Monday, April 6, 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
 Apr 26 contract only  @C6K 454'0s
1'6
Chart
 May 26 contract only  @C6N 465'2s
2'0
Chart

GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 April 2026  @C6K 454'0s
1'6
Chart
 May 2026  @C6N 465'2s
2'0
Chart
 June 2026  @C6N 465'2s
2'0
Chart
 July 2026  @C6N 465'2s
2'0
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 483'0s
1'6
Chart
 January 2027  @C7H 494'4s
2'2
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 494'4s
2'2
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 501'4s
2'4
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 April 2026  @S6K 1166'6s
3'2
Chart
 May 2026  @S6N 1183'2s
3'2
Chart
 June 2026  @S6N 1183'2s
3'2
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1183'2s
3'2
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1157'0s
3'0
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 April 2026  @S6K 1166'6s
3'2
Chart
 May 2026  @S6N 1183'2s
3'2
Chart
 June 2026  @S6N 1183'2s
3'2
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1183'2s
3'2
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1157'0s
3'0
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1162'0s
3'4
Chart

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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 453'0 454'4 448'2 453'6 1'6 454'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 464'0 465'4 459'6 465'0 2'0 465'2s 01:20P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 467'4 469'2 463'4 468'2 2'0 469'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 481'4 483'2 477'6 482'6 1'6 483'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 492'4 494'4 489'0 493'6 2'2 494'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 498'6 501'2 495'4 501'0 2'4 501'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 501'6 504'4 498'6 504'4 2'2 504'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 482'6 487'0 482'0 487'0 2'2 487'0s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1164'4 1169'6 1158'6 1164'6 3'2 1166'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1181'2 1186'0 1175'6 1181'4 3'2 1183'2s 01:30P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1179'0 1180'4 1171'2 1176'2 3'0 1178'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1156'4 1159'4 1150'4 1156'2 3'6 1157'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1154'0 1158'6 1149'6 1156'0 3'0 1157'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1164'6 1168'4 1159'0 1165'4 3'2 1167'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1160'4 1163'2 1153'4 1160'2 3'4 1162'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1161'2 1165'0 1156'2 1163'0 3'4 1164'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3159 3191 3144 3166 14 3166s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3135 3169 3128 3149 17 3149s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3115 3142 3105 3121 10 3119s 01:20P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3090 3110 3079 3088 6 3086s 01:20P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3057 3082 3047 3058 - 1 3055s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3097 3117 3083 3094 - 1 3090s 01:21P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3100 3119 3086 3096 3094s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3096 3098 3070 3079 1 3077s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 69.62 70.00 68.61 69.86 1.01 69.95s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 69.50 69.69 68.48 69.47 0.90 69.64s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 68.57 68.58 67.59 68.34 0.70 68.52s 01:20P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 67.43 67.62 66.63 67.30 0.61 67.48s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 66.14 66.38 65.58 66.21 0.51 66.35s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 65.64 65.82 64.89 65.46 0.46 65.61s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 65.26 65.32 64.39 64.96 0.46 65.09s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 64.50 64.50 63.64 64.20 0.48 64.32s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 90.650 91.175 90.300 90.550 0.125 90.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 96.750 98.875 96.750 98.600 2.775 98.775s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 105.150 107.850 105.150 107.550 3.225 107.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 107.575 110.200 107.575 109.850 2.900 109.950s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 107.375 109.650 107.375 109.275 2.500 109.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 92.000 93.300 92.000 93.100 1.725 93.150s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 84.000 84.750 83.775 84.625 1.325 84.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.225 87.000 86.125 86.875 1.125 86.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 90.050 90.325 89.800 90.275 0.975 90.300s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 92.850 0.925 93.300s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 100.050 100.525 99.500 100.225 0.525 100.225s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 100.500 100.500 99.975 100.425 0.550 100.425s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 247.025 248.750 247.000 248.450 1.825 248.025s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 246.875 248.450 246.125 247.300 0.700 247.025s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 242.325 243.750 241.825 243.125 0.700 242.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 238.000 238.775 237.325 238.425 0.400 238.125s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 237.500 238.000 236.800 237.800 0.475 237.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 236.925 237.950 236.350 237.700 0.575 237.400s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 236.425 237.525 236.225 237.100 0.525 236.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 229.825 231.200 229.825 230.600 0.650 230.475s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 373.950 374.975 371.000 372.475 - 0.875 372.025s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 371.175 372.625 369.000 370.700 - 0.275 370.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 369.975 371.475 368.300 370.100 0.325 369.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 368.000 369.325 366.425 368.075 0.525 367.850s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 365.000 366.550 363.800 365.325 0.650 365.275s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 361.925 363.400 360.900 362.225 0.800 362.325s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 355.550 356.900 354.300 355.325 0.675 355.725s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 350.000 351.275 350.000 350.500 1.175 350.500s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 17.76 17.79 17.51 17.52 -0.21 17.56 01:34P Chart for @DA6J Options for @DA6J
May 26 18.19 18.50 17.60 17.86 -0.35 17.90 01:35P Chart for @DA6K Options for @DA6K
Jun 26 18.41 19.05 18.23 18.31 -0.34 18.36 01:34P Chart for @DA6M Options for @DA6M
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