Britain's biggest bullock weighs 3,682lbs

A COLOSSAL bull called The Field Marshall has reaffirmed his title as Britains biggest bullock.
The eight-year-old Charolais tipped the scales at 3,682lbs (1,670kg) - a staggering 300lbs more - than he weighed one year ago. He took part in a charity 'guess the weight contest, where organisers had to use specialist scales used to weigh lorries to calculate his mass.
The Field Marshall has overtaken the previous record holder, his former stablemate The Colonel, who stood 6ft 5ins tall and weighed 3,500lbs, before his death in 2005. The record-breaking bullock is the equivalent of a late teenager and is still growing.
Owner Arthur Duckett, 80, who bought the white steer four years ago, said: 'Hes in very good health and theres no reason why he wont keep on growing. 'Hes only eight and unless something unforeseen happens he will get bigger and bigger. But hes not fat - hes all muscle.
'I could feed him heavier but I dont want to make him look grotesque, I want him to be healthy and put on weight naturally. 'Thats why I keep him outdoors in a field and not inside. The Field Marshall shares a field on Mr Ducketts farm in Alstone, Somerset, with a 5ft 6in Highland steer and a small Friesian. He is now heavier than a Mini Cooper car which weighs 2,458lbs, and a BMW 3 series which tips the scales at just 3,053lbs.
Arthur, just 5ft 8ins tall, puts The Field Marshalls incredible size down to his parentage, appetite and the fact that he has been neutered, which boosts his growth. He eats more than 17lbs of feed every day and enjoys oats, barley, potatoes, fodder beet followed by a portion of hay. The Field Marshall was weighed at the Fatstock agricultural show at Sedgemoor Auction Centre near North Petherton, Somerset.
Visitors paid 2 to guess his weight and the winner received a tonne of cattle feed or the cash equivalent. The charity event raised 1,641 for Tauntons Musgrove Park Hospital in Somerset.
There is no longer an official record for the worlds biggest bullock as Guinness World Records does not want to encourage overfeeding.
The previous holder for Britain was a bull in Essex that died in 1830 weighing 4,480lbs. The last record to be recognised was set by a steer called Old Ben, who died in Kokomo, Indiana, in 1910. He weighed 4,720lbs and stood 6ft 4ins tall. Telegraph