IN A first, for both the breed and the man himself the Australian Whites were judged by a sheep buyer at the Australian Sheep & Wool Show.
And the judge JBS Southern livestock manager Steve Chapman said it was a lot harder than he thought.
The growing breed had four exibitors from Victoria and NSW, with Oberon, NSW, stud Tattykeel taking a clean sweep of the broad ribbons.
Mr Chapman was a crowd favourite with his feedback on what processors were after in meat sheep, and what commercial producers wanted and where breeders should be headed.
First taking out the champion ewe and reserve, were two April/May 2014-drop ewe twins.
The champion ewe Tattykeel 140134 was also reserve at the NSW state sheep show and first in its class at the Sydney Royal show this year.
The ewes were sired by the same ram Tat 130053, which the Gilmore family sold to Sheena Chen, a Chinese buyer for $14,000.
Mr Chapman said the champion ewe had a really good head, structure and frame.
"She had a great feminine head and qualities with good muscle," he said.
"I think with the Australian White slogan as the breed of the future they are certainly on track."
The champion ram and reserve champion ram were also exhibited by the Gilmore family, Tattykeel.
Tattykeel 140041 was used in the stud and was also sired by the Tattykeel 130053.
The reserve ram was also reserve champion at the Sydney Royal show this year.
Mr Chapman said it was like splitting hairs on the top two rams, as the champion and reserve were "just fantastic".
"From the ram on top, I would love to see a chiller full of his progeny," he said.
"He is very square, neat enough and thick enough through the shoulders with a great top line and even spread through the legs."
The most successful exhibitor was also Tattykeel, sashed after winning first place in the group of one ram and two ewes.
Mr Chapman said he really enjoyed judging for the first time, and it was a good opportunity for the Aussie White breeders to get a bit more of a commercial aspect into judging.
"When I started I didn't realise it was going to be so difficult so its a credit to all the breeders," he said.
"I judged today without fear of failure of looking at the carcases the whole time and from commercial aspect I think a lot of breeds can learn from that judgment."
He said consistency was the key to everything and profits would reflect that.
Tattykeel co-principal Graham Gilmore said it was terrific to have had a sheep buyer as a judge.