Table 5. Carcass characteristics of beef steers (n = 36) grazing either chicory/ryegrass or ryegrass swards.

	Ryegrass	Chicory/ryegrass	sed	P
Conformation	85.0	92.8	8.74	ns
Fat grade	52.8	61.2	6.57	ns
Slaughter weight	638	632	12.3	ns
Killing out	0.55	0.56	0.004	ns
Carcass Weight
Right side hot	176.8	178.1	3.21	ns
Right side cold	174.1	175.6	3.23	ns
Total cold	350.9	353.7	6.44	ns

ns, not significant.