What is Livestock Judging?

The placing of 4 livestock animals in a designated class from "best to worst"

Livestock judging is the visual appraisal of an animal’s physical traits, including positive and negative features. The ultimate goal in judging livestock is to compare and contrast the four animals in a given class against one another, and then compare them to what is considered the “ideal” animal.

1. Market Hogs

2. Market Steer

3. Market Lambs

4. Market Goats

Market Animals

Ideal characteristics:

1. Muscle

2. Structure

3. Condition (amount of fat)

4. Balance and Eye Appeal

1. Market Hogs

2. Market Steer

3. Market Lambs

4. Market Goats

Market Animals

Ideal characteristics:

1. Muscle

2. Structure

3. Condition (amount of fat)

4. Balance and Eye Appeal

1. Breeding Gilts

2. Breeding Heifers

3. Breeding Ewes

4. Breeding Does

Breeding animals

IdeaL cHARACTERISTICS:

1. Structure

2. Feminity/Maternal

3. Depth of body

4. Balance/Eye appeal - "smooth made"

Practice time!

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