Table 4.

Least squares means for production and carcass traits for SB and TXSB rams and wethers including SEM

P value	Breed				Sex
Variable	SB	TXSB	SEM	P value	Ram	Wether	SEM	P value
Production traits
Start weight, kg	36.9	41.2	0.26	<0.001	39.1	39.0	0.25	0.929
Slaughter weight, kg	45.7	53.7	0.41	<0.001	50.5	48.9	0.41	<0.01
ADG, g/d	241	349	7.0	<0.001	314	272	7.0	<0.001
Total intake, kg*	53.7	59.4	0.79	<0.05	57.1	55.9	0.66	0.324
ADG days 0–14, g/d	261	379	16.0	<0.001	324	316	14.0	0.417
ADG days 15–36, g/d	236	316	11.0	<0.001	308	244	9.0	<0.001
Daily intake day 0–14, kg/d	1.44	1.61	0.021	<0.001	1.52	1.53	0.022	0.414
Daily intake day 15–36, kg/d	1.53	1.66	0.022	<0.001	1.62	1.52	0.010	<0.10
FCR†, kg	6.74	5.17	0.201	<0.001	5.58	6.31	0.200	<0.05
Carcass traits
Dressing percentage, %	45.4	47.9	0.215	<0.001	45.7	47.6	0.24	<0.001
Carcass fat score‡	3.77	3.21	0.096	<0.001	3.07	3.91	0.077	<0.001
Carcass conformation score$	2.63	3.38	0.084	<0.001	2.92	3.10	0.068	<0.05
Carcass weight, kg	20.7	25.7	0.208	<0.001	23.1	23.3	0.20	0.403
Ultrasound fat, cm	0.84	0.78	0.032	0.103	0.74	0.87	0.026	<0.001
Ultrasound muscle, cm	3.05	3.25	0.033	<0.001	3.13	3.17	0.023	0.302
Ultrasound fat gain, cm	0.23	0.26	0.021	0.158	0.22	0.28	0.021	<0.05
Ultrasound muscle gain, cm	0.39	0.59	0.023	<0.001	0.49	0.49	0.023	0.7

*Total intake (fresh matter weight) = total concentrate intake.

^†FCR calculated as total feed intake divided by total weight gain.

^‡1 to 5 scale (1 = low fat cover, 5 = excess fat tissue).

^$Carcass conformation EUROP scale transformed to 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1, respectively.