slaughter traits were lower (P o 0.05) for JE than for both HF and NR. Gender significantly affected slaughter traits. Car- cass weight per day of age (P o 0.001), carcass weight (P o 0.01), kill out proportion (P o 0.001) and carcass con- formation class (P o 0.001) were all superior for bulls than
steers and carcass fat class was lower (P o 0.001) for bulls. All carcass traits were greater (P o 0.05) for the Heavy than for the Light slaughter weight group.
Carcass length, leg width, leg thickness and circumfer- ence of round did not differ significantly for HF and NR but