In photos: It's a bull market for these prize cattle at the 113th legendary Calgary auction

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The world's oldest continuous bull sale is a barometer for the Canadian cattle industry

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Participants listen to bids at the 113th annual Calgary Bull Sale, the world’s oldest continuous consignment bull sale, which was held over two days in Calgary on March 6 and 7, 2013.
(Chris Bolin For the Globe and Mail)
Interested bidders look over the stock at the 113th annual Calgary Bull Sale. As many as 500 ranchers and purebred producers from Western Canada and the United States attended the event to bid on Hereford bulls, Angus bulls and other breeds.
(Chris Bolin For the Globe and Mail)
A bid catcher announces a $4,000 offer at the 113th annual Calgary Bull Sale. Last year at the sale, a barometer for the Canadian cattle industry, saw a dramatic jump in both average and total sales.
(Chris Bolin For the Globe and Mail)
Andy Jones brushes a bull before showing it at the 113th annual Calgary Bull Sale. The average price for a bull sale at the first auction in 1900 was $85.17 while 2012 saw the highest prices in a decade, with the average bull selling for $5,726, which is a 33 per cent increase from 2011.
(Chris Bolin For the Globe and Mail)
Kiersty Nixdorff, left, and her cousin Elise Nixdorff take a break from working in the barns at the 113th annual Calgary Bull Sale.
(Chris Bolin For the Globe and Mail)
Dave Dennis, grooms a bull at the 113th annual Calgary Bull Sale.
(Chris Bolin For the Globe and Mail)
A participant at the 113th annual Calgary Bull Sale.
(Chris Bolin For the Globe and Mail)
Blair Fenton displays his prize-winning bull at the 113th annual Calgary Bull Sale.
(Chris Bolin For the Globe and Mail)
A rancher shows his bull at the 113th annual Calgary Bull Sale.
(Chris Bolin For the Globe and Mail)
A scene from the 113th annual Calgary Bull Sale.
(Chris Bolin For the Globe and Mail)
John MacGougan, a local rancher from Coronation, Alta., makes some notes before bidding at the 113th annual Calgary Bull Sale.
(Chris Bolin For the Globe and Mail)
Vacuums line stalls as bulls waits to be shown at the 113th annual Calgary Bull Sale.
(Chris Bolin For the Globe and Mail)
Judy Finseth, with Bar Pipe Ranch, sprays conditioner on a bull at the 113th annual Calgary Bull Sale.
(Chris Bolin For the Globe and Mail)
Two-year-old Sid Longson walks through the barns with his dad at the 113th annual Calgary Bull Sale.
(Chris Bolin For the Globe and Mail)
Winning bulls wait in the barns at the The 113th annual Calgary Bull Sale.
(Chris Bolin For the Globe and Mail)