Table 4.

Means at constituents of the forequarter, side, and hindquarters according to the sexual groups (SG) and the concentrate level (CL) in the diet

Parameters	Sexual groups		Concentrate level (%)			p<value
	Bull	Steer	0.8	1.1	1.4	SG	CL
Forequarter edible portion (kg)	44.41	32.72	37.62	38.61	39.50	***	NS
Hindquarter edible portion (kg)	49.73	41.84	45.3	46.4	45.7	***	NS
Side edible portion (kg)	21.42	18.32	19.81	20.00	19.84	***	NS
Forequarter bone (kg)	9.13	7.87	8.46	8.56	8.47	NS	NS
Hindquarter bone (kg)	8.67	7.56	7.78	8.36	8.21	NS	NS
Side bone (kg)	3.72	3.41	3.83	3.42	3.45	NS	NS
Carcass edible portion (kg)	115.56	92.88	102.73	105.01	105.04	***	NS
Carcass bone (kg)	21.52	18.84	20.07	20.34	20.13	**	NS
Forequarter edible portion (%)	82.61	80.52	81.53	81.22	82.00	***	NS
Hindquarter edible portion (%)	85.32	84.72	85.41	84.84	84.84	NS	NS
Side edible portion (%)	85.11	84.21	83.52	85.52	85.13	NS	NS
Carcass edible portion (%)	84.34	83.22	83.53	83.53	84.31	**	NS
Muscle (%)	67.33	62.91	65.04	65.51	64.80	***	NS
Fat (%)	18.22	22.52	20.61	19.52	20.91	***	NS
Bone (%)	15.11	15.44	15.44	15.44	15.01	NS	NS

NS, not significant.

Means followed by different letters in the same line are different.

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01,

^***p<0.001.