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. 2019 May 3;3(2):893–902. doi: 10.1093/tas/txz042

Table 4.

Linear regression coefficients (SE in parenthesis) of the weight (kg ×100) of the different carcass primal cuts on carcass weight in the genetic merit categories very low, low, high, and very high

Cut Very low Low High Very high P-value
Topside 5.41 (0.0758)a 5.72 (0.0356)b 6.12 (0.0367)c 6.31 (0.0689)d <0.001
Silverside flat 4.40 (0.0717)a 4.60 (0.0345)a 4.90 (0.0356)b 5.00 (0.0642)c <0.001
Eye of round 1.75 (0.0366)a 1.75 (0.0174)a 1.94 (0.0179)b 1.97 (0.0331)b <0.001
Knuckle 3.16 (0.0471)a 3.36 (0.0224)a 3.60 (0.0235)b 3.67 (0.0442)c <0.001
Rump 5.25 (0.0800) 5.19 (0.0377) 5.28 (0.0389) 5.29 (0.0714) 0.176
Striploin 4.14 (0.1870) 4.10 (0.0564) 4.06 (0.0538) 4.09 (0.0985) 0.933
Fillet 1.41 (0.0442)a 1.58 (0.0209)a 1.62 (0.0218)a 1.58 (0.0408)b <0.001
Cuberoll 2.38 (0.1873)a 2.78 (0.0613)bc 2.89 (0.0582)ac 2.60 (0.1069)a 0.003
Bavette 4.04 (0.1371)a 3.95 (0.0618)a 3.68 (0.0620)b 3.44 (0.1146)b <0.001
Brisket 5.38 (0.0932) 5.41 (0.0443) 5.29 (0.0452) 5.35 (0.0845) 0.150
Chuck tender 3.65 (0.0595)a 3.66 (0.0263)b 3.71 (0.0274)ab 3.81 (0.0523)bc 0.047
Leg of mutton and forequarter miscellaneous 7.13 (0.0870)a 7.29 (0.0413)a 7.45 (0.0430)b 7.51 (0.0805)b <0.001
Chuck and neck 10.78 (0.1379)a 11.22 (0.0643)a 11.37 (0.0664)a 11.25 (0.1229)b <0.001
Heel and shank 2.81 (0.0412)a 2.83 (0.0192)a 2.99 (0.0202)b 2.96 (0.0380)b <0.001
Frying 11.20 (0.3177) 11.22 (0.1033) 11.17 (0.0996) 11.27 (0.1853) 0.946
Roasting 14.88 (0.2054)a 15.52 (0.0983)a 16.73 (0.1026)b 17.01 (0.1908)c <0.001
Mincing 30.54 (0.4313) 29.89 (0.1894) 29.99 (0.2014) 29.54 (0.3993) 0.335

a–dSolutions with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05) from each other.

The significance value represented the significance of the 2-way interaction between carcass weight and genetic merit stratum.