SFASUshowman said:Remember that show day appraisal is pretty much just visual and as judges we cant ever be sure what is actually under the hide until it comes off....u have to remember that grading is based mostly off of marbling...and the best fat guess we get is cover, which doesnt always equal marbling....if you truly go back and look at all show results and how the steers actually pack out, you would see that a lof times the Champs and Reserves arent the best carcasses when hung on the rail...but the judge cant know that unless we killed em in the ring.box6rranch said:Oh man, I wonder if 4-H offices send the results of the carcass contest to the judges???? I would love for our wonderful judge to also know that his grand champ pick came in the bottom 1/3 of carcass judging and graded select!!!! And the reserve only placed three above that. Geez.........I know I'd rather have a feed lot owner or foreman judge our contest any day of the week.
If it's just a visual thing . . . . then some have xray vision. 8)
The best ones judge by laying on hands.