1. A system for measuring preselected physical dimensions of an animal comprising: a chute means for confining the animal in a vertical upright standing position; a first side wall means associated with said chute means for enabling viewing of a side profile of the animal and measurement of dimensional characteristics of the animal; a top wall means associated with said chute means for enabling viewing of a top profile of the animal and measurement of dimensional characteristics of the animal; a first image receiving means located opposite to and in predeterminal spaced relationship to said side wall means for recording a side profile image of the animal and said side wall means; a second image receiving means located opposite to and in predetermined spaced relationship to said top wall means for imaging a top profile of the animal; an image reproducing means communicating with said image receiving means for reproducing the said profile image and top profile image of the animal; and linear measurement means associated with said image reproducing means for measuring predetermined linear physical characteristics of the animal.