Booker breaks world record for bull sale

Local auctioneer Butch Booker made the sale of a lifetime last week.

He auctioned off a young Hereford bull that set a world record Feb. 25 when it sold for $600,000 at a sale in Idaho, according to a national Hereford organization.

Booker said he had no idea that the bull, only a little more than a year old, would sell for that amount.

“I was excited and in the back of your mind, you want to just celebrate, but I had 274 more lots to sell,” he said.

Booker has been auctioneer at the Colyer Herefords and Angus Show for close to 25 years.

“It’s not about the record,” Booker said. “It’s being ab...