Table 6.

Means and SE for cow weight and BCS at 7 yr of age (1999 and 2000 for 1992- and 1993-born cows, respectively)

Sire breed	Cow weight (kg)	Cow BCS
Boran	505.8 ± 10.46a	6.3 ± 0.130a
Brahman	590.5 ± 8.35b	6.0 ± 0.104a
Tuli	508.5 ± 9.37a	5.8 ± 0.116b
Lactation status
Lactating	506.5 ± 4.88y	5.35 ± 0.060y
Nonlactating	563.3 ± 12.66z	6.70 ± 0.161z

^a,bWithin traits (columns), means for sire breed that do not share a common superscript differ (P < 0.05).

^y,zWithin traits (columns), means for lactation status that do not share a common superscript differ (P < 0.05).