Table 6. Forequarter, middle, and hindquarter production measured by the VCS2000 in gilts and barrows (Unit: kg)

Items¹⁾	Gilts²⁾	Barrows
Forequarter	19.81 ± 1.95³⁾	19.83 ± 1.98
Middle	27.11 ± 3.03^b	27.23 ± 3.14^a
Hindquarter	18.29 ± 1.88^a	18.20 ± 1.85^b

Forequarter, spare ribs, shoulder blade, and shoulder picnic; middle, loin, belly, and tenderloin; hindquarter, ham.
Gilts, 17,602 pigs; barrows, 16,579 pigs.
Each value is presented as the mean ± SD.
Different superscripts in the same row are significantly different from each other (p < 0.05).