Kilkenny Mart, County Kilkenny

Cattle sale, Thursday 14 May 2026

640 head on offer. Cattle in euro per kg liveweight; per head where the mart gave it. Week 20, 2026

• Bullocks €3.95/kg* mean of bands
• Heifers €3.86/kg* mean of bands

A smaller sale of cattle today in Kilkenny with fancy continentals making some excellent prices the biggest reduction was for the beef bullocks & heifers which has seen a drop of 10 cent on a weekly basis. With numbers reduced compared to last year factories are doing an excellent job in reduction the number of farmers producing beef.

Kilkenny Mart, sale report, 14 May 2026

Prices

Category	Weight or type	Avg per kg	Range per kg	Avg per head	Range per head
Bullocks	<400 kg	€4.22/kg	€3.00 to €5.31/kg		€750 to €1,880
	400 - 500 kg	€4.15/kg	€3.00 to €5.10/kg	€1,836	€1,730 to €2,420
	500 - 600 kg	€3.92/kg	€3.00 to €4.67/kg	€2,118	€1,670 to €2,470
	600 kg +	€3.50/kg	€3.05 to €4.08/kg	€2,321	€1,920 to €3,340
Heifers	Light Store Hfrs	€3.96/kg	€3.00 to €4.97/kg	€1,310	€800 to €1,740
	Forward Store Hfrs	€3.75/kg	€3.10 to €4.40/kg	€1,670	€1,320 to €2,050
	Beef Heifers		€3.10 to €4.28/kg	€2,300	€1,900 to €2,850
Cull cows	Continental		€3.20 to €4.33/kg

Sample lots 42 lots, 131 head Show the table

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Bullocks	1	CH	890	€3,340	€3.75/kg
Bullocks	2	LM	815	€3,220	€3.95/kg
Bullocks	2	CH	810	€2,840	€3.51/kg
Bullocks	2	FR	675	€2,190	€3.24/kg
Bullocks	2	HE	650	€2,300	€3.54/kg
Bullocks	2	BB	638	€2,500	€3.92/kg
Bullocks	5	AA	595	€2,040	€3.43/kg
Bullocks	2	FR	555	€1,900	€3.42/kg
Bullocks	6	HE	540	€1,930	€3.57/kg
Bullocks	1	LM	530	€2,470	€4.66/kg
Bullocks	4	AA	520	€1,990	€3.83/kg
Bullocks	4	LM	511	€2,300	€4.50/kg
Bullocks	2	FR	495	€1,720	€3.47/kg
Bullocks	4	CH	490	€2,420	€4.94/kg
Bullocks	7	LM	480	€2,160	€4.50/kg
Bullocks	2	HE	470	€1,800	€3.83/kg
Bullocks	2	AA	420	€1,720	€4.10/kg
Bullocks	4	AA	410	€1,540	€3.76/kg
Bullocks	5	HE	395	€1,570	€3.97/kg
Bullocks	3	FR	375	€1,400	€3.73/kg
Bullocks	5	AA	362	€1,630	€4.50/kg
Bullocks	7	CH	355	€1,880	€5.30/kg
Bullocks	3	CONT	340	€1,800	€5.29/kg
Bullocks	3	AA	303	€1,220	€4.03/kg
Heifers	1	AA	825	€2,850	€3.45/kg
Heifers	2	FR	685	€2,300	€3.36/kg
Heifers	1	HE	650	€2,350	€3.62/kg
Heifers	2	AA	625	€2,120	€3.39/kg
Heifers	2	FR	620	€2,120	€3.42/kg
Heifers	2	LM	565	€2,420	€4.28/kg
Heifers	1	CH	535	€2,050	€3.83/kg
Heifers	2	LM	500	€1,800	€3.60/kg
Heifers	2	LM	485	€1,920	€3.96/kg
Heifers	2	AA	465	€1,660	€3.57/kg
Heifers	3	CH	450	€1,750	€3.89/kg
Heifers	6	LM	423	€1,860	€4.40/kg
Heifers	2	BB	375	€1,720	€4.59/kg
Heifers	6	HE	370	€1,530	€4.14/kg
Heifers	7	CH	350	€1,740	€4.97/kg
Heifers	2	AA	340	€1,380	€4.06/kg
Heifers	2	FR	335	€1,000	€2.99/kg
Heifers	6	AA	290	€1,160	€4.00/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 PDF at kilkennymart.ie. Fetched 2 September 2026.