First Place:  3

Entry number:  272

Exhibitor:  Lambqrts

State:  OH

Sheep name/number:  39

Breed:  Crossbred

Website:  www.freewebs.com/lambquartersfarm/

3 is the logical winner in this class of competitive lambs.  He's the longest sided, heaviest muscled lamb in class.  Ideally, he needs to be longer necked and cleaner at the point of his shoulder.  Still, in relation to the other white pelted wether, he spreads more width down his top, is bigger through is hip, and much more expressively muscled when viewed from the rear.  As a bonus he is longer loined and leveler docked and thus should go to the rail with a higher percentage of hind saddle.

Second Place:  2

Entry number:  268

Exhibitor:  kaz

State:  TX

Sheep name/number:  Indy

Breed:  Medium wool

2 closely follows the pattern of our class winner and is extremely deep twisted and plump through the center of his leg, however he appears to be the pounds light lamb in class that gets somewhat short coupled.  Yet I prefer him over the dark fibered wether as he is stouter in his bone work, fresher in his appearance, is more square and elevated in his rack, and deeper twisted, thus leading me to believe he would hang a fresher, more shapely carcass.

Third Place:  4

Entry number:  324

4 has the look of a trim hard handling wether that would certainly out-cut the ewe lamb in the bottom pair. In reality though he is somewhat frail in his rib design and total bone mass.  I simply prefer his added length and extension when compared to the ewe lamb.  In addition the blue wether has more base width and carries more natural width and shape to the top of his skeleton.

Fourth Place:  1

Entry number:  215

1 presents a problem for me in this class because from the side she appears extremely thick and powerful, but for some reason when viewed from the rear appears to be quick patterned and heavy in her condition in relation to the amount of muscle we see down her top and especially through the center and lower part of her leg.  I would also like to see this ewe with some added freshness to her appearance, specifically over her loin edge.

In a very tough class of four sheep with some quality and depth, I like them 3, 2, 4, 1 with cuts of 3, 2, 2.