An angus bull has sold for an eye-watering $92,000 after two buyers pooled their resources to bag the beast.

The bull was the first of four from Wairoa's Cricklewood Angus to go under the hammer at Tangihau Station, northwest of Gisborne, on Monday.

The Mt. Mable Angus pedigree herd run by Kevin and Megan Friel can now be found on their 650 acre farm south of Dannevirke but the cattle earned their stripes on the original steep, wet King Country family hill farm for over 40 years.

2020’s 2 year old Mt Mable Angus bull sale has cemented our reputation for quality and highly sought after bulls – in a year which can only be described as dreadful for many farming families, with the doubly whammy of severe drought and Covid 19,