Economic values are presented for each trait in Table 1. In this table the economic value is the marginal savings in cost due to superior performance. The economic value is then divided by the SD for the trait to put all value in the same units of measure. Finally the relative economic value is calculated by setting one trait as the basis by which all comparisons will be made. In this example BF10 is set as the base trait and therefore has a relative economic value of $1.00. The relative economic values indicate how much additional profit can be earned by making an improvement of one standard deviation in one trait versus another trait. Relative economic values also indicate what profit is possible by genetic selection for each trait.