Hilltown Mart, County Down

Cattle sale, Saturday 30 September 2017

Cattle in sterling per kg liveweight; per head where the mart gave it. Week 39, 2017

Prices

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per kgRange per kgAvg per headRange per headHead
Bullocks500 to 600 kgderived from 4 lots£2.10/kg£2.00 to £2.16/kg£1,131£1,100 to £1,1804
600 kg and overderived from 9 lots£1.90/kg£1.63 to £2.03/kg£1,301£1,190 to £1,3859
Heifers500 to 600 kgderived from 7 lots£1.96/kg£1.85 to £2.13/kg£1,034£985 to £1,1107
600 kg and overderived from 3 lots£1.82/kg£1.58 to £2.03/kg£1,170£950 to £1,2853
BullsAll weightsderived from 2 lots£978£950 to £1,0052
Weanling heifersUnder 300 kgderived from 4 lots£1.80/kg£1.67 to £1.95/kg£498£465 to £5354
300 to 400 kgderived from 1 lot£1.75/kg£1.75 to £1.75/kg£550£550 to £5501
500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot£1.61/kg£1.61 to £1.61/kg£875£875 to £8751
Bold figures are the mart's own. Anything lighter was worked out by farmprices.ie from the lots the mart listed, because the report did not give that figure. A line marked "part derived" carries both: the mart stated some of it and the rest comes from its lot list.

Sample lots

31 lots
CategoryHeadWeight kgPricePer kg
Bulls1£1,005
Bulls1£950
Weanling heifers1542£875£1.61/kg
Weanling heifers1314£550£1.75/kg
Weanling heifers1266£500£1.88/kg
Weanling heifers1286£490£1.71/kg
Weanling heifers1274£535£1.95/kg
Weanling heifers1278£465£1.67/kg
Heifers1696£1,285£1.84/kg
Heifers1506£1,080£2.13/kg
Heifers1522£1,000£1.91/kg
Heifers1626£1,275£2.03/kg
Heifers1526£1,030
Heifers1516£1,025£1.98/kg
Heifers1530£1,005£1.89/kg
Heifers1560£1,110£1.98/kg
Heifers1530£985£1.85/kg
Heifers1600£950£1.58/kg
Bullocks1708£1,385£1.95/kg
Bullocks1688£1,350£1.96/kg
Bullocks1668£1,300£1.94/kg
Bullocks1658£1,340£2.03/kg
Bullocks1806£1,320£1.63/kg
Bullocks1744£1,310£1.76/kg
Bullocks1660£1,260£1.90/kg
Bullocks1620£1,250£2.01/kg
Bullocks1608£1,190£1.95/kg
Bullocks1590£1,180£2.00/kg
Bullocks1526£1,140£2.16/kg
Bullocks1522£1,105£2.11/kg
Bullocks1518£1,100£2.12/kg

The lots the mart chose to print in its report, usually the better end of the trade. The averages above are the figure to quote.

Source

Read from the mart's own report, a web page at www.farminglife.com. Fetched 3 September 2026.