adventures in marbling

[librarian]

Here he is. He could be thicker, but I like him and the marbling ultrasound is 4.85. Sire: Braveheart of Gall-Way. Kind of an experiment.
He will be going on my blue roan cows and a couple white Galloways I have. Maybe on some white Shorthorns.

 

[knabe]

what's his contemporaries within breed at same age/feed and against other breeds?

he does look low backfat, so if high in marbling, then you may be in the right direction.

 

[librarian]

I'm not sure how I would acquire that information in enough quantity to make it useful
Within his own contemporary group of 14, the marbling range was 3.80 to
4.85, he being the leader. Back fat in that group ranged from 1.43 to 2.38, he being 1.55
I just got back from a meeting with a speaker who had worked internationally on cutting and grading meat and writing grading specifications.
I asked about smokey marbling and he had not heard that term. He did know what I meant though, he said sometimes you could see very fine particles that looked like dust in the meat.

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