Project Description Sheep Livestock Judging

This project teaches you to select and evaluate livestock, give oral reasons, and place classes of livestock. Evaluation of livestock is an exciting and thought-provoking experience. The ultimate goal of livestock judging is to compare your perception of and animal against the ideal, and then to contrast your opinion with another individual or group.

There are no levels within this project. There will be increasing contest scores. Will practice your ability to place classes accurately increases. Which in a contest increases your scores.

Project Requirements

Project Books Required? No

Project books can be purchased here

*** Please note, if you do not attend at least one workshop in your project area during the 4-H year, you will be required to complete activities in your project book and turn it in with your record book. The number of activities required to complete a 4-H year in each project book can be found here.

  • A "judging Pro" - Livestock Judging Steno book should be purchased.
  • There will be travel to practices and travel to contest. the team usually travels to contests together, although other options can be used.

Project age limit? 8 and up

Project Superintendent Information

Livestock Judging Superintendent: Georgana Webster
Contact: legallyblondentall(at)gmail.com or 406-438-2842
How will you be contacted? Text, email and phone.

 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Montana State University and the Montana State University Extension Service prohibit discrimination in all of their programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital and family status. Issued in furtherance of cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Director of Extension, Extension Service, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717