Uncertain if this can be done as described, but giving it a shot he

Seattle Portland San Francisco Los Angeles
Truck 1 - 1,000 $1,000
Truck 2 - 2,000
Truck 3 - 3,000 $3,000
Truck 4 - 4,000
Truck 5 - 5,000 $5,000

City row text above is in b1:e1 .
Column text is in a2:a6 , fed by field "TruckPrice" from range "Table" on
anther sheet, which separates each truck and its price --- fields are Truck
/ Price / TruckPrice [=Truck&" "&Price].

Data validation for cells c2:e6 is the column text, ie the trucks and their
prices.
There is a table elsewhere that
The objective is simple. Examples as outlined above:
- drop "Truck 1 - 1,000" into b2 and the value in the cell becomes $1,000.
- drop "Truck 3 - 3,000" into d4 and the value in the cell becomes $3,000.
- drop "Truck 5 - 5,000" into c6 and the value in the cell becomes $5,000.
.... And so on for the relevant range.

The solution is apparently not so simple, it dropping down a text field in a
cell to return a number in the same cell.
Have tried numberous combinations of vlookup/offset, etc but to no avail.

Can this be accomplished?

Thanx in advance.

- Mike