First Place:  3

Entry number:  142

Exhibitor: Kyhampbreeder

State:  KY

Sheep name/number:  7217

Breed:  Hampshire

In my top pair of more eye-appealing lambs with one being fitted for a show and the other apparently being shown from the feeding pen, I find the crisp neck-to-shoulder junction and the wider base and dimension of muscle when viewed from behind to place 3 over 1.

Second Place:  1

Entry number:  090

Exhibitor:  wuvewes

State:  IA

Sheep name/number:  Bunny/7009

Breed:  Speckle/cross

Website:  www.moserclublambs.com

Granted 1 appears to be a longer-sided lamb and if you consider this a “finished” market class more than a prospect class, this lamb could sort its way to the top.

The middle pair is easily the most critical pair as 1 readily places over 4 for advantages in structure.

Third Place:  4

Entry number:  153

4 may have some additional thickness when viewed from behind, but it is in the pair of coarser-topped, poorer-structured lambs that readily place in the bottom pair. 

In a bottom pair of problem lambs, 4 places over 2 for his additional thickness over the top, out the hip, and through the leg.

Fourth Place:  2

Entry number:  132

The ewe is shown to more of an advantage considering the overall top line and is cleaner through the breast plate.  However, the wrinkly hided ewe is a steep docked lamb with the least volume of muscle through the leg in this class.