Table 4.

Spearman rank correlations (p < 0.001) of breeding values predicted from different analyses for overall temperament at weaning and Warner-Bratzler shear force¹

	BayesC (π = 0)	BayesC (π̃)	BayesB (π̃)	Animal model
With family structure fixed effect2
BayesC (π = 0)		0.964	0.942	0.449
BayesC (π̃)	0.996		0.996	0.460
BayesB (π̃)	0.984	0.991		0.475
Animal model	0.652	0.655	0.658
Without family structure fixed effect2
BayesC (π = 0)		0.988	0.982	0.911
BayesC (π̃)	0.995		0.999	0.899
BayesB (π̃)	0.982	0.993		0.895
Animal model	0.810	0.805	0.796

¹Analyses listed are the Bayesian or traditional mixed model procedure used to estimate breeding values, where π̃ = 0.995 or 0.997 for Warner-Bratzler shear force (bottom diagonal) or overall temperament at weaning (top diagonal), respectively.

²Family structure fixed effect refers to family nested within sire or type of cross (an effect based upon the combination of sire and dam breeds, n = 12) for overall temperament at weaning or Warner-Bratzler shear force, respectively.