It was a National Shorthorn Bull Sale like no other but it didn't affect Calrossy's primary industries team from excelling.
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The school's shorthorn stud offloaded all four of their Kamilaroi Shorthorns on Wednesday - and for a good price, too.
In total, the bulls went for over $40,000. One went for $12,000, another two went for $10,000 each and the last went for $9000.
Year 11 student Grace Purtle was taking part in her second sale said it was an unreal result.
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"We're all very happy and to know under different circumstances we can still make that amount is a positive," she said.
The sale going online due to the COVID-19 pandemic was those different circumstances.
And Miss Purtle said going online didn't take anything away from the sale.
"The students gathered in a room to watch the sale and the hype was still there," the 16-year-old said.
"We were still nervous, we were still excited. It was just different."
Calrossy's Tangara farm manager Geoff Nielsen said moving to an online sale came with its challenges but the way the team adapted helped achieve a good result.
"It was easier from the point of view that we didn't have to transport the animals to Dubbo but it was harder with having to get people to come and inspect them," he said.
"We didn't know what sort of response we'd get but we had a very good response in terms of the number of people coming to inspect."
