Table 6.

Estimates of genetic and phenotypic correlations (±SE) between live weight¹ and carcass measures traits²

	bWT	wWT	pwWT	yWT	aWT
Genetic correlations
HCW	0.16 ± 0.12	0.76 ± 0.08	0.97 ± 0.03	0.94 ± 0.03	0.91 ± 0.06
DP	−0.32 ± 0.15	0.13 ± 0.18	0.42 ± 0.16	0.47 ± 0.17	0.35 ± 0.15
FATGR	−0.40 ± 0.14	0.23 ± 0.15	0.58 ± 0.11	0.57 ± 0.12	0.52 ± 0.13
FATC	−0.26 ± 0.14	0.16 ± 0.16	0.40 ± 0.12	0.37 ± 0.13	0.34 ± 0.13
FAT5	−0.42 ± 0.17	0.13 ± 0.19	0.63 ± 0.16	0.53 ± 0.17	0.48 ± 0.16
EMW	0.01 ± 0.15	0.15 ± 0.16	0.38 ± 0.14	0.45 ± 0.13	0.39 ± 0.14
EMD	0.26 ± 0.21	0.41 ± 0.23	0.58 ± 0.16	0.65 ± 0.17	0.50 ± 0.18
EMA	0.21 ± 0.19	0.37 ± 0.19	0.61 ± 0.14	0.70 ± 0.15	0.58 ± 0.16
Phenotypic correlations
HCW	0.13 ± 0.03	0.47 ± 0.02	0.80 ± 0.01	0.83 ± 0.01
DP	−0.10 ± 0.03	0.06 ± 0.03	0.18 ± 0.03	0.13 ± 0.03
FATGR	−0.11 ± 0.03	0.14 ± 0.03	0.41 ± 0.03	0.42 ± 0.03
FATC	−0.04 ± 0.03	0.12 ± 0.03	0.35 ± 0.03	0.33 ± 0.03
FAT5	−0.05 ± 0.03	0.13 ± 0.03	0.32 ± 0.03	0.32 ± 0.03
EMW	0.08 ± 0.03	0.18 ± 0.03	0.29 ± 0.03	0.26 ± 0.03
EMD	0.11 ± 0.03	0.21 ± 0.03	0.28 ± 0.03	0.30 ± 0.03
EMA	0.13 ± 0.03	0.25 ± 0.03	0.35 ± 0.03	0.35 ± 0.03

¹ bWT = birth weight; wWT = weaning weight; pwWT = post weaning weight; yWT = yearling weight; aWT = adult weight.

²HCW = hot carcass weight; DP = dressing percent, FATGR = carcass fat depth at the GR site; FATC = carcass fat depth at the C site; FAT5 = carcass fat depth at the 5th rib; EMW = eye muscle width; EMD = eye muscle depth; EMA = eye muscle area.