Table 5. Squared semi-partial regression coefficients of carcass traits on auction price1)
| Carcass traits | Parameter (won) | Squared semi-partial correlation | Contribution (%) |
Auction Price | Back fat thickness | −86.71** | 0.025 | 4.79 |
Eye muscle area | 12.35** | 0.002 | 0.38 |
Carcass weight | 4.99** | 0.007 | 1.34 |
MS_dum2 | 1,038.99** | 0.004 | 0.77 |
MS_dum3 | 1,286.40** | 0.006 | 1.15 |
MS_dum4 | 3,361.15** | 0.040 | 7.66 |
MS_dum5 | 3,564.02** | 0.043 | 8.24 |
MS_dum6 | 4,895.19** | 0.080 | 15.33 |
MS_dum7 | 5,123.53** | 0.080 | 15.33 |
MS_dum8 | 6,615.73** | 0.115 | 22.03 |
MS_dum9 | 7,336.12** | 0.120 | 22.99 |
MS_dum_all | | 0.488 | 93.50 |
Intercept | 8,568.30** | R-square | 0.5907 |