Where are you looking to get the bull from? Many trucks hauling west and almost all traveling back east empty. Might get a heck of a deal from one of them.
Is there a list of breeders with the MG breed society? When I was buying seedstock in Texas for my herd in NC, I located a haulier bringing finished cattle to SC for slaughter, I was able to have small loads added to incomplete loads at a reasonable cost, and all the advantages mentioned by previous posters.