Show Is C K SITUATION an not L eles yam new wholesale beef price ceilings to became effective december 16 as has been announced by the OPA and are now effective throughout the united states the now new ceilings are on a zone basis and all wholesalers within a given zone now have the same price ceilings this la Is a improvement over the tem horary blanket order issued last spring which gave each individual wholesaler ac a cel elling ling based on his highest sales it means a tar far more equitable situation tor for meat packers who must bid competitively on the same market for livestock beet beef ceiling prices based on kansas city with a freight allowance tor for the pacific coast operators era tors making the los angeles beet beef ceiling higher than prices in the middle west the new ceilings also provide tor for a greater price differential in favor of the better grades this Is a sound move which may serve to encourage cattle feeders and thus produce a greater tonnage of urgently gently y needed beet beef many meat packers have exhausted their civilian beet beef quotas ta but most of the them have government contracts which enable them to buy livestock on a fairly normal basis it Is expected that buying tor for the january quotas will get under way before the close ot of December which will serve to broaden the buying power tor for all grades and classes particularly cattle |