Breeds of Livestock: Comparitive Research Section: Breed Comparisons in the Germplasm Evaluation Program at MARC [Table 5]

Breed Comparisons in the Germplasm Evaluation Program at MARC (Table 5)


TABLE 5. BREED GROUP MEANS FOR CARCASS TRAITS OF STEERS

		Carcass	Fat	Rib eye	Kid. pelv. & heart fat
Breed group	Number	weight lb	thickness in	area sq in	estimated %	actual %

Jersey	130	603	0.44	10.32	4.92	5.43
Longhorn	92	582	0.37	10.74	3.52	4.20

Orig. HAx	539	654	0.62	10.85	3.16	3.38
Curr. HAx	34	707	0.63	11.19	3.26	3.24
Red Poll	109	626	0.52	10.67	3.86	4.33
Devon	55	637	0.53	10.69	3.33	----
Shorthorn	95	707	0.49	11.08	3.42	3.71
Galloway	75	633	0.48	11.28	3.13	3.44

South Devon	95	672	0.50	11.33	3.72	4.14
Tarentaise	102	660	0.42	11.22	3.95	4.29
Pinzgauer	226	655	0.43	11.28	3.50	3.82

Brangus	52	653	0.54	10.35	3.26	----
Santa Gertrudis	62	683	0.57	10.45	3.26	----

Sahiwal	140	634	0.52	10.81	3.32	3.42
Brahman	126	683	0.53	11.10	3.60	3.61
Nellore	97	695	0.49	11.33	3.47	3.71

Braunvieh	116	673	0.41	11.65	3.35	4.42
Gelbvieh	212	686	0.39	12.00	3.40	3.62
Simmental	172	695	0.37	11.87	3.27	3.73
Holstein	68	661	0.40	10.75	2.74	----
Maine Anjou	106	705	0.38	12.28	3.11	3.37
Salers	77	707	0.41	11.96	3.40	3.57

Piedmontese	80	683	0.31	13.19	3.03	3.35
Limousin	173	667	0.39	12.28	3.26	3.54
Orig. Charolais	175	710	0.37	12.39	3.19	3.63
Curr. Charolais	43	747	0.36	12.56	3.39	3.53
Chianina	114	692	0.32	12.43	2.89	3.02