Bull becomes record breaker after being sold for £126,000

You might not know it to look at him but Fabio is a record breaker - the 1tonne beast has set the standard for Limousin bulls worldwide after selling at auction for £126,000

The 17-month-old was expected to fetch £40,000 before being spotted by Alan Jenkinson – one of the wealthiest breeders in the country.

The sale, in Carlisle, set a new world record for a Limousin and a new British record for a bull by £21,000.

Fabio, who gets through 18kg (40lb) of cereal a day, was raised in Machynlleth, Powys, by Welsh farmer Glyn Vaughan.

The 53-year-old denied the bull was named after former England manager Fabio Capello but said: ‘The tradition is for all our bulls born in a year to be given a name starting in the same letter. 

‘It was the turn of the letter F and I was running out of names so we decided on Fabio. I am sorry to see him go but delighted he made so much money.’

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