First Place:  1

Entry number: 1312

Exhibitor: EmsoffLambs

State: CA

Sheep name/number: Emsoff 427

Breed: Hampshire

Website: www.emsofflivestockcompany.com

The 1 wether is an easy winner. He studies the highest quality from end to end. Here's one that is plenty muscular for a lamb and is the most correct and complete skeletally. He is shallow, level hipped and has an attractive look from the side. He needs to be wider hipped and bolder stifled but I don't find a sheep in this set that fixes that problem and maintains his quality.

Second Place:  4

Entry number: 1397

Exhibitor: texas girl

State: TX

Sheep name/number: Daisy

Breed: Southdown

For me, the middle pair can be more interesting. The Southdown, in my eyes, seems bolder bodied and more powerful from end to end. Here's a sheep with plenty of stoutness and he has a great carcass value, plus his lines are more correct than those found in 2.

Third Place:  2

Entry number: 1339

For those who prefer 2, he is more exotic in his kind. He is shapely muscled and stout boned. I just don't see enough skeletal quality in this guy to sort into second. To me, he is too tight ribbed, open shouldered and needs to be stouter hipped. He simply needs more time on feed.

Fourth Place:  3

Entry number: 1346

Exhibitor: 2TLivestock

State: NE

Sheep name/number: R110

Breed: Suffolks

The sheep in fourth is one that has more flank, he's more correct in his underline but today he's the lightest muscled and stailest appearing sheep that needs the most correction to his hip and hind leg so he will round out this set in fourth.