Thursday, July 30, 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 445'6s
-3'2
Chart
 August 2026  @C6U 445'6s
-3'2
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 September 2026  @C6Z 468'4s
-3'2
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 N/C 2026  @C6Z 468'4s
-3'2
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GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @C6U 445'6s
-3'2
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 August 2026  @C6U 445'6s
-3'2
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 N/C 2026  @C6Z 468'4s
-3'2
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 January 2027  @C7H 484'4s
-2'6
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 484'4s
-2'6
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 March 2027  @C7K 493'4s
-2'2
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 April 2027  @C7K 493'4s
-2'2
Chart
 June 2027  @C7N 498'2s
-2'0
Chart
 N/C 2027  @C7Z 488'2s
1'2
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July contract only  @S6X 1188'6s
-4'0
Chart
 August 2026  @S6X 1188'6s
-4'0
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1188'6s
-4'0
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1208'2s
-3'2
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @S6X 1188'6s
-4'0
Chart
 August 2026  @S6X 1188'6s
-4'0
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1188'6s
-4'0
Chart
 January 2027  @S7F 1203'4s
-4'0
Chart
 N/C 2027  @S7X 1158'6s
0'4
Chart

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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 448'2 452'4 445'2 445'4 -3'2 445'6s 02:36P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 471'0 475'4 468'0 468'4 -3'2 468'4s 02:35P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 486'4 490'6 483'6 484'4 -2'6 484'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 495'0 499'2 492'4 493'0 -2'2 493'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 499'4 503'6 497'0 497'6 -2'0 498'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 482'4 486'6 480'2 482'6 0'6 483'2s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 485'6 492'4 484'6 488'2 1'2 488'2s 02:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 498'0 503'4 495'6 499'0 1'2 499'4s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1178'0 1184'6 1169'0 1175'0 -0'6 1177'2s 02:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1176'0 1181'2 1168'0 1171'6 -3'6 1172'2s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1192'4 1198'4 1184'2 1188'4 -4'0 1188'6s 02:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1207'2 1212'6 1199'0 1202'6 -4'0 1203'4s 02:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1211'4 1215'6 1203'4 1207'6 -3'2 1208'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1217'6 1221'0 1209'4 1214'4 -3'0 1214'4s 02:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1222'0 1225'2 1213'4 1218'6 -2'6 1218'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1204'2 1208'0 1198'6 1203'2 -2'2 1203'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3161 3173 3130 3141 - 12 3141s 02:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3188 3199 3154 3175 - 4 3175s 02:31P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3197 3204 3159 3182 - 5 3183s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3241 3253 3204 3227 - 7 3228s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3276 3280 3234 3252 - 10 3255s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3302 3302 3262 3279 - 10 3282s 01:22P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3327 3327 3285 3303 - 8 3307s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3345 3354 3315 3331 - 6 3336s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 69.38 69.61 68.07 68.49 -0.82 68.35s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 68.65 69.12 67.98 68.27 -0.44 68.22s 02:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 68.11 68.52 67.43 67.71 -0.37 67.70s 02:31P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 67.69 68.05 66.97 67.30 -0.33 67.29s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 67.49 67.90 66.90 67.15 -0.36 67.15s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 67.16 67.62 66.72 66.87 -0.38 66.91s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 66.95 67.36 66.57 66.68 -0.39 66.72s 01:20P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 66.58 66.99 66.31 66.40 -0.37 66.41s 01:20P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 100.475 100.550 98.250 98.325 - 2.250 98.425s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 85.500 85.525 82.100 83.250 -2.350 83.350s 02:30P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 77.000 77.000 73.250 74.425 -2.675 74.525s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 80.475 80.475 76.850 77.875 -2.650 77.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 84.800 84.875 81.725 82.625 -2.525 82.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 88.375 88.375 85.450 86.150 -2.550 86.225s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 96.650 96.650 93.725 94.600 -2.200 94.650s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 96.900 96.925 94.350 95.325 -2.050 95.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 94.375 94.375 93.675 93.950 -2.000 94.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 78.925 78.925 78.925 78.925 -2.675 78.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 70.850 70.850 70.850 70.850 -3.500 70.850s 02:30P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 228.800 231.375 228.475 231.275 3.325 231.225s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 224.650 227.575 223.950 227.450 3.475 227.450s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 223.850 226.900 223.450 226.700 3.400 226.725s 02:32P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 224.075 226.525 223.725 226.400 2.775 226.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 224.175 226.050 223.950 225.950 2.225 226.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 217.125 218.450 216.600 218.375 2.025 218.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 213.075 213.975 212.200 213.900 1.925 213.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 211.750 212.200 211.100 212.200 1.675 212.275s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 345.525 348.550 341.250 346.650 2.200 346.475s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 339.525 343.000 336.325 342.600 3.800 342.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 331.200 334.275 328.150 334.150 4.400 334.025s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 324.675 327.800 322.125 327.775 4.825 327.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 317.500 320.750 315.275 320.650 4.800 320.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 313.525 316.700 311.900 316.575 4.775 316.425s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 313.925 316.025 312.175 315.800 5.025 315.875s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 311.000 314.375 310.350 314.375 4.900 314.375s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 15.64 15.65 15.64 15.64 -0.13 15.64 02:33P Chart for @DA6N Options for @DA6N
Aug 26 16.60 16.72 16.50 16.71 0.13 16.66 02:37P Chart for @DA6Q Options for @DA6Q
Sep 26 16.92 16.98 16.80 16.97 0.08 16.94 02:38P Chart for @DA6U Options for @DA6U
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