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* Demand was light.
* Most end users had already placed orders for March and had plenty of soymeal on hand, an Indiana dealer said.
* On the export front, potential buyers for barges headed to the US Gulf were showing interest but were asking for prices well below the offers that suppliers had posted, a trader said.
* The FOB market showed a similar pattern.
* CIF market bids for barges loaded in March firmed by $1 per ton.
* Although the truck basis was mostly steady offers rose by $1 per ton in Mankato, Minnesota.
* At 11:13 a.m. CST (1713 GMT), Chicago Board of Trade May soymeal futures were down $2.80 at $303.20 a ton.