A longhorn bull from Oklahoma with a record horn span of more than 8 feet has been sold for $165,000 at the Fort Worth Stockyards in Texas.

This bull will be "VIP" of the Texas Longhorn breeding ranch he's going to, with horns longer than Yao Ming is tall.

In October 2014, a longhorn earned the Guinness World Record for longest horn spread on a steer with a measurement of nearly 10 feet. "They just kind of keep getting bigger all the time," Dube said.

Many ranchers sell mounted horns to be hung in homes and public places. The horns are an official symbol of Fort Worth in Texas, while the Texas Longhorn is the Texas State Large Mammal.

"Cowboy Tuff Chex" has a set of horns that measure more than 100 inches tip-to-tip, a world record according to the Guinness World Records. On Friday, he could see bids as high as $500,000.

Dr. Seth Taylor, owner of Poncho Via, the world record longhorn steer and Dr. James Yarbrough measure Poncho Via's horn width behind Twin Creeks Veterinary Services in Ashland.

Huge horns! This longhorn is in the record books ALABAMA (KTRK) -- A 7-year-old Texas longhorn now holds the Guinness World Record for having the longest horns.

A Texas longhorn steer used its horns to undo the latch on the back of a trailer and made a dash for freedom on a Pennsylvania highway.

Bob Dube of Round Top measures the horns of his longhorn steer Awww Dude during the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo at NRG Center on Monday. Longhorn cattle, in Texas bigger-is-better fashion ...