Table 3. Description of carcass traits, estimate breeding values for marbling scores and carcass quality grades

	Number of steers	Mean	Standard deviation	Range
MS	111	6.3	1.623386	2–9
BFT (mm)	111	13.53	3.59247	4.0–26.0
MS-EBV	111	0.2	0.35	−0.86–0.99
Quality grade
1++	23
1+	58
1	23
2	6
3	1

MS, marbling score; BFT, back-fat thickness; MS-EBV, estimated genomic breeding value for marbling score.