Tuesday, September 29, 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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Harvest Hours Grain Recieving:

GMO & Non-GMO Monday - Saturday     7:30 am - demand

Organic Monday - Friday      7:30 am - 4:00 pm


Feed Mill 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
 SEPT contract only  @C6Z 522'0s
-1'0
Chart
 October 2026  @C6Z 522'0s
-1'0
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 November 2026  @C6Z 522'0s
-1'0
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 December 2026  @C7H 536'0s
-0'4
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GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 September 2026  @C6Z 522'0s
-1'0
Chart
 October 2026  @C6Z 522'0s
-1'0
Chart
 November 2026  @C6Z 522'0s
-1'0
Chart
 December 2026  @C7H 536'0s
-0'4
Chart
 January 2027  @C7H 536'0s
-0'4
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 536'0s
-0'4
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 543'0s
-0'4
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 April 2027  @C7K 543'0s
-0'4
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 May 2027  @C7N 545'6s
-1'0
Chart
 June 2027  @C7N 545'6s
-1'0
Chart
 July 2027  @C7N 545'6s
-1'0
Chart
 N/C 2027  @C7Z 522'2s
-2'6
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 SEPT contract only  @S6X 1297'6s
9'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1297'6s
9'4
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1321'4s
9'4
Chart
 February 2027  @S7H 1321'4s
9'4
Chart
 March 2027  @S7K 1329'0s
9'2
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 By Sept 30  @S6X 1297'6s
9'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1297'6s
9'4
Chart
 December 2026  @S7F 1312'6s
9'6
Chart
 January 2027  @S7F 1312'6s
9'6
Chart
 February 2027  @S7H 1321'4s
9'4
Chart
 March 2027  @S7K 1329'0s
9'2
Chart
 N/C 2027  @S7X 1264'6s
7'0
Chart

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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 522'0 526'4 519'2 522'2 -1'0 522'0s 03:55P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 535'6 539'6 533'4 535'6 -0'4 536'0s 02:36P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 542'4 546'4 540'6 543'0 -0'4 543'0s 02:37P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 545'6 549'2 543'6 546'0 -1'0 545'6s 02:47P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 518'4 522'2 517'2 517'6 -2'6 518'0s 02:37P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 524'6 527'0 521'6 522'2 -2'6 522'2s 03:01P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 535'4 538'4 534'6 534'6 -2'2 535'0s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 542'4 545'2 541'6 542'0 -2'0 542'2s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 1287'0 1304'0 1284'0 1297'6 9'4 1297'6s 03:59P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1301'6 1319'0 1298'4 1312'4 9'6 1312'6s 03:01P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1311'2 1327'4 1307'6 1321'2 9'4 1321'4s 03:14P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1319'0 1334'6 1315'4 1328'2 9'2 1329'0s 03:01P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1323'4 1339'4 1320'4 1333'4 8'6 1333'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1305'6 1322'2 1304'6 1316'4 7'6 1316'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1267'0 1281'6 1267'0 1277'4 7'2 1277'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1254'0 1269'2 1253'6 1264'4 7'0 1264'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 3620 3648 3559 3614 - 16 3601s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3594 3636 3539 3592 - 4 3590s 02:31P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3594 3631 3550 3593 - 8 3591s 02:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3596 3627 3554 3592 - 5 3591s 02:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3595 3631 3563 3600 1 3599s 02:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3594 3642 3580 3617 4 3616s 02:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3562 3611 3549 3585 5 3585s 02:30P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3519 3566 3506 3543 6 3542s 02:30P Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 67.14 68.38 66.98 67.80 0.74 67.85s 02:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 67.69 68.85 67.51 68.21 0.70 68.36s 03:31P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 67.85 68.99 67.69 68.45 0.74 68.58s 03:46P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.04 69.15 67.87 68.65 0.75 68.78s 01:20P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.09 69.27 68.05 68.83 0.72 68.94s 01:30P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 68.12 69.22 68.12 68.83 0.71 68.96s 01:20P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 67.88 68.67 67.88 68.40 0.68 68.53s 01:20P Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
Sep 27 66.97 68.22 66.97 67.93 0.65 68.05s 01:20P Chart for @BO7U Options for @BO7U
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 78.750 79.625 78.400 79.375 1.125 79.375s 02:53P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 68.750 70.100 68.250 69.675 1.300 69.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 69.675 70.900 69.050 70.550 1.250 70.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 75.125 75.725 74.250 75.450 0.775 75.500s 02:30P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 79.400 79.950 79.150 79.750 0.350 79.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 88.450 88.825 87.500 88.425 0.450 88.500s 02:30P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 90.300 90.750 89.550 90.450 0.525 90.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 90.325 90.700 89.700 90.450 0.525 90.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 75.650 76.325 75.650 76.275 0.825 76.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 69.250 69.950 69.250 69.950 0.525 69.875s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 73.200 73.200 73.200 73.200 0.325 73.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 217.550 219.500 216.100 217.275 - 0.225 217.225s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 220.800 222.750 218.875 220.900 220.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 223.000 224.750 220.875 222.900 - 0.025 222.925s 03:16P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 224.675 226.275 222.700 224.675 224.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 219.400 221.350 217.850 219.975 0.075 219.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 216.100 217.900 214.725 216.775 0.075 216.725s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 215.325 216.500 213.425 215.250 0.075 215.250s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 214.550 216.550 214.000 216.550 0.225 215.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 332.175 335.575 329.425 333.775 1.750 333.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 329.350 332.750 326.425 331.075 1.625 330.900s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 321.975 325.200 319.125 323.700 1.425 323.400s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 318.125 321.300 315.575 319.900 1.350 319.600s 02:38P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 318.725 320.825 315.375 319.450 1.275 319.175s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 318.275 319.450 315.375 318.225 1.300 318.000s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 319.000 320.000 316.375 319.075 1.525 318.975s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
Sep 27 316.550 316.550 316.550 316.550 1.200 316.550s 01:05P Chart for @GF7U Options for @GF7U
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 16.12 16.12 16.10 16.10 -0.01 16.10s 04:00P Chart for @DA6U Options for @DA6U
Oct 26 15.09 15.14 14.80 14.87 -0.18 14.90s 04:00P Chart for @DA6V Options for @DA6V
Nov 26 15.65 15.65 15.12 15.24 -0.22 15.26s 04:00P Chart for @DA6X Options for @DA6X
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