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Offers steady-up, light sales: US Cash Soymeal

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* Some producers purchased soymeal early Monday despite firming cash prices, dealers said.

* Even as soymeal futures rose 1 percent on Monday, soymeal futures were still more than 3 percent lower than a week ago.

* Most end users remained bearish and waited for lower cash prices, dealers said.

* Truck soymeal offers rose by 1 cent at two processors in Iowa and by 2 cents at a processor in Kansas City.

* CBOT grains and soy rose with US stocks as the US dollar slipped amid possible plans for the euro debt crisis.

* CBOT December soymeal was up $3.50 at $286.20 per ton, as of 11:18 a.m. CST (1735 GMT).

* The CBOT January board crush rose 1-1/2 cents to 50-1/2 cents per bushel.

Copyright Reuters, 2011