Throwback Journal
DECEMBER 1982
The cover of the December 1982 Brangus Journal was hand drawn by Brangus Publications production manager, Billy J. Smallwood. IBBA director of field services, Tracy Holbert, announced the IBBA exhibit theme for the National Cattlemen’s Association Annual Convention to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada as “Any Country is Brangus Country.” Coverage of the recently held Bluebonnet Brangus Invitational in Brenham, Texas featured photographs of the grand champion bull and female. The grand champion bull was Mr. Williams 942-182M, a September 1980 son of WSR Cloud 942, shown by Clayton and Modesta Williams. The banner bull’s frame hid everyone at the backdrop and extended past the backdrop banner. After the show, Vineyard Cattle Company hosted their first ever production sale, averaging $17,157 on 30 lots. The sale was led off by the one-sixth breeding and semen interest, and 1,000 semen straws purchase of WBH-RSV Titan 23/6 “Tiny” purchased by Whitehall Plantation of Gena, Louisiana for $200,000. 64
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