There was some tough competition in the show ring this weekend at the 2017 Grasslands Sheep Exhibition at Humboldt.

Judge Brian Greaves of Miniota, Manitoba says producers brought some top quality animals to the show.

"What I'm looking for is an animal that has heavy bones, if you want to hang meat on a carcass you've got to have heavy bones. You want to be shorter leg, heavy boned, a good spring of rib, long length especially taking the loin and the back end, plenty of length back there because of the valuable cuts."

12 year old Emma Grimmeyer with Sheep Lake Suffolks at Clyde, Alberta showed the Supreme All Breeds Champion Ewe, while Clint Wiens of Wiens Livestock at Drake showed the Supreme All Breeds Ram(pictured below).

"61 D, he's from a favourite old ewe, she's eight years old, that's quite old for a ewe," Wiens explained.  "She's been on our farm ever since she was born, it is just nice to see something you've worked really hard for for a lot of years finally pay off."

Wiens raises both Dorsets and Hampshires.

The Dorsets he says are a good maternal breed, they have twins often are good milkers and very hardy with our Saskatchewan winters, the Hampshires are a terminal breed so their lambs always go to market, they grow fast and have really good carcass quality.

The sheep show wraps up Sunday afternoon with the sale, that begins at 1 pm.