Kilrush Mart, County Clare
Cattle sale, Wednesday 10 September 2025
- Heifers €5.60/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows €3.65/kg* mean of bands
- Weanling bulls €6.54/kg* mean of bands
Annual weanling Show and Sale was held today and some very nice quality available especially in the bull weanlings. The sale also included a number of cull cows. Prices strong overall as can be seen from below. General sales every Wedensday now in Kilrush including weanlings.
Kilrush Mart, sale report, 10 September 2025
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heifers | Under 300 kgderived from 3 lots | €5.65/kg | €5.52 to €5.97/kg | €1,512 | €1,390 to €1,760 | 5 |
| 300 to 400 kgderived from 4 lots | €5.37/kg | €4.10 to €6.16/kg | €1,808 | €1,290 to €2,240 | 4 | |
| 400 to 500 kgderived from 1 lot | €6.29/kg | €6.29 to €6.29/kg | €2,640 | €2,640 to €2,640 | 1 | |
| Cull cows | 300 to 400 kgderived from 1 lot | €6.41/kg | €6.41 to €6.41/kg | €2,530 | €2,530 to €2,530 | 1 |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots | €2.82/kg | €2.61 to €3.03/kg | €1,570 | €1,550 to €1,590 | 2 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 5 lots | €3.43/kg | €3.07 to €4.17/kg | €2,274 | €1,920 to €2,770 | 5 | |
| Weanling bulls | Under 300 kgderived from 1 lot | €6.89/kg | €6.89 to €6.89/kg | €1,140 | €1,140 to €1,140 | 10 |
| 300 to 400 kgderived from 4 lots | €6.31/kg | €6.14 to €6.85/kg | €2,031 | €1,930 to €2,530 | 9 | |
| 400 to 500 kgderived from 3 lots | €6.08/kg | €4.42 to €8.00/kg | €2,577 | €1,900 to €3,440 | 3 | |
| A figure marked "derived" was worked out by farmprices.ie from the lots the mart listed, because the report gave no average for that line. Bold figures are the mart's own. | ||||||
Sample lots
24 lots| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weanling bulls | 1 | BBX | 430 | €3,440 | €8.00/kg |
| Weanling bulls | 1 | LMX | 305 | €2,090 | €6.85/kg |
| Weanling bulls | 6 | CHX | 314 | €1,930 | €6.14/kg |
| Weanling bulls | 1 | LMX | 310 | €2,080 | €6.71/kg |
| Weanling bulls | 10 | AAX | 166 | €1,140 | €6.89/kg |
| Weanling bulls | 1 | CHX | 395 | €2,530 | €6.41/kg |
| Weanling bulls | 1 | AAX | 430 | €1,900 | €4.42/kg |
| Weanling bulls | 1 | CHX | 410 | €2,390 | €5.83/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LMX | 320 | €1,970 | €6.16/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LMX | 420 | €2,640 | €6.29/kg |
| Heifers | 3 | CHX | 252 | €1,390 | €5.52/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CHX | 285 | €1,630 | €5.72/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | AAX | 315 | €1,290 | €4.10/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CHX | 370 | €2,240 | €6.05/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LMX | 295 | €1,760 | €5.97/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | SHX | 335 | €1,730 | €5.16/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | AAX | 680 | €2,390 | €3.51/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | HEX | 625 | €1,920 | €3.07/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FRX | 660 | €2,110 | €3.20/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 525 | €1,590 | €3.03/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | AAX | 680 | €2,180 | €3.21/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LMX | 665 | €2,770 | €4.17/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 595 | €1,550 | €2.61/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CHX | 395 | €2,530 | €6.41/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 claremarts.ie. Fetched 2 September 2026.