Table 7. Correlation coefficient between forequarter, middle, and hindquarter production measured by the VCS2000 and auction price in gilts and barrows

Items1)	Gilts2)	Barrows
Forequarter	0.615**	0.619**
Middle	0.697**	0.654**
hindquarter	0.640**	0.641**

Forequarter, spare ribs, shoulder blade, and shoulder picnic; middle, loin, belly, and tenderloin; hindquarter, ham.
Gilts, 17,602 pigs; barrows, 16,579 pigs.
p < 0.01.