Indeed to ensure an apples to apples comparison or steak to steak if you prefer inspectors look at the loin muscle specifically between the 12th and 13th ribs which is where the short loin primal cut meets its next.
Well marbled beef.
Since black angus as a breed features finely textured marbling it s a tried and true beautifully marbled beef.
The rib eye is the most well marbled cut you ll find on a cow.
The beef rib and short loin are among the most marbled sections while the beef round and sirloin tend to have the least.
Beef cuts with the most marbling mostly come from areas on the top of the cow where the muscles are the least used.
Beef carcass quality grading is based on 1 degree of marbling and 2 degree of maturity.
Graders evaluate the amount and distribution of marbling in the ribeye muscle at the cut surface after the carcass has been ribbed between the 12th and 13th ribs.
And some cattle breeds simply will not produce marbled meat no matter what they are fed how fat they get or how tender their beef is.
Marbling intramuscular fat is the intermingling or dispersion of fat within the lean.