JUDGES

ASSOCIATION JUDGES VS NON ACCREDITED JUDGES

WHAT'S THERE TO JUDGE?

THE LIST

ABGA

ADGA

AMGA

IBGA

USBGA

Livestock Judging Think you can?

Iowa State University Livestock Judging

Texas A & M Sample Sets of Oral Reasons

The difference between being Objective and Subjective

"A livestock judge should always remember that each class is officiated in a subjective manner"

If that is the case, then why is that? There are only small matters that cause any particular animal to be different. As in, how much they weigh, how tall they are, how old they may be at the time they are being shown.

Objective means an "object". Objects are concrete things that you can hold and look at. Subjective are things that you can not see and have to wonder about. In saying that, it makes it no easier for any of us that participate in showing livestock.

As any exhibitor knows, it is difficult to see what a judge sees from the angle he/she sees it from.  At times we may question what and why a judge selects what they do, at any given time. 

When exhibitors pay for the opinion and evaluation of a judge, I believe that the expectation is for he/she to be fair.  What more can anyone ask for.  The reason judges give for their selection should match what we all see.  If the reasons do not match, then it makes it more difficult for anyone that wants to participate, to know what to purchase or raise as show stock.

We see them, we know what they look like, we all seem to have an opinion of what we like or think is a complete animal.  We take what we have and hope that is what the judge is looking for.