'2 509'0 501'2 509'0 4'0 508'6s 01:21P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 504'6 511'6 503'6 511'6 3'4 511'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 484'6 488'0 484'6 487'6 3'2 487'4s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1153'4 1176'6 1151'4 1173'4 16'6 1171'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1170'0 1192'6 1168'0 1189'6 16'2 1187'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1165'0 1185'2 1163'6 1181'6 13'4 1180'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1142'0 1156'2 1140'2 1154'0 8'6 1152'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1141'2 1154'0 1140'6 1151'4 6'2 1150'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1152'0 1164'6 1152'0 1162'2 6'4 1161'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1149'4 1159'4 1147'2 1157'4 7'0 1156'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1148'2 1160'2 1148'2 1158'2 7'0 1157'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3224 3244 3181 3205 - 26 3198s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3202 3216 3164 3187 - 19 3180s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3170 3182 3138 3157 - 14 3152s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3139 3145 3109 3125 - 9 3121s 01:20P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3103 3113 3083 3097 - 8 3091s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3135 3144 3115 3127 - 10 3121s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3136 3144 3117 3125 - 10 3122s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3119 3127 3101 3109 - 9 3106s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 65.44 67.32 64.90 67.10 1.37 67.10s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 65.28 67.14 64.86 66.90 1.25 66.92s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 64.60 66.33 64.21 66.13 1.14 66.11s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 63.78 65.44 63.44 65.26 1.07 65.25s 01:20P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 63.00 64.50 62.60 64.33 1.02 64.34s 01:20P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 62.50 64.01 62.16 63.87 0.99 63.86s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 61.97 63.64 61.85 63.49 0.95 63.50s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 61.38 62.93 61.21 62.83 0.93 62.84s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 90.750 91.500 90.525 90.850 -0.150 90.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 95.150 96.200 94.650 95.550 0.075 95.550s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 103.500 105.000 102.950 104.150 0.075 104.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 105.575 107.025 105.000 106.225 0.175 106.175s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 105.400 106.650 104.825 105.875 0.150 105.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 90.000 91.050 89.650 90.300 -0.025 90.300s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 82.450 83.300 82.125 82.600 -0.100 82.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.275 85.850 84.950 85.200 -0.275 85.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 88.975 89.300 88.700 88.875 -0.400 88.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 92.750 -0.400 91.775s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 99.475 99.575 99.475 99.575 99.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 99.775 99.975 99.775 99.975 99.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 235.575 235.975 233.300 234.375 - 0.950 234.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 234.775 235.875 232.375 233.775 - 0.750 233.850s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 232.100 233.400 230.125 231.600 - 0.500 231.600s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 229.750 230.750 228.150 229.425 - 0.350 229.400s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 230.000 230.725 228.275 229.400 - 0.400 229.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 229.975 230.900 228.575 229.625 - 0.350 229.650s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 229.300 230.350 228.125 229.075 - 0.275 229.075s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 222.575 223.500 221.525 222.325 - 0.200 222.325s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 360.500 362.075 360.250 361.850 1.575 361.875s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 355.250 356.600 351.700 353.725 - 1.100 353.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 351.000 353.275 348.425 350.225 - 0.650 350.050s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 350.300 352.525 347.675 349.375 - 1.000 349.225s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 349.000 350.800 346.150 347.800 - 1.225 347.625s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 346.400 349.175 344.450 346.125 - 1.400 345.850s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 344.500 347.050 342.625 343.800 - 1.600 343.800s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 339.550 341.250 336.675 338.225 - 1.775 338.100s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 16.12 16.13 16.11 16.12 16.12 01:39P Chart for @DA6H Options for @DA6H
Apr 26 17.55 17.83 17.47 17.70 0.40 17.69 01:41P Chart for @DA6J Options for @DA6J
May 26 17.98 18.06 17.80 18.02 0.43 17.99 01:41P Chart for @DA6K Options for @DA6K
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