@conference {39923,
	title = {The effects of lamb breed, slaughter age and sex on carcass fat depth and export grade},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {44},
	year = {1984},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {227-230},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {A least squares analysis of the weight of 15 individual export cuts from 808 carcasses of 20-month old steers identified significant effects of carcass weight, carcass fat measurements, carcass grade and sire breed on the weight of export cuts. Increasing carcass weight had a positive effect on cut weight but increasing carcass fatness had a variable effect on weight of cut. The weight of cut marketed with negligible subcutaneous fat (cube roll) decreased in weight by 7\% as carcass fat depth increase from 4 to 12 mm. In contrast a cut which included subcutaneous fat increased in weight by 15\% over the same fatness range. The data show that the most equitable pricing system (schedule) would take account of weight of individual cuts.},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Geenty KG and Young SR and Clarke JN and Wilson JA}
}
