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CVM's are judged using the same standard as the Romeldale with the exception of the pattern.

 

General- Romeldale & CVM sheep are sturdy animals with a strong bone structure and well balanced, ample bodies. In addition, the Romeldale/CVM has an alert but calm and confident disposition. Rams (175 - 275 pounds) should exhibit a masculine characteristics and ewes (140 - 175 pounds) should exhibit feminine characteristics.

Head and Neck- The long face is usually clean with a small topknot or bare head allowable. Eyes should be large, clear and alert. The ears medium in size and generally held horizontal on the head.
The neck should join smoothly with the shoulders and should be largely free of skin folds. If horned, ewes horns should be small, curved forward, downward and close to the jaw. Horns shouldn't touch the face or jaw. Either sex can be horned.

Body- The forequarter should be light and the shoulders level with the back. The back should be straight with good length and a flat loin blending smoothly from the base of the neck, ending in a minimal slope. The hindquarter should be broad to accommodate a wide pelvis.

Legs- Front legs should be straight and wide set. Rear legs should have a slight natural curve from a side view, be straight and wide spread from a rear view. Pasterns should be strong and upright. Sheep should move well with a free easy walk.

Udder or Scrotum- Ewes should have a well formed soft even udders with two good teats. Rams should have two large even well developed testicles.

Fleece- There are several wool styles that are acceptable within the breed. However only one style should be present on the body of a particular animal and it should be uniform through out. Belly wool shouldn't extend up and into the usable wool blanket.

Character- The high yielding fleece should be uniformly crimped from base to tip feel soft next to the skin. It should be free of kemp, hair and should be a length of 3 plus inches.

Color- Romeldales come in 2 varieties; White and Natural colored.

• White Romeldales should be free of black or brown hair but they may exhibit spots on their face, ears and legs.
• Natural Colored Romeldales are black, moorit-(brown), gray and spotted. They may have a variegated coloring exhibited in the fleece with more than one shade.
•  CVM's come in a wide variety of colors ranging from black, gray & moorit-(brown)and must have a badgerface pattern along with a dark legs, belly and under the tail or a reverse badgerface pattern with the light legs, belly and under the tail. The nature of the badger face in the CVM maybe deceptive as it can be so lightly marked and seem white. This is perfectly acceptable! Spots are also allowable and they are particularly prevalent on the face, legs and body.  Two unique qualities of this breed is it's non-fading fleece that may darken from birth through their first year as well as getting softer with age.

Luster- The fleece should exhibit a bright ,shiny. healthy appearance.

Quantity- Annual fleece production should be eight pounds or more for ewes and ten pounds or more for rams. These amounts should be attributed to density and length of the fleece rather than excessive grease weight.

Length- Annual fleece length should be 3 to 6 inches.

Grade- Wool with a spinning count of 58 -64 is within the breed standard.

Judging Scorecard
General Appearance 15%
Head and Neck 5%
Body 15%
Legs 10%
Udder & or Scrotum 5%
Wool 50 %

Some disqualifications or defects preventing registration.

• Wool count not meeting breed specifications
• Belly wool extending past the belly line
• Less than 2 normal sized testicles descended in the scrotum
• Under or overshot jaw
• Entropion
• Inverted teats
• Broken down pasterns
• Any serious bone deformity or any other defect which will limit the animal's usefulness