Hot carcass weights tended to be greater for steers receiving greater dietary MEI (P = 0.09) or SH infusion (P = 0.08) compared with steers on the LI-H2O treatment (Table 8). Site and form of carbohydrate infused did not affect HCW. Longissimus muscle area was similar among treatments, with the exception of a greater (P = 0.04) LM area for A-G compared with A-SH. Increasing dietary MEI more than doubled (P = 0.06) subcutaneous fat thickness over the 5th rib but did not affect fat thickness over the 12th rib or concentration of intramuscular fat and KPH. Carbohydrate infusion, regardless of form or site of infusion, did not affect subcutaneous fat thickness. However, concentration of intramuscular fat was less (P = 0.04), and percentage of KPH tended to be less (P = 0.06), for SH infusion compared with LI-H2O. Complexity of carbohydrate did not influence intramuscular fat concentration or percentage of KPH. However, intramuscular concentration of fat tended to be greater (P = 0.10) for A-SH vs. R-SH, whereas percentage of KPH fat was similar between the sites of SH infusion