Bull pulls a record price

Angus bull Fossil Creek Urban U032 AB bellows after being sold for $71,000 at the 25th annual Fossil Creek bull sale in North Otago yesterday.

The buyers, Rob and Tracy Sherson, of Shian Angus stud in Taumarunui, King Country, set a record by paying the most for a bull in the history of the Fossil Creek stud.

Fossil Creek was the last in a series of on-farm sales in Otago and Southland this year and $71,000 was the highest price paid for a bull.