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| Evaluation
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| Division Of
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| By Points
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| Characteristics
| Desirable
| Questionable
| Undesirable
| Max.
| Actual
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| 1
| General Type
| Good length with moderate
depth an thickness. Top of hips slightly higher than top of shoulders. Angular shaped body. Strong legs with free
movement. bulls thicker and more heavily muscled than cows, exhibiting masculine crest development on neck at
maturity.
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Any evidence of hump directly over shoulder region or
evidence of other than Longhorn breed conformation.
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| 2
| Ears
| Medium to small, short round ears,
pigmented and fitted horizontally under horns or sloping slightly upward.
| Longer, droopy ears.
| Extremely large and/or droopy ears. Unpigmented ears.
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| Head
| Showing masculinity or femininity
according to sex; moderate width with pronounced length. From poll to muzzle straight profile. Pigmented around
eyes. Symmetrical eyes, and nose alignment.
| Wide blocky head. convex forehead. "Roman
nose."
| Masculine or steer type head on cows. Steer type head on bulls.
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| Muzzle
| Mealy mouthed or pigmented,
wide and symmetrical. Teeth correctly aligned.
| Non-pigmented.
| Wry nose,
overshot or under shot jaw. Harelip or deformed palate.
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| Neck
| Trim on cows, muscular on bulls.
Long with minimal loose skin.
| Ewe neck or very short. Pendulous dewlap.
| Masculine on cow. Feminine on bull.
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| Shoulders
| Free moving, smooth.
Well-muscled on bulls. blending smoothly to neck and ribs.
| Open on top sharply dropping down
behind shoulders.
| Wide coarse or too vertical.
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| Brisket
| Trim and free from excessive
fleshiness.
| Excessive fat, downward sloping and excessive dewlap.
| Fullness in lower neck and brisket to give a Buffalo type silhouette.
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| Tail
| Long with full switch.
| Very short tail.
| Wry tail or genetic bob tail.
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| Back
| Strong straight topline with
maximum length between the shoulders and hooks.
| Extreme swayback and shortness between
shoulders and hooks.
| Long chine bones on cows extending much higher than shoulder blades
revealing inconsistent calving history.
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| 10
| Loin
| Broad and full rib eye area.
| Narrow and low.
| Extremely narrow and low.
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| Ribs
| Well sprung elliptical.
| Slab sided.
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| 12
| Hooks and Pins
| Reasonably prominent
with good length between.
| Excessive narrowness between hooks. Short between hooks and
pins.
| Excessive downward slope toward rear.
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| Hindquarters
| Long, slightly sloping
from hooks to pins. Full and well developed.
| High pins and tail head associated with tilted
vulva.
| Short, narrow, extra droopy. Small and concave.
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| 14
| Heart Girth
| Full on Bulls. Angular on
Cows.
| Pinched girth.
| Deep chested non angular cows.
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| Legs and Feet
| Squarely set, sound feet,
legs, hocks, and joints with adequate bone. Hard hooves.
| Short legs, sickle hocks or
"Post" legs - extra close weak hocks, very small bones.
| Mule footed. Unsoundness. Weak
pasterns.
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| Size and Flesh
| Easy fleshing. Adequate
size for environment to show good gain and health.
| Small for age and environment.
| Unthrifty, chronic-poor flesh. Lacking mature size for environment.
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| Hide
| Vascular and pliable.
| Too tight or excessive skin fold. Excessive sheath, neck flap or navel flap.
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| Hair (dependent on environment)
| Cows -
Short, straight, slick coat. Bulls - Coarse, wire-type hair on head and neck. Long hair in ears.
| Dull, dry
bristly hair.
| Slow shedding in spring season. Long shaggy hair indicative of impurities such as
Scotch Highland.
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| Sheath
| Retracted prepuce, small orifice,
flat small-sized navel flap.
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Long pendulous sheath,
non-retractable prepuce. Excessive navel flap on male and female.
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| Udder and Teats
| Well attached udder,
equally balanced quarters, pigmented small teats, and abundant milk production adequate to raise a fat calf.
| Teats too large for calf to nurse at birth.
| Hard, firm, meaty udder, unable to produce
enough milk for her calf.
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| Disposition
| Mild, tractable.
| Nervous
| Unmanageable
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| Reproduction
| Early maturity and
longevity. Cows - Regular calving and early puberty. bulls - Masculine, virile, high libido, high quality semen in
volume.
| Abnormal reproductive organs.
| Cows - Slow breeders, late puberty,
abortive. Bulls - Unmatched testes and below breed average scrotal circumferences.
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| Color
| More varied than those of the
Rainbow. Colors and mixes are so various that no two appear exactly alike. Wild, flamboyant, loud colors.
| color patterns that would indicate impurities such as Hereford markings.
| Non-pigmented around eyes, nose, ears, and teats.
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| Horn Growth
| Cows - Wide, twisted
outward, measuring 40" or more, tip to tip at maturity. Bulls - Horns with lateral length and a slight forward upward
sweep of 46" or more tip to tip on mature bulls, and a base circumference of 12" or more.
| Cows - Horns that curve sharply upward and or measure under 35" tip to tip at maturity. Bulls - Horns
that curve sharply upward and or inward with under 40" tip to tip at maturity. Small base circumference.
| Small amount of horn as to indicate impurities or below traditional horn size.
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| Total Possible
| 100
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| Total of Subject
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