Table 5 Means and standard errors (M ± SE) of live animal performance and carcass characteristics of prime lamb progeny from different sire breeds

37.3 ± 1.1

36.7 ± 0.6

31.8 ± 0.9

0.0002***

46.8 ± 1.6

45.7 ± 1.0

40.1 ± 1.1

0.0016**

9.5 ± 1.0

9.0 ± 0.7

8.3 ± 0.7

0.4418^ns

194.5 ± 20.3

183.7 ± 14.5

169.0 ± 14.8

0.4418^ns

47.0 ± 1.6

45.7 ± 1.0

42.2 ± 1.78

0.0540^ns

22.0 ± 0.9^a

21.3 ± 0.8^a

16.5 ± 0.9^b

0.0030**

21.7 ± 0.9^a

21.0 ± 0.8^a

16.2 ± 0.9^b

0.0031**

46.7 ± 0.8^a

46.3 ± 1.2^a

39.2 ± 1.7^b

0.0078*

4.7 ± 0.4^a

4.3 ± 0.3^a

3.3 ± 0.5^b

0.0467*

16.1 ± 1.1

15.6 ± 0.7

13.8 ± 1.2

0.2648^ns

3.7 ± 0.3

3.6 ± 0.2

3.1 ± 0.3

0.3013^ns

2.3 ± 0.5^a

2.1 ± 0.1^a

1.7 ± 0.8^b

0.0470*

15.6 ± 0.5^a

15.5 ± 0.5^a

12.3 ± 0.8^b

0.0022**

48.7 ± 0.2

49.0 ± 0.2

49.0 ± 0.3

0.5937^ns

109.8 ± 4.2^a

106.3 ± 3.9^a

82.5 ± 4.6^b

0.0030**