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F31 Judging Beef Heifers
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 2
Steps to Judging Beef Heifers
1. Evaluate heifers from the ground up and from the rump (rear) forward
2. Rank the traits for their importance 3. Evaluate the most important traits first 4. Eliminate any easy placings in the class 5. Place the class based on the volume of the important traits
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 3
Ranking of Traits for Beef Heifers
1. Soundness and structural correctness 2. Capacity or volume 3. Style and balance 4. Degree of muscling 5. Femininity
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 4
Evaluating Soundness and Structural Correctness
When evaluating structure and soundness, attention should be given to the following areas:
1. Feet 2. Pasterns 3. Hocks 4. Knees 5. Rump 6. Shoulder
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 5
Evaluating Soundness/Correctness: Feet
Feet turned out (not square)
Poor depthof heel
Hoof-skin junction too close to ground
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 6
Excellent foot
Good foot size that is square
Foot sits flatly on surface Good depth
of heel
Evaluating Soundness/Correctness: Feet
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 7
Evaluating Soundness/Correctness: Pasterns
Pastern too weak
Pastern too straight
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 8
Excellent pasterns
Flex with strength
Nice set to pasterns
Evaluating Soundness/Correctness: Pasterns
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 9
Too straight (post-legged) Sickle hocked Cow hocked
Evaluating Soundness/Correctness: Hocks
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 10
Excellenthocks
Correct set to hocks (square, flat boned,
powerful)
Evaluating Soundness/Correctness: Hocks
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 11
Short and steep rumped from hooks
to pins.
Evaluating Soundness/Correctness: Rumps
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 12
Excellentrump
Long rumped and level from hooks to pins
Evaluating Soundness/Correctness: Rumps
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 13
Too straight in shoulder Too coarse through shoulder
Evaluating Soundness/Correctness: Shoulder
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 14
Excellent shoulderNice set and
smoothness to shoulder
Evaluating Soundness/Correctness: Shoulder
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 15
Evaluating Capacity or Volume
Capacity (volume) is determined by three factors: 1. Body width (rib shape)
Heifers should be wide bodied with good spring of rib 2. Depth of body
When viewed from the side, body depth should be at least ½ the distance from the top of the back to the ground
3. Length of body Heifers should be long bodied
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 16
Narrow bodied(no spring of rib)
Short bodied
Shallow rear flank
Evaluating Capacity or Volume
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 17
Excellent, wide open rib shape Excellent, uniform body depth
Evaluating Capacity or Volume
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 18
Evaluating Style and Balance
Style and balance is related to how well all the pieces of the heifer fit together. Points to consider include:
1. Straightness of top line 2. Balance between body width, depth, and length 3. Smoothness and angularity of front 4. Blending of the shoulder, ribs, and hip
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 19
Coarse shoulder
Thick neck and wasty dewlap
Coarse, opened shoulder
Short necked
Pinched in forerib
Evaluating Style and Balance
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 20
Good front-endSmooth, angular front
Excellent style and balanceStraight top line
Long, clean neck
Width, depth, and length balanced
Evaluating Style and Balance
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 21
Evaluating Degree of Muscling
To determine degree of muscling, evaluate the following: 1. Thickness through the center of the quarter when viewed
from the rear. 2. Width between rear feet when the heifer walks or stands. 3. Shape over the top.
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 22
Light Muscled
Very narrow
Average Muscled
Average width
Heavy Muscled
Good width
Evaluating Degree of Muscling
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 23
Great top shape (heavy muscled)
Evaluating Degree of Muscling
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 24
Evaluating Femininity
When evaluating femininity in heifers, attention should be given to:
1. Refinement of head 2. Length of the neck 3. Angularity of the neck and shoulder 4. Blending of the shoulder to the forerib
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 25
Not feminine
Is it a heifer ora steer?
Too thick through neck and shoulder
Coarse head
Evaluating Femininity
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 26
Not feminine
Too much shoulder
Excess hide in dewlap
Evaluating Femininity
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 27
Evaluating Femininity: Super Feminine
Refined head (narrow muzzle)
Long, clean neck
Clean, angular shoulder
Good blendingof shoulderto forerib
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 28
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3 4
Example Beef Heifer Class I
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 29
Official Placing: 1 - 4 - 2 - 3 Cuts: 5 - 2 - 5
Heifer Class I
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1 2
3 4
Example Beef Heifer Class II
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Infovets Educational Resources – www.infovets.com – Slide 31
Heifer Class II
Official Placing: 1 - 3 - 4 - 2 Cuts: 3 - 5 - 4