In starting the class with ewe lamb 1, I went with the type of sheep I perfer and one I believe the industry perfers at this time.  1 may  have a little too much depth of shoulder for some and I would like to tuck her up just a little in her depth.   She may be a little too round at the points and I would like to see her a little less round, but too me she is the most complete, balanced ewe lamb of the class.  She also stands on excellent feet and bone.

When viewed from the rear she overwhelms the other three ewe lambs of the class .  She blends in excellent at the shoulder and is wide and flat over the rack and loin.  She is wide and square through the dock and wide at the pins.  She is deep in the twist with tremendous inner and outer leg (stifle) muscle.  She might be a little too round in her muscle design, however, she exhibits true power.

There is a pretty wide margin in body type between the middle pair, 2 and 4.  I chose to place the classier lamb of the two, 4, second in the class. She is very balanced in both top and bottom lines with excellent neck placement.  She is long and level in her hip.  She is probably the youngest lamb of the class, however, she is certainly going to be medium to medium plus in frame. I would appreciate her more with added bone.

She is moderate in depth of twist, however she has flare to the leg muscle. I would like to see evidence of more width and flatness over her rack and loin.

In placing 2 third and over 3, I personally like 3 more than 2, however, I'm staying with body type and 2 more closely fits the body type of my top pair.

With 2 having a moderate to short neck, it sure makes her look short sided.  She also has a little more depth of front than I perfer.  However, in viewing  2 from the rear she appears long bodied.  She has good depth of twist, but she also appears flat through her outer leg muscle.

I fully realize some of you may start the class with 3 and I will admit, I was tempted to.  She is easily the tallest, longest, largest framed lamb of the class. She is long and level in her top and bottom lines with a long level hip.  She is extremely correct in her front and has proper rib shape.  Being a power judge, I fault her in lack of depth of twist, flatness through the stifle and lacking in the lower third.  With that said, if she is bred to a medium framed structurally correct power ram, she could produce the premium lambs of the four ewe lambs of the class.

Again, I placed the class 1, 4, 2, 3 with cuts of 3, 1, 1.