Table 3.

Estimated marginal means of body measurements adjusted to a base of all steers at 28% empty body fat

	Treatment*				Heifer adjustment†	SEM2	P Value
	A × B	A × J	A × H	H
N	45	16	15	16
n, steers	26	8	7	16
n, heifers	19	8	8	0
Hip height, cm	124.9d	129.0c	133.6b	142.5a	−3.5	0.94	<0.01
Body length, cm	137.2c	141.3b	141.5b	150.6a	−2.6	1.13	<0.01
Body circumference, cm	225.8b	228.2b	230.6a,b	237.9a	−7.3	2.06	<0.01
Forearm circumference, cm	60.6a	57.5b	59.6a,b	59.6a,b	−3.0	0.84	<0.01
Hip width, cm	42.0c	42.1b,c	43.3b	48.6a	−0.9	0.41	<0.01
Top width, cm	33.9b	33.1b	34.1b	36.0a	−0.8	0.49	<0.01

^*A × B was progeny of Angus bull × commercial Angus-influenced cow; A × J was progeny of Angus bull × Jersey cow; A × H was progeny of Angus bull × Holstein cow; H was straightbred Holstein.

^†The heifer adjustment added to the presented treatment means estimated the magnitude of each dependent variable that would be observed for heifers; this is only applicable to the Angus-sired cattle and not the straightbred Holstein cattle.

^a,

^b,

^cMeans without common superscript differ between treatments by pairwise comparisons with Tukey adjustment (P < 0.05).