Friday, May 15, 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 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
 May 26 contract only  @C6N 455'6s
-11'6
Chart

GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 May 2026  @C6N 455'6s
-11'6
Chart
 June 2026  @C6N 455'6s
-11'6
Chart
 July 2026  @C6N 455'6s
-11'6
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 481'0s
-10'2
Chart
 January 2027  @C7H 495'4s
-9'2
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 495'4s
-9'2
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 503'0s
-8'6
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 May 2026  @S6N 1177'0s
-15'4
Chart
 June 2026  @S6N 1177'0s
-15'4
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1177'0s
-15'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1170'6s
-12'6
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 May 2026  @S6N 1177'0s
-15'4
Chart
 June 2026  @S6N 1177'0s
-15'4
Chart
 July 2026  @S6N 1177'0s
-15'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1170'6s
-12'6
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1182'2s
-11'0
Chart

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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 468'2 473'6 455'0 455'2 -11'6 455'6s 03:28P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 474'6 480'0 462'2 463'0 -11'2 463'0s 01:20P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 491'4 496'6 480'2 481'2 -10'2 481'0s 03:08P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 505'0 510'0 494'4 495'6 -9'2 495'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 512'0 517'0 502'0 503'0 -8'6 503'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 516'4 520'2 505'6 506'4 -8'2 507'0s 02:56P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 497'4 500'2 489'4 489'4 -7'2 489'6s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 501'6 505'4 493'4 494'0 -7'2 494'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 1193'6 1202'0 1172'2 1177'2 -15'4 1177'0s 03:30P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1191'0 1199'0 1172'6 1176'6 -13'2 1176'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1176'4 1183'6 1159'2 1162'6 -12'4 1162'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1184'0 1191'6 1167'0 1171'0 -12'6 1170'6s 02:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1196'0 1203'2 1179'0 1183'2 -12'2 1183'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1193'6 1200'4 1178'0 1182'2 -11'0 1182'2s 02:58P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1195'0 1202'2 1180'6 1185'0 -10'4 1185'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1205'0 1207'0 1186'4 1190'4 -9'6 1190'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 3325 3425 3287 3341 18 3343s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3255 3341 3224 3265 6 3264s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3215 3284 3175 3212 - 4 3213s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3191 3252 3156 3185 - 5 3186s 01:20P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3224 3288 3190 3221 - 7 3221s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3230 3287 3195 3228 - 6 3226s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3215 3264 3182 3216 - 3 3215s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3217 3248 3174 3207 - 2 3207s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 73.96 74.25 73.14 73.76 0.22 73.88s 02:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 72.45 72.70 71.51 72.05 0.08 72.17s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 71.31 71.49 70.37 70.72 -0.04 70.89s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 70.35 70.44 69.38 69.72 -0.10 69.86s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.59 69.75 68.74 69.03 -0.14 69.17s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.11 69.24 68.22 68.43 -0.23 68.56s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.50 68.55 67.62 67.71 -0.26 67.87s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 67.64 67.78 66.92 67.11 -0.28 67.18s 01:20P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 99.525 99.875 98.475 98.750 -0.775 98.750s 02:31P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 104.600 104.875 103.025 103.350 - 1.200 103.350s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 105.475 105.975 103.525 104.125 - 1.325 104.150s 03:06P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 92.125 92.125 90.325 91.050 -0.775 91.100s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 84.500 84.500 82.950 83.375 -0.700 83.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 87.125 87.175 85.625 86.050 -0.725 86.250s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 90.900 91.000 89.675 89.850 -0.750 90.150s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 93.450 93.450 93.000 93.000 -0.625 93.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 101.000 101.025 100.000 100.000 - 0.850 100.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 101.000 101.025 100.150 100.625 - 0.850 100.250s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 99.525 99.525 99.525 99.525 - 0.125 99.525s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 85.925 -0.125 85.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 251.900 254.125 251.350 253.950 1.825 253.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 245.725 248.375 245.525 248.025 1.775 247.925s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 237.575 240.500 237.375 239.950 1.800 239.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 236.925 239.775 236.725 239.175 1.900 239.150s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 236.525 239.450 236.475 238.900 1.975 238.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 235.675 238.500 235.475 238.025 2.050 238.150s 02:30P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 229.450 231.725 229.300 231.450 1.850 231.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 226.650 228.025 226.650 228.000 1.500 228.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 367.025 369.000 366.700 368.775 1.100 368.675s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 356.600 362.200 356.000 361.275 3.450 361.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 354.000 359.825 353.275 359.000 3.950 359.175s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 350.550 356.775 349.975 356.050 4.350 356.175s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 347.425 353.425 346.600 352.850 4.625 352.900s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 340.625 347.025 340.625 346.800 4.700 346.650s 02:30P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 337.900 342.700 337.900 342.175 4.650 342.200s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 337.125 337.500 337.125 337.500 3.825 339.675s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 16.97 16.99 16.93 16.96 16.96 01:55P Chart for @DA6K Options for @DA6K
Jun 26 17.13 17.15 16.96 17.01 -0.13 17.02 01:55P Chart for @DA6M Options for @DA6M
Jul 26 17.67 17.76 17.61 17.62 -0.12 17.63 01:55P Chart for @DA6N Options for @DA6N
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