2016-2017 Show Animals of the Year

International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA) Show Animals of the Year were announced at the IBBA Show Animal Awards Banquet on July 28 in Texarkana, Arkansas.

The Black Show Sire of the Year for the 2016-2017 show season is SBR NIGHT TRAIN 781RZ with 441 points. Night Train is owned by Traci Middleton, of Mill Creek Land & Cattle, in Puryear, Tennessee.

“We are very pleased that Night Train has been designated as Show Sire of the Year,” Middleton said, on behalf of Mill Creek Land & Cattle. His offspring have consistently been competitive at regional and national shows under the evaluation of top judges and cattlemen from across the United States. Night Train is a relatively young sire and we are excited about his future in the Brangus breed.”

The Red Show Sire of the Year for the 2016-2017 show season is TRIO’s YUCATAN 175Y with 231 points. Yucatan is owned by TRIO Cattle & Genetics, in Madisonville, Texas.

“For Yucatan, this honor has been several years in the making,” said Allen Goode of TRIO Cattle & Genetics. “His first calf, Aristotle 175A, was the 2015 Reserve National Grand Champion Bull. Yucatan has continued to prove himself with each subsequent calf crop.”

“Yucatan consistently stamps his progeny with extra quality and dimension that sets them apart from their herd mates,” Yucatan Co-Owner Marcos Borges of MBJ Ranch stated. “In one calf crop for us he sired the National Champion Female and the San Antonio Grand Champion Female.”

“When one considers Yucatan and his full sister, the Show Dam of the Year, Wildfire 175W, you can fully appreciate the distinguishing style, balance and performance of the 175 family,” Goode said. “It is, also, notable that Yucatan progeny produced and exhibited from multiple breeding programs contributed to his receiving of this award.”

The Black Show Dam of the Year for the 2016-2017 show season is DDD AMBROSIA 150Y10 with 227 points. Ambrosia is owned by Doguet’s Diamond D Ranch, in Poteet, Texas.

The Red Show Dam of the Year for the 2016-2017 show season is TRIO’s WILDFIRE 175W with 211 points. Wildfire is owned by TRIO Cattle & Genetics, in Madisonville, Texas.

The TRIO partners each offered their perspective on this honor for their prolific donor:

“As a show heifer, Wildfire will always be very cherished by our family,” stated Damon Acord. “Since we raised and showed both her parents, we were excited to have such a striking prospect in the barn. She and Austin bonded quickly and were such a winning duo. Then her daughter, Zamy 175Z2, and our youngest daughter, Audrey, won honors that no other Red Brangus female has achieved in the Texas Junior Show arenas, not to mention the 2015 IBBA National Championship title.”

“The mark of a true champion is in the progeny they produce. As a two-time national champion, the bar was set high for Wildfire,” said Goode. “Now there are actually three generations of Wildfire progeny that have been awarded banners and are just flat out great cattle.”

“Wildfire has been producing outstanding, productive Red Brangus since her first calf,” stated Wildfire Co-Owner Victor DeLeon of MLS Rancho La Victoria. “It is quite notable that she won this award with three progeny sired by two different sires, as proof of how well she mates with multiple genetics lines.”

The Black Show Bull of the Year for the 2016-2017 show season is DDD ROCKEFELLER 804B25 with 99 points. Rockefeller is owned by Doguet’s Diamond D Ranch, Double Diamond Cattle Company, and Clayton D. Johnson.The Red Show Bull of the Year for the 2016-2017 show season is CX LEGENDS DREAM 3/B1 with 92 points. Legends Dream is owned by Cox Excalibur Brangus, in Katy, Texas.

“Cox Excalibur is honored to win the Show Bull of the Year Award with CX Legends Dream 3/B1, a bull that has caught the eye of many breeders around the world. As a one-year-old, he won grand champion at the San Antonio Livestock Show and won that same award again as a two-year-old,” said Don Cox. “Then, in 2017, he won the International Brangus Show in Houston as the Grand Champion Bull. CX is proud to have bred and raised him to help improve Red Brangus.”

The Black Show Heifer of the Year for the 2016-2017 show season is DDD UNFORGETTABLE 150B12 with 102 points. Unforgettable is owned by Doguet’s Diamond D Ranch, in Poteet, Texas.

“I am very humbled to receive three out of four of these major [black] Brangus awards, and I owe it to my team,” says Mike Doguet. “Starting with Genetics Manager Tim Lucherk, and his family, for making the right mating decisions with cattle that work in the pasture along with the show ring.”

The Red Show Heifer of the Year for the 2016-2017 show season is SJCC CARROUSEL 175C4 with 90 points. Carrousel is owned by Red Bud Farms, in Ben Lomond, Arkansas.

“For breeder Southern Jewel Cattle Company, Show Heifer of the Year, Carrousel, is the result of their initial investment into the Red Brangus breed as part of an embryo package acquired from TRIO Cattle & Genetics in the 2014 Ideal Video Customer Appreciation Sale in Houston,” said Goode. “For Red Bud Farms, Carrousel represents an opportunity to further expand their donor program with elite females they believe will define the future of the breed.”

“Carrousel has been a powerful individual and a stand out in any breed from the day she was born,” stated Southern Jewel Co-Owner Casey Buzzard. “Shannon [Payne] and I wish to thank Allen Goode for his genetic consultation and Jessica Maxwell for her diligent care and expert preparation of Carrousel through her show career.”

“Carrousel’s combination of power, performance with femininity, along with her pedigree that includes breed greats of Statesman 100S and Wildfire 175W as her parents, presents the opportunity for her to produce the most unique Red Brangus in the years to come,” said Josh Walker of Red Bud Farms.