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Evaluating Degree of Muscling
Center Leg and Base width

Light Muscled
(narrow)
Average Muscled
(average width)
Heavy Muscled
(wide)

These three pictures show lambs that are light muscled, average muscled, and heavy muscled. Note the differences among these lambs in thickness through the center of the leg and base width. The heavy muscled lamb on the far right shows the muscle shape that is desired, being extremely thick through the leg and having a square, wide top shape.