Table 8.

Correlations^a of RFI, RG, DMI, ADG, and MMW with traits of the progeny^b

Variables	RFI	RG	DMI	ADG	MMW
Postweaning gain, first calf	0.12	0.10	0.15	0.15	−0.04
	0.19	0.29	0.10	0.10	0.67
Postweaning gain, second calf	−0.01	0.06	0.11	0.13	0.16
	0.88	0.48	0.16	0.12	0.05
Postweaning gain, third calf	−0.01	0.10	0.12	0.17	0.16
	0.86	0.20	0.14	0.04	0.04
Postweaning feed efficiency, first calf	0.01	−0.04	−0.01	−0.05	−0.04
	0.92	0.70	0.88	0.60	0.62
Postweaning feed efficiency, second calf	−0.04	0.07	0.02	0.07	0.07
	0.62	0.40	0.76	0.40	0.38
Postweaning feed efficiency, third calf	−0.06	0.10	−0.01	0.05	0.00
	0.48	0.19	0.86	0.57	0.98
Life cycle postweaning feed efficiency	−0.05	0.09	0.02	0.06	0.04
	0.55	0.27	0.84	0.46	0.64
Actual lifetime postweaning feed efficiency	−0.06	0.02	−0.01	0.00	0.05
	0.56	0.85	0.89	0.99	0.64
Loineye area, first calf	0.02	−0.03	−0.05	−0.06	−0.11
	0.81	0.77	0.64	0.57	0.29
Loineye area, second calf	−0.12	0.09	0.01	0.09	0.10
	0.19	0.30	0.92	0.29	0.26
Loineye area, third calf	−0.12	0.21	−0.04	0.12	−0.07
	0.19	0.02	0.62	0.19	0.43
Carcass conformation, first calf	0.22	−0.10	0.16	0.02	−0.02
	0.02	0.31	0.11	0.86	0.86
Carcass conformation, second calf	−0.04	0.13	0.10	0.16	0.10
	0.67	0.15	0.27	0.06	0.24
Carcass conformation, third calf	0.08	0.09	0.10	0.13	0.01
	0.36	0.33	0.25	0.14	0.93
Carcass grade, first calf	0.17	−0.02	0.02	−0.03	−0.20
	0.10	0.88	0.85	0.77	0.05
Carcass grade, second calf	0.11	−0.06	0.11	0.03	0.06
	0.20	0.53	0.20	0.73	0.50
Carcass grade, third calf	0.19	−0.07	0.13	0.03	0.03
	0.04	0.42	0.14	0.74	0.72
Marbling score, first calf	0.19	−0.06	0.08	−0.02	−0.11
	0.06	0.57	0.44	0.88	0.27
Marbling score, second calf	0.14	−0.06	0.11	0.02	0.03
	0.12	0.51	0.20	0.78	0.76
Marbling score, third calf	0.16	−0.06	0.11	0.02	0.00
	0.07	0.54	0.23	0.79	0.97
Backfat thickness, first calf	0.13	−0.06	0.04	−0.04	−0.08
	0.21	0.58	0.68	0.72	0.40
Backfat thickness, second calf	0.17	−0.11	0.09	−0.03	0.00
	0.06	0.22	0.31	0.75	0.99
Backfat thickness, third calf	0.15	−0.11	0.03	−0.07	−0.08
	0.09	0.21	0.77	0.41	0.40
Kidney fat, first calf	0.19	0.09	0.06	0.06	−0.25
	0.06	0.38	0.55	0.58	0.01
Kidney fat, second calf	0.16	−0.09	0.17	0.04	0.09
	0.06	0.29	0.06	0.68	0.29
Kidney fat, third calf	0.20	−0.11	0.12	0.01	0.02
	0.02	0.24	0.18	0.90	0.85
Dressing %, first calf	0.07	0.09	−0.06	0.00	−0.24
	0.43	0.33	0.49	0.97	<0.01
Dressing %, second calf	0.09	−0.03	0.08	0.04	0.02
	0.29	0.74	0.32	0.65	0.85
Dressing %, third calf	0.08	−0.06	0.07	0.02	0.04
	0.31	0.47	0.39	0.83	0.57

^aSignificance level for the test Prob > |r| under H₀: ρ = 0 is presented below the correlation coefficient.