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Title: Livestock Judging: Reasons are Not All the Same


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Livestock Judging Reasons are Not All the Same
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Reasons to Judge Livestock
  • What is the purpose of judging livestock?
  • Learning form and function of farm animals
  • Memory stimulation
  • Communication skills
  • The ability to reason (think)
  • The ability to justify a decision
  • Travel opportunities
  • Prizes and recognition

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Helpful Information
  • Placing-The official way that the animals were
    ordered (or placed) in class based on numerous
    factors
  • Cuts -Cuts are penalties for placing the class
    different than the official placing.
  • Reasons -An explanation to another person why you
    chose to place the animals the way you did,
    points are awarded on the overall fluency and
    correctness of the reason, even if your placing
    is different than that of the judges.

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What you want to see
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Now lets judge a couple of classes
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  • Class 1 Market Lambs

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Market LambsProfile
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

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Market LambsRear View
  • 4
  • 3
  • 1
  • 2

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Market LambsTop View
  • 4
  • 3
  • 1
  • 2

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Market LambsFront View
  • 4
  • 3
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

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  • Take a few moments and write down your placing!

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Market LambsPlacing
  • Placing  4-1-3-2
  • Cuts  3-5-2

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Reasons are your reasons
  • All people will not the see the class of
    livestock the same.
  • You are defending your placement.
  • Here are three examples of reasons for this class
    of lambs.

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Market LambsReasons Example Set 1
  • I placed the market lambs 4-1-3-2.  In the top
    pair of more muscular wethers, I personally like
    the blue sheep to win.  For me, he ties his
    muscularility into a bigger, more correctly
    finished package.  Not only is 4 a taller fronted
    lamb, that is longer measuring from his last rib
    back.  But this compliments the fact that he is a
    cleaner profiling lamb that is leaner to touch. 
    I would expect him to have an advantage in
    cutability. True, 1 is a heavier weight lamb
    that wraps with a bigger leg.  However, I placed
    him second because he is a heavy middled lamb
    that is deep in his sternum.

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Reasons set 1
  • However, 1 is a more powerfully muscled,
    growthier lamb, and needs to beat 3 in the middle
    pair.  No doubt, 1 is a wider based sheep that
    has more tone and shape of muscle from his rack
    back into his leg.  To add to this, I find him to
    be a heavier weight lamb and he should go to the
    cooler with more product from his 13th rib back.
    Yes, 3 is more correct in his body depth. 
    However, for me he goes third, because 3 is
    clearly the lightest muscled, thickest hided lamb
    in the class, that is a bit too stale.

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Reasons set 1
  • Now, in the bottom pair of lambs that differ in
    composition I elected to use the leaner lamb and
    placed 3 over 2.  I predict he will have an
    advantage in yield grade because he handles
    leaner down his spine and is especially cleaner
    over his forerib. On the other hand 2 is a more
    muscular sheep.  He has a bolder shape of muscle
    over his rack, a fuller loin edge and more volume
    to his leg.  Nonetheless, I placed him fourth. 
    Not only is he short bodied, but he is clearly
    the softest handling, most overdone lamb in the
    class.

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Market LambsReasons Example Set 2
  • I placed the Market Lambs 4132.  In my top pair I
    placed 4 over 1.  4 is the heaviest muscled,
    largest framed and most correct in his degree of
    finish.  I grant that 1 has a larger leg, but I
    faulted him and placed him second because he is
    heavier conditioned.
  • In my middle pair I place 1 over 3.  1 is wider
    based and moreexpressive in his muscle shape.  I
    grant that 3 is cleaner and trimmer in his
    middle, but I faulted him and place him 3rd.  He
    is light muscled and narrow constructed.
  • In my bottom pair I placed 3 over 2.  3 is leaner
    made sheep that I would expect to rail a higher
    cutability carcass.  I grant 2 for being heavier
    muscled, but I place him fourth, He is the
    shortest bodied and fattest made sheep in the
    class.

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Market LambsReasons Example Set 3
  • My preferred alignment of the market lambs is
    4132, starting the class with a more massive
    muscular lamb who remains stronger down his top.
    4 is a long bodied lamb who spreads a squarer
    shape over his rack, spans wider over his loin
    and has a longer, wider, deeper tying leg, which
    leads me to believe that he should rail more
    pounds of trimmed hindsaddle. I understand that
    1 has more expression of muscle throughout his
    leg, yet he also is narrower made and sharper
    over his shoulder.
  • However in my middle pair it is 1s advantage in
    both Muscularity and expression that aligns him
    over 3. 1 has more expression over muscle over
    his crisper, firmer rack and carries this back
    through his more defined loin and into his bolder
    more dimensional leg. This suggests that he
    should simply rail a carcass that is totally
    freer of fat. Yes, 3 is more opened up in his
    chest floor, but he also is plainer and
    nondescript in his design, and appears to be
    heavier conditioned.
  • In my concluding pair of heavier conditioned
    lambs, I preferred the added length and volume of
    3. 3 is a taller, longer patterned lamb, who is
    more attractive on the profile and is more
    extended from his last rib back. I understand
    that 2 is deeper bodied, but he also is the
    heaviest conditioned, lightest muscled lamb of
    the class.

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Now lets judge a class of steers
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  • Class 2 Market Steers

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Market SteersProfile
  • 1 2
  • 4
  • 3

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Market SteersRear View
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1
2
3
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  • Take a few moments and write down your placing!

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Market SteerPlacing
  • Placing 2-3-4-1
  • Cuts 3-4-5

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Market SteerReasons Example Set 1
  • I placed this class of feedlot steers 2-3-4-1.
    The red steer wins as he best combines yield and
    quality grade. He shows the most natural shape
    down his top, over the loin and is thicker and
    more expressive through his quarter.
    Additionally, he is more structurally sound,
    being more neatly laid through the shoulder than
    3. He should hang the carcass receiving a lower
    numerical yield than 3. 3 is longer sided.
    However he is fatter and straighter through his
    shoulder than 2, so he is second.
  • Nevertheless it is 3 over 4 in the middle pair.
    The black steer is the thicker topped, wider
    based steer of the pair that should produce the
    more muscular carcass. I realize the Hereford
    appearing steer is sounder made, however he is
    lighter muscled, being flatter through the
    quarter and narrower based when viewed from the
    rear, so he is third.
  • Yet in the bottom pair, its 4 over 1. 4 is more
    market ready as he shows more evidence of finish
    over his rib, around his tailhead and is fuller
    in the flank. Additionally he is higher volumed,
    have more depth and dimension to his rib. Yes,
    the yellow steer is leaner, but he is the
    furthest from his endpoint and should hang the
    least desirable carcass of the four, so he is
    last.

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Market SteerReasons Example Set 2
  • I place the market steers 2341.  In the top pair
    I place 2 over 3.  2 isthe heavies muscled, most
    expressively shaped steer that should rail the
    most shapely carcass.  I grant that 3 is longer
    sided.  But I faulted him and placed him 2nd, he
    is heavier conditioned and straight in his
    shoulder.
  • In my middle pair I placed 3 over 4.  3 is a
    wider based, thicker topped steer that should
    rail a heavier muscled carcass.  I grant that 4
    is sounder structured but he is also light
    muscled and narrow based.
  • In my bottom pair I placed 4 over 1.  4 is the
    bigger bodied steer thatappears to have been
    easier feeding.  Also I would expect him to
    besafer grading.  I realize 1 is leaner made,
    but he is the lightestmuscled and barest
    finished steer in class.

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Market SteerReasons Example Set 3
  • My preferred alignment of the Market steers is
    2341. Starting the class with a pair of heavier
    muscled, more complete steers, and of the pair I
    preferred the added advantages in expression to
    align him over 3. 2 is a long patterned, trimmer
    conditioned steer that measures longer and wider
    out of his hip. I appreciate the softer, more
    market ready look of 3 yet he also gets plainer
    in his design and a little courser fronted.
  • However despite these criticisms, 3 is a heavier
    muscled more correctly finished steer that has
    more volume and expression of muscle out of his
    hip and due to his external indicators suggest
    that he should be safer to role the choice stamp.
    I realize that 4 is bolder ribbed, however the
    Hereford is also the heaviest finished, shortest
    coupled steer in the class.
  • In my concluding pair of lighter muscled steers I
    still preferred the body and depth of 4. He is
    deeper bodied, bolder sprung steer that has a
    softer look and is closer to a marketable
    endpoint, I understand that they yellow steer is
    longer bodied cleaner designed, yet he is the
    flattest, narrowest made, lightest muscled steer
    in the class.

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Class 3 Market Steers 1
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2
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4
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4-3-2-1 cuts 3-5-3
  • I placed this class of feedlot steers
    4-3-2-1. In the top pair of steers comparable in
    finish, I placed 4 over 3 due to his advantage in
    muscling. Ideally, I would like to see 4 more
    structurally correct through his shoulder,
    however, the bald-faced steer shows more shape
    and natural thickness down his top and through
    his hip, and stands wider based when viewed from
    the rear. He should hang a carcass with the
    highest percent of saleable product in the class.
  • No doubt, 3 is more structurally correct,
    particularly through the shoulder and deeper
    bodied. However, he is narrower topped and
    flatter through the quarter than the class
    winner, so he is second.

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  • It is easily 3 over 2 in the middle pair. He
    is the nicer balanced steer that better combines
    yield and quality grade. He is freer of waste
    through the lower 1/3 of his body and shows more
    muscle expression down his top and through his
    quarter.
  • In the bottom pair, its 2 over 1 due to his
    advantage in market readiness. He is carrying
    more finish over his fore and rear rib and should
    be safer into the choice grade.
  • I realize that 1 is leaner. However, he is
    the least market ready as he runs out of finish
    over his rear rib. He is also the lightest
    muscled, narrowest made steer in the class that
    should hang the least amount of red meat, so he
    is last.

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Additional links that may be helpful
  • Judging 101
  • http//www.judging101.com/
  • Mississippi State Extension 4-H judging manual
  • http//msucares.com/pubs/publications/p2289.htm
  • CSU livestock extension/outreach
  • http//livestock.colostate.edu/index.html
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