Table 1.

The number of records (N), descriptive statistics, estimates of genomic heritability (h² ± SE) for carcass traits of beef cattle in the discovery dataset

Traits	N	Mean	SD	h 2 ± SE
Hot carcass weight, kg	2,178	328.42	33.17	0.43 ± 0.05
Average back fat, mm	2,171	12.48	5.08	0.39 ± 0.05
Rib eye area, cm2	2,174	83.81	11.06	0.45 ± 0.05
Lean meat yield, %	2,175	57.20	4.890	0.43 ± 0.05
Marbling scores	2,172	409.00	105.90	0.43 ± 0.05