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Table 8.

Least squares phenotypic mean and pooled SE for meat yield (Total meat), bone yield (Total bone), fat yield (Total fat) and when adjusted to a fixed carcass weight (Yield_FIX) for very high, high, low, or very low terminal index animals categorized by herd type: all animals (All), animals just from dairy herds (Dairy), or animals just from beef herds (Beef)

Genetic merit group	Herd type	Total meat		Total bone		Total fat
Genetic merit group	Herd type	Yield, kg	Yield_FIX, kg	Yield, kg	Yield_FIX, kg	Yield, kg	Yield_FIX, kg
Very high	All	280.36^a	250.41^a	75.37^ab	69.99^a	39.67^a	30.79^a
High	All	266.65^b	245.52^b	75.76^a	71.95^b	41.47^bc	35.30^b
Low	All	257.91^c	242.78^c	75.14^b	72.42^c	42.11^b	37.82^c
Very low	All	243.23^d	240.34^d	73.45^c	72.94^d	40.45^ac	40.09^d
SE		1.09	0.42	0.25	0.17	0.58	0.51
Very high	Dairy	272.80^a	249.28^a	75.60^a	71.36^a	38.89^a	32.06^a
High	Dairy	248.54^b	242.09^b	75.90^a	74.69^b	39.57^a	38.04^b
Low	Dairy	240.86^c	240.54^c	74.67^b	74.58^b	39.09^a	39.43^bc
Very low	Dairy	234.44^d	240.11^dc	73.27^c	74.31^b	37.07^b	39.17^b
SE		0.60	0.23	0.14	0.10	0.30	0.25
Very high	Beef	287.92^a	251.53^a	75.14^a	68.63^a	40.45^a	29.52^a
High	Beef	284.76^a	248.94^b	75.62^ab	69.21^b	43.38^b	32.57^b
Low	Beef	274.96^b	245.02^c	75.62^ab	70.25^c	45.13^c	36.21^c
Very low	Beef	252.03^c	240.57^d	73.62^c	71.57^d	43.83^bc	41.00^d
SE		0.90	0.35	0.21	0.14	0.45	0.40

^a–dSuperscripts indicate the significance level between terminal index groups.