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Show Meat Ceiling Prices Established by OPA In two important price orders. OPA this week established dollars-and-cints celling prices on beef, , veal, lamb, and mutton at retail and placed price ceilings on used trucks for the first time, according accord-ing to Maeser Dalley chairman of the Iron County War Price and Rationing Board. "The retail meat price order, which also requires that meat be sold according to grade, coming as it does on the heels of the pork celling prl;e order last week, completes com-pletes OPA's retail meat price program pro-gram to protect consumers and at the same time deal a fatal blow to meat black markets." the chairman chair-man said. "Retail sales above ceiling ceil-ing prices are the most obvious 1-dentifying 1-dentifying mark of a black market." mar-ket." According to the regulation which iecomes effective April 15, retail butchers may not charge more for the 102 cuts of beef, veal, lamb, and mutton In five officially established es-tablished grades of beef and veal, four grades of lamb and three grades of mutton, than the celling prices named on the official OPA price charts which must be posted in the store. As In the case of the pork ceiling ceil-ing price order, the new regulation sets one price for independent stores doing an annual volume of business under $250,000 and another, an-other, one cent to three cents lower, low-er, for all other stores. Following are prices of typical popular grade A cuts of meat: Leg of 'lamb, 42 or 40 cents per pound. Veal cutlet, 52 or 50 cents per lb. Porterhouse steak, 62 or 60 cents per pound. Hamburger, 32 or 31 cents per lb. In other price regulations cited by the chairman, ceilings are placed on prices of used trucks. According to the regulation, a used truck may not be sold for more than a secified percentage of Its sale price when new, the percentage allowed depending on the age of the truck. For trucks sold on an "as-ls" basis without guarantee, these percentages range from 90 percent of original sale price for trucks less than six months old to 53 percent for trucks 30 to 36 months old and 26 percent for trucks more than 72 months old. In order to encourage dealers to recondition old trucks and make them available for use, premium prices above the "as is" ceilings may be charged where the truck is guaranteed for 30 days or 1,000 miles. In this case, 5 percent may be added plus the cost of parti, labor, and material used In the reconditioning. re-conditioning. Even when this Is done, however, certain percentages of the original sale price may not be exceeded. These percentages, knewn as "absolute ceilings," range from 97 percent for a truck 6 months old or less to 75 percent for one 30 to 36 months old and 68 percent for one more than 60 months old. |