Survey of Quality Attributes of Beef from Farmers Market Vendors

Table 5

Least squares means for cook yields and times by source and steak type main effects.

Main effects	n	Cook yield (%)	SEM	Cook times (s)	SEM
Source
Farmers Market	59	5.17	0.16	1186.97^a	43.01
Retail	50	6.45	0.19	966.62^b	77.62
‐value		0.5519		0.0121
Steak type
Ribeye	40	81.28	1.98	1025.96	61.83
Top loin	39	81.00	1.95	1070.18	61.84
Top sirloin	39	80.79	3.01	1134.24	94.07
‐value		0.9888		0.6032

^a,bLeast squares means in the same column and source without common superscript letters differ (). n = number of steaks.