Quality bulls met a ready market, and following a 92% clearance auctioneer Trevor Wylie confirmed that 22 bulls changed hands to average £2,866 – an increase of £270 on this time last year Michael Robson, Doagh, exhibited the female champion Kilbride when 18 lots levelled at £2,596.Sale topper at 4,200gns was the first prize winning Scribby Farms Barney, a 17-month-old entry by the Dripsey Super King son, Leeherd Woodstock. Consigned by the Nelson family – William, Margaret, George and Keith from Rosslea, Co Fermanagh, his dam was the Madera daughter, Ready Penny Sheba. He had a terminal sire index of +36 and a self replacing index of +33, and sold to Alexander and Kathryn Ross who run 60 suckler cows at Newtownards, Co Down.
Have a look through our old photographs and see who you can spot.
![Top priced bull at the NI Simmental Club's Dungannon show and sale was Scribby Farms Barney which realised 4,200gns for Messrs Nelson, Rosslea, Co Fermanagh. Picture: Julie Hazelton](https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjhjZmUxMGYzLTc3NGUtNDMyMi1iNWRmLWI4MmNhNmI5YzcwZjo3OGFkMmJiMy0xMDQ4LTQxOWQtYjk5OS0yNWUwNDVlNDY1NWM=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
1. Top priced bull at the NI Simmental Club's Dungannon show and sale was Scribby Farms Barney which realised 4,200gns for Messrs Nelson, Rosslea, Co Fermanagh. Picture: Julie Hazelton
Top priced bull at the NI Simmental Club's Dungannon show and sale was Scribby Farms Barney which realised 4,200gns for Messrs Nelson, Rosslea, Co Fermanagh. Picture: Julie HazeltonPhoto: Julie Hazelton
![Simmental breeders Billy Robson OBE, Doagh, and Cecil McIlwaine, Newtownstewart, at the club's Dungannon show and sale. Picture: Julie Hazelton](https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjM1NmMxY2VlLTkxZmEtNGE3ZS1hMzc1LTFkZmRkOWMxMWEyNDo2MzE0N2VkYy1jMDE1LTRjODQtYjZlYS1lZjZhZjA2NmVhYjQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
2. Simmental breeders Billy Robson OBE, Doagh, and Cecil McIlwaine, Newtownstewart, at the club's Dungannon show and sale. Picture: Julie Hazelton
Simmental breeders Billy Robson OBE, Doagh, and Cecil McIlwaine, Newtownstewart, at the club's Dungannon show and sale. Picture: Julie HazeltonPhoto: Julie Hazelton
![Barry Chambers, Portadown, and Robin Boyd, Portglenone, keep an eye on trade at the NI Simmental Club's show and sale, Dungannon. Picture: Julie Hazelton](https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmE0Yjg2ZjgwLTI5NmMtNDEyMC1hYTVkLWQ4NTVmZDU1MTcwZjphYjI2OWZiMC0yNGI3LTQ2ODUtYmRhNy1mNTg1NGM2YjZlMjI=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
3. Barry Chambers, Portadown, and Robin Boyd, Portglenone, keep an eye on trade at the NI Simmental Club's show and sale, Dungannon. Picture: Julie Hazelton
Barry Chambers, Portadown, and Robin Boyd, Portglenone, keep an eye on trade at the NI Simmental Club's show and sale, Dungannon. Picture: Julie HazeltonPhoto: Julie Hazelton
![Judge Robbie Mulligan, Banbridge, chats to NI Simmental Club chairman Pat Kelly at the club's spring show and sale, Dungannon. Picture: Julie Hazelton](https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjdjODczMzQyLTY0YzEtNGZiYy1hNDA2LTA0M2VhYWI1M2U3Mzo2ZWE3Yjg1Ni05ZjcwLTRjMGItOWE4Mi0yMzlmNjc0MzFhZWE=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
4. Judge Robbie Mulligan, Banbridge, chats to NI Simmental Club chairman Pat Kelly at the club's spring show and sale, Dungannon. Picture: Julie Hazelton
Judge Robbie Mulligan, Banbridge, chats to NI Simmental Club chairman Pat Kelly at the club's spring show and sale, Dungannon. Picture: Julie HazeltonPhoto: Julie Hazelton