Show ceiling price order issued for meat sales in two important price orders 0 P A this week established dollars and cents ceiling prices on beef veal lamb and mutton at retail and placed price ceilings on used trucks for tho the first time the retail meat price order which also requires that meat bo be sold according to grade coming as it does on the heels heo of the pork ceiling price order of last week complete 0 P As retail meat price program to lo protect consumers and at the same time deal a fatal blow to meat black markets mar keti retail sales above ceiling prices are the most obvious identifying mark of a black market according to the regulation which becomes effective april 15 retail butchers may not charge more for tho the cuts of beef veal lamb and mutton I 1 in live five officially established grades I 1 of beef and veal four grades of lamb and three grades of mutton than the ceiling prices named on the official 0 P 11 As price charts which must bo be posted irk in the store As in the case of the pork ceiling price order the ho now regulation sets gets one price pi ice for independent stores doing an annual volume of business under and another one cent to three cents lower for all other stores F following ol lowing are prices of typical popular grade A cuts of meat cents per lb ib leg of lamb 42 or 40 veal cutlet 52 or 50 porterhouse teak steak 62 or 60 hamburger 32 or 31 |