. 2018 Dec 21;3(1):1–13. doi: 10.1093/tas/txy129

Table 9.

Least squares phenotypic mean and pooled SE for hindquarter meat yield (Total hindquarter), forequarter meat yield (Total forequarter) 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 hindquarter		Total forequarter
Genetic merit group	Herd type	Yield, kg	Yield_FIX, kg	Yield, kg	Yield_FIX, kg
Very high	All	188.59^a	169.10^a	204.26^a	178.82^a
High	All	180.41^b	166.73^b	199.63^b	181.58^b
Low	All	175.59^c	165.74^c	195.24^c	182.44^c
Very low	All	166.44^d	164.64^d	185.98^d	183.71^d
SE		0.70	0.27	0.93	0.37
Very high	Dairy	183.26^a	167.98^a	199.84^a	179.77^a
High	Dairy	169.17^b	164.99^b	188.77^b	183.53^b
Low	Dairy	164.74^c	164.50^bc	183.81^c	183.82^b
Very low	Dairy	160.38^d	164.21^c	179.11^d	184.09^b
SE		0.53	0.19	0.69	0.27
Very high	Beef	193.92^a	170.21^a	208.69^bc	177.88^a
High	Beef	191.66^a	168.46^b	210.49^b	179.64^b
Low	Beef	186.44^b	166.98^c	206.68^c	181.06^c
Very low	Beef	172.49^c	165.08^d	192.05^a	183.33^d
SE		0.73	0.27	0.97	0.37

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