Is an easy and accurate method of estimating the condition or 'nutritional well being' of your sheep flock. It requires an assessment of the amount of muscle and fat covering the backbone and the short ribs of each sheep. This gives a picture of the sheep’s store of energy. It is the best method for monitoring pregnant and lactating ewes but is also useful for monitoring the growth of weaners. Condition scoring a mob at key times throughout the year gives producers key information to make management decisions in order to reach condition score targets for joining and lambing. Each assessment should only take a matter of seconds and condition scoring enough sheep to get an average of the mob will only take 20 minutes or so. It can be done while sheep are in for other husbandry activities.

https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/management-reproduction/condition-scoring-sheep

http://www.lifetimewool.com.au/conditionscore.aspx