Being the first southern bull sale of the season can be a double-edged sword, a vendor says. The rising 2-year-old bull sale season in Otago and Southland begins at Puketoi Angus stud in the Maniototo tomorrow. The stud was established in 1972, vendor Kyle Hagen said. Tomorrow would be the 32nd bull sale on the 3000ha sheep, beef and arable property Puketoi Station near Patearoa. Back in the day, the annual sale was held in early June but the date was brought forward to avoid clashing with a cluster of southern bull sales in the first two weeks of the month. ‘‘There was a real bottleneck of sales.’’ The Puketoi Angus sale was moved to the first Monday in the third week of May. Three years ago, the sale was brought forward again to the Thursday in the second week of May. Thursdays were better to hold a sale because often farmers used a Monday to organise their week ahead. The move to Thursday made Puketoi Angus the first bull sale of the southern season.…