Wednesday, July 22, 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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NON-GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @C6U 462'0s
9'2
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 August 2026  @C6U 462'0s
9'2
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 N/C 2026  @C6Z 484'6s
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GMO CORN
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 July 2026  @C6U 462'0s
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 August 2026  @C6U 462'0s
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 January 2027  @C7H 500'2s
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 February 2027  @C7H 500'2s
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 March 2027  @C7K 508'6s
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 April 2027  @C7K 508'6s
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 June 2027  @C7N 512'4s
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 N/C 2027  @C7Z 498'4s
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 July 2026  @S6Q 1233'0s
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 August 2026  @S6X 1239'0s
16'2
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 N/C 2026  @S6X 1239'0s
16'2
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 January 2027  @S7H 1253'4s
14'6
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GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @S6Q 1233'0s
13'4
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 August 2026  @S6Q 1233'0s
13'4
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 N/C 2026  @S6X 1239'0s
16'2
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 January 2027  @S7F 1252'6s
16'0
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 N/C 2027  @S7X 1193'6s
8'6
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 452'2 463'0 452'0 461'6 9'2 462'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 475'0 486'4 474'6 484'2 9'4 484'6s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 490'2 501'6 490'2 500'0 9'2 500'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 499'4 510'0 499'0 508'2 9'0 508'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 504'2 513'4 503'4 512'0 8'2 512'4s 01:20P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 487'2 494'4 487'2 493'4 4'4 494'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 494'2 499'2 494'2 498'2 3'2 498'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 506'4 509'4 506'0 509'0 3'0 509'2s 01:30P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1219'0 1238'0 1216'4 1232'6 13'4 1233'0s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1209'6 1227'6 1206'2 1225'6 15'4 1226'0s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1222'4 1240'6 1217'6 1238'2 16'2 1239'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1236'2 1254'2 1231'6 1252'0 16'0 1252'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1238'2 1254'4 1234'0 1252'6 14'6 1253'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1242'2 1257'2 1239'0 1256'2 13'4 1256'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1245'4 1261'0 1244'2 1259'6 12'6 1260'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1233'0 1243'0 1228'0 1242'4 11'6 1243'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3267 3350 3263 3316 49 3316s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3235 3326 3235 3296 53 3296s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3225 3316 3223 3285 53 3284s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3267 3359 3263 3329 56 3329s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3301 3379 3288 3351 56 3350s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3296 3381 3296 3357 51 3357s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3326 3387 3315 3367 47 3366s 01:20P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3353 3407 3342 3386 43 3386s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 74.35 75.53 73.54 75.36 1.18 75.48s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 73.48 74.59 72.68 74.39 1.12 74.53s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 72.39 73.63 71.70 73.46 1.18 73.57s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 71.67 72.87 70.95 72.73 1.19 72.82s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 71.35 72.37 70.60 72.24 1.07 72.32s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 70.65 71.65 70.04 71.53 0.94 71.59s 01:20P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 70.19 70.95 69.49 70.90 0.86 70.94s 01:20P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 69.38 70.27 68.89 70.21 0.81 70.25s 01:30P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 102.125 102.250 101.275 101.400 - 0.050 101.450s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 88.575 89.000 88.100 88.325 0.225 88.350s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 79.575 80.300 79.550 79.700 0.575 79.825s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 82.650 83.425 82.650 83.050 0.750 83.225s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 87.000 87.800 86.925 87.475 0.725 87.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 90.675 90.825 90.675 90.825 0.550 90.825s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 98.275 99.000 98.175 98.775 0.675 98.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 98.675 99.225 98.675 99.050 0.550 99.175s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 97.975 98.000 97.725 97.925 0.200 97.875s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 82.500 82.625 82.500 82.625 0.525 82.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 75.375 0.525 75.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 226.000 226.050 223.000 223.350 - 3.475 223.200s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 222.500 222.550 218.825 219.200 - 4.025 219.200s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 222.025 222.175 218.500 218.700 - 4.100 218.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 223.075 223.075 219.525 219.750 - 3.975 219.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 224.425 224.425 221.050 221.450 - 3.625 221.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 218.150 218.425 215.375 215.875 - 3.550 215.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 215.650 215.650 213.000 213.600 - 3.425 213.275s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 215.175 215.200 213.300 213.300 - 3.075 213.100s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 348.075 348.075 340.500 341.200 - 8.375 341.175s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 344.000 344.000 335.000 336.150 - 8.775 336.200s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 338.350 338.350 329.025 329.775 - 9.725 329.850s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 333.250 333.250 325.050 325.550 - 9.625 325.600s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 325.825 326.100 319.325 319.575 - 9.075 319.700s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 321.200 322.250 316.350 316.650 - 8.700 316.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 322.100 322.100 316.200 316.650 - 8.100 316.600s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 320.875 320.875 316.025 316.025 - 7.925 316.025s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 15.72 15.77 15.72 15.77 0.03 15.74 02:26P Chart for @DA6N Options for @DA6N
Aug 26 17.57 17.95 17.48 17.75 0.17 17.93 02:26P Chart for @DA6Q Options for @DA6Q
Sep 26 17.80 18.18 17.77 17.93 0.08 18.13 02:26P Chart for @DA6U Options for @DA6U
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