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Let's do some online cattle judging.

CattleArmy

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I had this idea it's either gonna be a hit or a big miss. I thought it might be fun to judge some cattle on here. You know as some of us did in high school and even some here might have been on college teams. It's not about putting down the cattle it's simply about judging them as a class. Deciding who gets to be number one and who gets fourth. Plus I thought it would be a great chance to get to see some cattle.

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Number 1

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Number 2


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Number 3


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Number 4

The class is of bred angus heifers. In hind site I think now I should have also taken a rear shot of the girls too.
 

CattleArmy

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So I'll start I'd place them 2, 4, 1, 3.

Next.........

Maybe if the next person disagrees we could include reasons why to place them in that order??
 

MN Farm Girl

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2-4-1-3 I judge general livestock for FFA and 4-H thanks for the practice class. :D I'll write a set of reasons. It would be good practice.
 

CattleArmy

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MN Farm Girl said:
2-4-1-3 I judge general livestock for FFA and 4-H thanks for the practice class. :D

I also judged in FFA. I have had the privilage or is it the patience to have been with a college judging team recently and that's where the thought originated.

My advice to you looking back go as far as you can with the FFA program. Some of my friends went on to be state officers and now as adults still work at the National Convention. I wish I'd wanted to go to a college that had a college level judging team and been way more serious about it. They go to some great stock shows around the country. The traveling alone would be a great experience in my opinion.
 

Turkey Track Bar

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I agree....2-4-1-3, although I could see switching the bottom.

Thanks for the practice. I have the opportunity to officiate the State 4-H/FFA contest here in about 2 weeks.

This is fun!

Good job CRM.

Cheers---

TTB :wink:
 

leanin' H

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I'll agree with ya and go 2,4,1,3! #2 is a nice long heifer and carries her muscle well into her hock, which will put pounds on her bull calves. She appears to have the nicest rear quarters from the pictures available. Her back is strait and she has decent depth.
#4 has a great topline and depth. She carries her depth throughout and couples well. She has a great frame and should throw soggy calves if paired to a good bull. Her head isn't as feminine and she looks a little rafter hipped. #1 and #3 aren't as good as the top half. #1 lacks the length of the top pair but does carry decent depth of frame. Her bag is built well and she has a nice head. #3 would be my least favorite heifer as she lacks length, is short necked and slopes downhill as she couples. She does carry well through the girth and could throw good calves if paired with a longer, bigger framed bull. She carrys to much waste through the brisket for me and stands a little post legged on her front end. My reasons are all based on the pictures shown and i enjoyed lookin' at these cows. Thanks for posting! :D
 
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Anonymous

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4 is the wrong color :wink: :p so I have to go 2, 3, 1......

1 has a really high tailhead (or it may be the way she's standing) - but we just got thru with a discussion on another site- where amongst several angus breeders- all agreed that while a high tailhead might distract from looks, could name no other drawback they cause....

If I stuck in that bad colored one- I'd probably have to go 2,4,3,1.....
 

Shortgrass

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4,2,1,3. Color is the only reason anyone could place 4 anywhere but the top. She is straighter barreled than the rest. # 2 is higher in the flank. That's the way a colorblind cowman might look at it.
 

CattleArmy

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Shortgrass said:
4,2,1,3. Color is the only reason anyone could place 4 anywhere but the top. She is straighter barreled than the rest. # 2 is higher in the flank. That's the way a colorblind cowman might look at it.


Shortgrass I think you have a very valid point. It was a very hard decision for me the way the top two should be placed.
 

Soapweed

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2-4-1-3. Good idea, CattleArmy. My only comment is that I think the number one heifer is under-rated. She might make the best cow of the bunch. She has "capacity" and should thrive on a "forage only" diet, which seems to fit the current trend. I also like her udder structure. It would be interesting to see all of the heifers with calves at side in the fall. My scientific wild guess would be that the number one heifer could have the calf that weans off at the highest ratio compared to the size of her weight. The number three heifer has the least "eye appeal" for my bespeckled lookers. :shock: She seems unbalanced and shy in the hindquarters.

Nice bunch of heifers overall. Thanks, CattleArmy.
 

CattleArmy

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The number three heifer was a twin. I also think the way of the photo doesn't quite do her justice. She definatly is the bottom heifer of the class but she was turning a little to look back at me as the photo was taken. Next class I'm going to take the rear end pictures to. Or at least that's my plan. :wink:
 

jigs

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had a buddy who HATED giving reasons, so to be sure he was not put on another judging team, he gave reasons once along the following lines....

I placed the class 4,3,2,1, based on the theory if I were a bull ... with 1 having poor teats and a small rear,I just wouldn't be interested. 2 and 3 are really interchangable, depending on how long it has been since you bred,but here I give the the bump to 3 because she has a better lookin rear end than 2, and as a bull, I am a rear end man.
I put 4 in first because she has it going on, nice tits, and a big rear, lots of junk in her trunk....if I were a bull, I would definately hit that!




can't remember how it went exactly, but this was pretty close......he never judged again!
 

Sandhusker

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2-4-3-1

When I was a Senior, we went to State and they had a class of black bulls that I felt was very hard because none of them were worth a tap. I began my reasons saying something like, 'None of these animals would be a gomer on my place and due to the poor quality of the individuals, I'm going to start from "coyote bait" and work up to "unacceptable". I didn't get a very good score on that class. :lol:
 

PureCountry

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I guess I see it a little differently. I like deeper VS. longer, so I'd put the 2 heifer down. I think the 1 heifer has an excellently balanced udder, and is deeper bodied. Besides the fact that's got 3 legs, as nonothing so kindly pointed out :lol: , she's my #1. The red heifer 2nd, then #2, then #3.

So, in summation ladies and gentleman, I place this class of bred Angus heifers, 1-4-2-3. Thank you, and good day. :wink:
 

Big Muddy rancher

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Sandhusker said:
Hard to tell from just one picture, but it looks to me that #1 doesn't have a butt. She also seems to lack the length others have.


#1 seems to have more fill so that and depth can make cattle look shorter then in reality.
It is hard to tell with one picture and in person we all might place them different. :)
 

Kato

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4 - Like her strong topline, and length of body.
2 - nice and thick,
3 - could be interchanged with 2, I think they're pretty close
1 - hate that tailhead. The drawback we believe with a high tailhead is that it can indicate calving problems in the future.

There was a study done over about 25 years with a herd of Angus cows that were selected strictly on weaning weight and milking ability. Over this time frame they measured the cows to see if there was a coorelation between any body type and milking ability. The only measurement that changed in this herd was that the animals all got longer as the generations went by. This is a good reason to like a long bodied cow, as long as she has depth of body too.
 

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