First Place:  1

Entry number:  114

Exhibitor:  Lambman87

State:  IN

Sheep name/number:  18295

Breed:  Hampshire

Number 1 wins this class rather easily by being the most complete lamb in the class. I would describe this lamb as a power lamb that still has style and balance.  I would like to clean him up a little through the shoulders, however, he is correct at the point.  This lamb is extremely wide and square over the rack and gets progressively wider as you go down the rack and loin.  He is wide and flat over the loin, however, the loin edge does drop slightly.  He is long in the hip and square through the dock, wide through the pins, and exhibits depth of twist with tremendous muscling through the stifle.  I would call him medium plus in frame.

Second Place:  4

Entry number:  120

Exhibitor:  kkdbars

State:  CA

Sheep name/number:  AV

Breed:  Cross

Number 4 easily places over lamb 3 for second in this class, however, I would like to change several things about this lamb starting with his low neck set.  Then I would like to see him with about 2 inches less depth of shoulder, granting, he is level in the top and bottom lines.  He appears to taper over the rack and loin and does not show evidence of depth of  loin edge.  He is long hipped, square through the dock and shows good depth of twist and muscle through the stifle.  He does show evidence of hocking and  that and the neck placement are structural inadequacies.

Third Place:  3

Entry number:  109

The closest placing in this class is between the bottom pair, 3 and 2, which are completely opposite in body type, with 3 having the superior length and more correct in finish with less structural problems than 2.  He is narrow over the rack and loin and tapers at both locations, exhibits very little depth of twist and devoid of muscle mass in the lower third.  He does have enough superior qualities to place third in this class.

Fourth Place:  2

Entry number:  100

I placed 2 at the bottom of this class because he is structurally incorrect, short sided, on the negative side of medium frame, and with his heavy middle, shows evidence of excess finish. 

Again, I placed this class of market lambs 1, 4, 3, 2 with cuts of 4, 4, 2.