“Pretty good” said Scott Hann, summing up another successful sale by the Hann family’s Truro Whiteface Hereford stud at Bellata.

Truro’s favourite son, Truro Sherlock, had achieved the stud’s highest ever sale price at its Annual Spring Sale held on-property on Monday, August 28.

Sherlock, the winner of the Champion Interbreed Bull prize and Champion of Champions at Brisbane’s prestigious Ekka, had been bought by a group of three buyers and was on his way to a new phase of his life.

Successful bidders were Andrew Mackay, ‘Merawah Poll Herefords’, Teeny and Kelly Runzer, ‘Tenaru Poll Herefords’, and Steve Wile, ‘Hunter Lakes Poll Herefords’, Hunter Valley.

Truro Sherlock had earlier earned himself a place in history as the first Whiteface bull to win the interbreed championship at the Ekka.

And Sherlock made history again, selling for the Truro sale record $130,000.

“This is the highest price we have ever got for a bull,” said Scott.

Scott and Pip have been married 30 years, and with daughters Tilly and Sophie, make up the family team at the Bellata stud.

Scott is third generation of the Hann family at Truro, a property set in picturesque country, rolling plains running into spectacular hills.

“We have always run Hereford cattle. It’s a beautiful part of the world out here,” Scott said.

The family is dedicated to the stud cattle they raise, and the most recent champion, star of the Ekka and earner of the record price, Truro Sherlock is a product of the family’s hard work, care and commitment to their cattle.

“It’s like raising another child. They become very special,” said Scott.

“When you spend so much time with them, work with them and see them every day, they become almost part of the family.

“Truro Sherlock is such an affectionate bull – they grow on you.

“He is treated the same as all the others it’s not until we do show preparation, we might pick out half a dozen and start preparing them for different sales.

“Sherlock just excelled from the moment we started to prep him for showing. He just started to shine.”

Competitive bidding was a testament to the recognition of Sherlock’s star status.

“The great part is that all the buyers and losing bidders are really good cattlemen so it was pretty amazing,” said Scott.

“The bull was appreciated for what he was.”

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