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. 2018 Jun 21;96(7):2698–2709. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky161

Table 3.

Production characteristics of Yanbian Yellow cattle steers at different ages¹

Item	Age, mo					Pooled SEM
Item	12	16	20	24	28	Pooled SEM
Body weight, kg	291.4^e	381.5^d	463.8^c	532.6^b	599.3^a	15.7
Average daily gain, kg	0.83^a	0.76^b	0.69^c	0.58^d	0.56^d	0.07
Average daily intake, kg	8.02^d	8.24^d	9.80^c	10.76^b	11.20^a	0.17
Gain:intake	0.104^a	0.091^b	0.070^c	0.054^d	0.050^d	0.003

^a–eMeans within a row with common superscripts do not differ (P > 0.05). Data are means for n = 10 steers.

¹Values are interim performance values for each time period.