Kilrush Mart, County Clare
Cattle sale, Wednesday 6 May 2026
- Bullocks €4.23/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers €4.22/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows €3.06/kg* mean of bands
Good entry of stock with just over 300 cattle on offer, which included 88 calves. Calves held a very fine trade with 3 shippers active. A couple of very strong HEX bulls made €810 and €960. In general HEX bull calves made from €300 to €680 & HEX heifer calves made from €240 to €560. AAX bull calves made to €690 and AAX heifers made to €330. There was a good entry of dairy cull type cows which were all in good condition. Cull cows were marginally better than last week. Mostly young type stock in the heifer ring and more of a mix in the bullock ring of younger stock and aged types.
Kilrush Mart, sale report, 6 May 2026
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 300 to 400 kgderived from 3 lots | €4.73/kg | €4.03 to €4.89/kg | €1,615 | €1,270 to €1,720 | 10 |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot | €3.26/kg | €3.26 to €3.26/kg | €1,880 | €1,880 to €1,880 | 3 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 1 lot | €3.19/kg | €3.19 to €3.19/kg | €1,980 | €1,980 to €1,980 | 2 | |
| Heifers | Under 300 kgderived from 1 lot | €4.81/kg | €4.81 to €4.81/kg | €1,180 | €1,180 to €1,180 | 4 |
| 300 to 400 kgderived from 3 lots | €3.94/kg | €3.73 to €4.19/kg | €1,313 | €1,250 to €1,410 | 10 | |
| 400 to 500 kgderived from 2 lots | €4.34/kg | €3.63 to €4.70/kg | €1,860 | €1,560 to €2,010 | 3 | |
| Cull cows | 500 to 600 kgderived from 3 lots | €3.08/kg | €2.50 to €3.87/kg | €1,713 | €1,290 to €2,150 | 3 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 5 lots | €3.05/kg | €2.91 to €3.28/kg | €2,092 | €1,840 to €2,360 | 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 | 4 | HEX | 366 | €1,720 | €4.70/kg |
| Bullocks | 3 | FR | 577 | €1,880 | €3.26/kg |
| Bullocks | 5 | STX | 327 | €1,600 | €4.89/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | AAX | 315 | €1,270 | €4.03/kg |
| Bullocks | 2 | FR | 620 | €1,980 | €3.19/kg |
| Heifers | 2 | LMX | 427 | €2,010 | €4.70/kg |
| Heifers | 4 | HEX | 245 | €1,180 | €4.81/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | HEX | 430 | €1,560 | €3.63/kg |
| Heifers | 4 | HEX | 318 | €1,250 | €3.92/kg |
| Heifers | 3 | HEX | 348 | €1,300 | €3.73/kg |
| Heifers | 3 | HEX | 337 | €1,410 | €4.19/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LMX | 555 | €2,150 | €3.87/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 750 | €2,360 | €3.14/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 590 | €1,700 | €2.88/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SHX | 700 | €2,300 | €3.28/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | JEX | 515 | €1,290 | €2.50/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 690 | €2,010 | €2.91/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 660 | €1,950 | €2.95/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | HEX | 620 | €1,840 | €2.97/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.