Show butchers required to post ceilings retail butchers are to post by june 4 the new ceil ing prices for beef cuts that go into effect as of may 14 the utah district office of OPS has an announced noun ced these beef prices will be effective until july 31 on that date OPS will put into the first of two ceiling price reductions the next ceiling price reduction will take place october 1 these step by step reductions in beef prices will result in average reductions by fall in tho the prices consumers pay of about 10 according to delbert M draper OPS district director actual percentage reductions will be partly dependent on the type and style of beef cuts the ceilings effective 1 iiii present hold retail prices at about the same beeze u level of last february the OPS regulations controlling beef prices is part of a group gi aup of regulations that reduce we cue prices that slaughterers slaughter ers can pay lor beef cattle and that the wholesalers may charge retail butchers the cattle prices will oe reduced about 10 percent on may 20 another 4 per cent on july 29 and still another wi percent on september 30 |