2025 National 4-H Practice Contest Walkthrough
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In this scenario, we aim to produce commercial bucks for sale to breeders in the expanding United States market, particularly in Texas. They are valuable because you can kick out lambs and not have to castrate and band tails to take to the sale barn.
A couple of things that stick out on the chart. There are two that are higher on their 60-day weight and two that are lower.
When you turn around, there's an easy place to start, and that is with the #3 ewe. She's opened-up, bold-bodied, has a great look from the side, is feminine and sound structured. She's really nice.
The remaining three get a little closer. #4 is too straight off both ends. She's a wide-made, huge-bodied female who has so much power, but with it, she's too straight. If we kick her out in the pasture, she's going to struggle more than the others in the class. We appreciate her width and body, but she's entirely too straight and needs to go bottom.
In the middle pair, #2 is wider-constructed and bolder bodied. #1 is more feminine, refined, and longer-necked. When moving around and sticking to structure and function, the #2 is more relaxed in terms of her angles. The #1 ewe is a little more upright in her rear hocks and higher in terms of her forerib than #2.
We placed the class 3-2-1-4 with cuts of 4,2,4.
