While the weather outside was extremely wet the atmosphere inside Dandeleith's new bull arena was warm and dry, the open-sided shed being sealed by a wall of hay bales, stepped for visitor comfort with a great view of the ring.
This was Dandeleith's first on-farm bull sale, the stud having preferred to participate in the Cashbac Bull Sale at the Dannevirke Sale Yards for many years.
This year 28 rising two-year-old bulls went under the PGG Wrightson auctioneer's hammer and the average price of $7242 was well up on last year's sale, much to farmer Willy Philip's satisfaction.
![Farmer Willy Philip has a watchful eye on this bull, sold by PGG Wrightson auctioneers for $8000, just above the sale average.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/NHFNKWFVVHVB5MVT2R5EY746CE.jpg?auth=cee9752e2e9d16ca5b340b33353b55e31bd566a48c65bc854c368a8076b9021f&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
"I have to pay for the new arena somehow," he joked after the sale.