Kilrush Mart, County Clare
Cattle sale, Wednesday 22 April 2026
- Bullocks €4.22/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers €4.10/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows €3.09/kg* mean of bands
Fine size sale today with just over 400 on offer which included 123 calves. Some good strong calves available and this was reflected in prices with farmers still very active up against shippers. Most beef breed calves today and HEX Bulls made to €710 with HEX Heifers making to €500 AA Bulls made to €600 with AA Heifers making to €520. A small entry of FR Bull Calves made €330 to €470. BBX Calves made €450 to €630. In the Cull Cow ring mostly dairy types but all warm type cows. Again a lot of young stock in Bullocks and Heifer rings no great change in prices in all rings.
Kilrush Mart, sale report, 22 April 2026
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | Under 300 kgderived from 1 lot | €4.18/kg | €4.18 to €4.18/kg | €1,200 | €1,200 to €1,200 | 5 |
| 300 to 400 kgderived from 4 lots | €4.58/kg | €3.94 to €5.68/kg | €1,653 | €1,380 to €2,160 | 9 | |
| 400 to 500 kgderived from 1 lot | €3.35/kg | €3.35 to €3.35/kg | €1,440 | €1,440 to €1,440 | 2 | |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot | €3.91/kg | €3.91 to €3.91/kg | €2,080 | €2,080 to €2,080 | 4 | |
| Heifers | 300 to 400 kgderived from 5 lots | €3.80/kg | €3.65 to €4.33/kg | €1,250 | €1,140 to €1,590 | 13 |
| 400 to 500 kgderived from 1 lot | €4.74/kg | €4.74 to €4.74/kg | €2,050 | €2,050 to €2,050 | 6 | |
| Cull cows | 500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots | €3.35/kg | €2.84 to €3.87/kg | €1,850 | €1,550 to €2,150 | 2 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 4 lots | €2.99/kg | €2.79 to €3.36/kg | €2,044 | €1,690 to €2,490 | 5 | |
| 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
19 lots| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 5 | HEX | 347 | €1,560 | €4.49/kg |
| Bullocks | 5 | HEX | 287 | €1,200 | €4.18/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | AAX | 350 | €1,380 | €3.94/kg |
| Bullocks | 4 | AAX | 531 | €2,080 | €3.91/kg |
| Bullocks | 2 | CHX | 387 | €1,770 | €4.57/kg |
| Bullocks | 2 | FR | 430 | €1,440 | €3.35/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LMX | 380 | €2,160 | €5.68/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 365 | €1,580 | €4.33/kg |
| Heifers | 6 | CHX | 432 | €2,050 | €4.74/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 395 | €1,590 | €3.97/kg |
| Heifers | 3 | AA | 337 | €1,310 | €3.89/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 305 | €1,170 | €3.84/kg |
| Heifers | 7 | HEX | 312 | €1,140 | €3.65/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LMX | 555 | €2,150 | €3.87/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CHX | 740 | €2,490 | €3.36/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 545 | €1,550 | €2.84/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 710 | €2,100 | €2.96/kg |
| Cull cows | 2 | FR | 672 | €1,970 | €2.92/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 605 | €1,690 | €2.79/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.