Table 2.

Growth performance of the beef steers with divergent average daily gain

	LF, n = 8	HF, n = 8	SEM	P-value
Average daily gain, kg/day	1.09b	1.63a	0.07	0.01
Initial body weight, kg	229	225	5.21	0.73
Final body weight, kg	274b	293a	2.89	0.01
Dry matter intake, kg/day	6.08	6.04	0.23	0.92

LF = beef steers with lowest average daily gain; HF = beef steers with highest average daily gain; n = number of animals in each group; SEM = standard error of mean.

^a,bWithin a row, treatment means with different superscripts differ (P ≤ 0.05).