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 |
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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.