Table 6
Means and standard errors (M ± SE) of live animal performance and carcass characteristics of ewe and wether prime lambs

	Ewe	Wether	P value
Initial BW (kg)	34.7 ± 0.89	35.9 ± 0.86	0.4320 ns
Final BW (kg)	42.9 ± 1.1	45.5 ± 1.18	0.1336 ns
Total weight gain (kg)	8.2 ± 0.5	9.8 ± 0.75	0.1202 ns
Av. Daily gain (g)	167.5 ± 11.0	197.3 ± 15.29	0.1202 ns
Pre-slaughter weight (kg)a	45.5 ± 1.2	45.5 ± 1.18	0.3318 ns
HCW (kg)b	21.0 ± 0.7	20.3 ± 0.87	0.3662 ns
CCW (kg)c	20.7 ± 0.7	20.0 ± 0.87	0.3738 ns
Dressing percentage (%)	46.1 ± 0.9	44.4 ± 1.19	0.8343 ns
Fat thickness (mm)	4.7 ± 0.3	4.0 ± 0.27	0.3389 ns
Body wall thickness (mm)	15.9 ± 1.1	15.1 ± 0.62	0.6601 ns
GR fat score (1–5)	3.6 ± 0.3	3.5 ± 0.16	0.6415 ns
Yield grade	2.2 ± 0.1	2.0 ± 0.10	0.3385 ns
Rib eye area (cm2)	15.2 ± 0.5	14.8 ± 0.51	0.4659 ns
BCTRC %d	48.8 ± 0.2	49.0 ± 0.17	0.6550 ns
OTHe	104.9 ± 3.4	101.6 ± 4.3	0.3662 ns