Table 6.

Genetic (below diagonal) and phenotypic (above diagonal) correlations of carcass characteristic scores, quality grade and price per kg

	MS	MC	FC	Texture	Maturity	QG	Price/kg
Marbling score (MS)		−0.18±0.010	0.01±0.010	−0.70±0.005	0.04±0.011	−0.95±0.001	0.67±0.005
Meat color (MC)	−0.42±0.137		0.09±0.010	0.17±0.010	0.07±0.010	0.19±0.010	−0.15±0.018
Fat color (FC)	−0.40±0.087	0.60±0.161		0.06±0.010	0.10±0.011	0.03±0.010	−0.04±0.017
Texture	−0.96±0.035	0.54±0.142	0.57±0.112		0.09±0.010	0.76±0.004	−0.57±0.012
Maturity	−0.08±0.073	0.47±0.134	0.66±0.081	0.25±0.087		0.05±0.010	−0.06±0.020
Quality grade (QG)	−0.99±0.003	0.48±0.143	0.47±0.093	0.98±0.015	0.18±0.016		−0.70±0.005
Price/kg	0.76±0.038	−0.41±0.145	−0.37±0.157	−0.79±0.050	−0.42±0.084	−0.80±0.034

Standard errors of genetic correlations ranged from ±0.003 to ±0.161, and standard errors of phenotypic correlations ranged from ±0.001 to ±0.020.