Table 3. Weights of seven carcass primal cuts estimated with AutoFom III (unit: kg)

Grade 1+ Grade 1 Grade 2 p-value1)
Belly 12.14 ± 0.544c 12.27 ± 0.894b 12.55 ± 1.528a 0.000
Neck bone-out 4.58 ± 0.199a 4.47 ± 0.318b 4.40 ± 0.462c 0.000
Loin bone-out 5.68 ± 0.495a 5.63 ± 0.633b 5.48 ± 0.800c 0.000
Tenderloin 0.97 ± 0.055a 0.96 ± 0.078b 0.95 ± 0.106c 0.000
Spare ribs 3.64 ± 0.114b 3.65 ± 0.205a 3.62 ± 0.322c 0.000
Shoulder 8.13 ± 0.281a 8.12 ± 0.479b 8.04 ± 0.717c 0.002
Ham bone-out 17.04 ± 0.790a 16.98 ± 1.189b 16.71 ± 1.667c 0.000
Each value is presented as mean ± SD.
Population numbers for Grades 1+, 1, and 2 are 145,872, 157,833, and 115,616, respectively.
p-value is obtained by t-test of heteroscedasticity variance.
Different superscripts in the same row differ significantly in the analysis of heteroscedasticity variance.