I like to Judge animals for 4-H. I like to do this because I like to explain my reasoning. I also like to because me and my family get to travel to different states for competitions. I recently just went to Indiana on Saturday and got 3rd place out of Boone County. If you don’t like competition than you wouldn’t enjoy this. If you are wondering what is Livestock Judging is? It is that you are evaluating animals characteristics and making a comparison to the other animals in the ring according to their ideal standards. After you are done evaluating the animals then you will place them on however you think they will go like to go from greatest structure, to that they hock in. Hock in means that they walk like one foot in front of the other and they also have trouble walking. Why would it matter if they hock in or not?
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The picture on the left is a cattle class of Angus cattle. So what you would do first in this is start with your placing. I would place this as 2-4-3-1. Everybody’s placing in this cattle class will be different. The picture on the right shows parts of the cattle. This chart will be helpful when you judge so you can look at it while your deciding which one is better and why. Down below is a set of reasons for the picture on the left.
Reasons:
2-4-3-1 is my placing for this Angus heifers class. As we move into my top pair 2/4. I chose 2 because she has good form in her shoulder. Sure, 4 has great structure still I keep her 2nd. Into my middle pair 4/3. I chose 4 because she got a high tail head. Even though 3 has a good structure. Still, I keep her last because she hocks in which Makes her have trouble walking. Thank You! Why would I place them like this?