Thursday, July 23, 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 464'0s
2'0
Chart
 August 2026  @C6U 464'0s
2'0
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 487'4s
2'6
Chart

GMO CORN
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @C6U 464'0s
2'0
Chart
 August 2026  @C6U 464'0s
2'0
Chart
 N/C 2026  @C6Z 487'4s
2'6
Chart
 January 2027  @C7H 503'0s
2'6
Chart
 February 2027  @C7H 503'0s
2'6
Chart
 March 2027  @C7K 511'6s
3'0
Chart
 April 2027  @C7K 511'6s
3'0
Chart
 June 2027  @C7N 514'6s
2'2
Chart
 N/C 2027  @C7Z 498'0s
-0'4
Chart

NON-GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @S6Q 1237'4s
4'4
Chart
 August 2026  @S6X 1243'6s
4'6
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1243'6s
4'6
Chart
 January 2027  @S7H 1256'4s
3'0
Chart

GMO SOYBEANS
  Lester
Cash Bid Symbol CBOT Change Basis
 July 2026  @S6Q 1237'4s
4'4
Chart
 August 2026  @S6Q 1237'4s
4'4
Chart
 N/C 2026  @S6X 1243'6s
4'6
Chart
 January 2027  @S7F 1257'0s
4'2
Chart
 N/C 2027  @S7X 1189'6s
-4'0
Chart

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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 460'0 466'6 460'0 463'2 2'0 464'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 483'0 490'2 483'0 486'6 2'6 487'4s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 498'0 505'4 498'0 502'0 2'6 503'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 506'4 514'0 506'4 510'6 3'0 511'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 510'2 517'0 510'0 513'6 2'2 514'6s 01:20P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 492'4 496'0 492'2 493'0 -0'4 493'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 498'0 500'6 497'2 497'4 -0'4 498'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 508'2 510'6 508'2 508'4 -0'2 509'0s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1232'0 1242'0 1230'4 1235'0 4'4 1237'4s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1229'2 1236'0 1223'6 1227'6 5'0 1231'0s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1237'0 1249'4 1235'4 1241'0 4'6 1243'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1250'6 1262'4 1249'2 1254'0 4'2 1257'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1249'0 1261'6 1249'0 1253'2 3'0 1256'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1252'6 1263'6 1252'6 1255'6 2'4 1259'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1260'2 1266'6 1257'2 1258'6 1'2 1262'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1243'0 1247'4 1239'4 1239'4 -0'2 1242'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3315 3350 3297 3299 - 17 3299s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3290 3336 3277 3284 - 8 3288s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3281 3323 3264 3273 - 8 3276s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3321 3365 3306 3316 - 10 3319s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3342 3384 3329 3339 - 8 3342s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3342 3387 3337 3347 - 8 3349s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3360 3393 3345 3356 - 6 3360s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3381 3413 3370 3376 - 5 3381s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 75.48 76.40 75.35 75.44 0.11 75.59s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 74.53 75.48 74.38 74.55 0.16 74.69s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 73.50 74.52 73.45 73.61 0.18 73.75s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 72.71 73.82 72.69 72.85 0.16 72.98s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 72.32 73.28 72.23 72.36 0.16 72.48s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 71.40 72.48 71.40 71.63 0.19 71.78s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 70.86 71.72 70.85 71.03 0.22 71.16s 01:23P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 70.18 71.01 70.14 70.32 0.21 70.46s 01:30P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 101.225 102.200 100.725 102.200 0.700 102.150s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 88.100 88.950 87.550 88.925 0.550 88.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 79.550 80.250 79.125 80.125 0.300 80.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 82.950 83.400 82.650 83.150 -0.075 83.150s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 87.500 87.775 87.100 87.525 -0.075 87.550s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 90.925 90.925 90.525 90.525 -0.150 90.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 98.800 99.075 98.625 98.850 0.050 98.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 99.100 99.400 99.000 99.225 0.100 99.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 97.925 98.150 97.925 98.000 0.125 98.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 83.050 83.050 82.575 82.575 -0.050 82.575s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 75.325 -0.050 75.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 223.275 225.700 221.700 225.425 2.200 225.400s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 219.000 221.900 217.375 221.475 2.175 221.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 218.675 221.225 217.050 220.700 1.875 220.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 219.525 222.100 218.125 221.600 1.700 221.600s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 221.075 223.550 219.800 223.450 1.800 223.325s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 215.425 217.825 214.300 217.700 1.700 217.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 211.900 215.250 211.875 214.875 1.550 214.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 214.075 214.550 213.800 214.275 1.275 214.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 340.000 344.475 338.000 344.075 2.600 343.775s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 335.150 340.500 333.000 340.125 3.650 339.850s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 328.850 334.550 326.425 333.575 3.600 333.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 324.375 330.200 322.000 328.950 3.200 328.800s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 318.925 324.175 316.125 322.900 2.925 322.625s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 315.450 320.500 313.675 320.050 3.225 319.875s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 316.200 320.850 314.000 320.400 3.775 320.375s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 315.000 319.800 314.250 319.800 3.775 319.800s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@DA - MILK CLASS III - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 15.78 15.78 15.76 15.76 0.02 15.76 02:11P Chart for @DA6N Options for @DA6N
Aug 26 17.75 17.83 17.47 17.58 -0.35 17.62 02:18P Chart for @DA6Q Options for @DA6Q
Sep 26 17.94 18.00 17.61 17.80 -0.33 17.85 02:17P Chart for @DA6U Options for @DA6U
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