Kilrush Mart, County Clare
Cattle sale, Wednesday 13 May 2026
- Bullocks €3.39/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers €3.99/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows €2.79/kg* mean of bands
Good entry of stock with just over 300 cattle on offer, which included 90 calves. Calves held a fine trade with 3 shippers active. Practically all beef breeds available in the calves with HEX bulls making to €660 and HEX heifers making to €350. AAX bulls made to €570 and AAX heifers made to €320. In the cull cow ring there was a mix of continentals and Friesians. Again there was a lot of young stock in both the bullock and heifer rings. Trade back right across the board today.
Kilrush Mart, sale report, 13 May 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 | €3.11/kg | €3.11 to €3.11/kg | €760 | €760 to €760 | 7 |
| 300 to 400 kgderived from 2 lots | €4.07/kg | €3.44 to €4.54/kg | €1,319 | €1,050 to €1,520 | 7 | |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 4 lots | €3.20/kg | €2.95 to €3.71/kg | €1,808 | €1,580 to €2,080 | 12 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 1 lot | €2.95/kg | €2.95 to €2.95/kg | €2,020 | €2,020 to €2,020 | 1 | |
| Heifers | Under 300 kgderived from 2 lots | €4.22/kg | €4.07 to €4.68/kg | €1,130 | €1,100 to €1,140 | 4 |
| 300 to 400 kgderived from 4 lots | €3.87/kg | €3.81 to €3.96/kg | €1,394 | €1,220 to €1,520 | 7 | |
| 400 to 500 kgderived from 1 lot | €3.96/kg | €3.96 to €3.96/kg | €1,940 | €1,940 to €1,940 | 1 | |
| Cull cows | 400 to 500 kgderived from 1 lot | €2.87/kg | €2.87 to €2.87/kg | €1,280 | €1,280 to €1,280 | 1 |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 3 lots | €2.69/kg | €2.31 to €3.13/kg | €1,437 | €1,250 to €1,720 | 3 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 4 lots | €2.85/kg | €2.69 to €3.12/kg | €1,948 | €1,640 to €2,370 | 4 | |
| 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
23 lots| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 2 | FRX | 525 | €1,720 | €3.28/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 685 | €2,020 | €2.95/kg |
| Bullocks | 3 | FR | 305 | €1,050 | €3.44/kg |
| Bullocks | 4 | HEX | 335 | €1,520 | €4.54/kg |
| Bullocks | 3 | BBX | 560 | €2,080 | €3.71/kg |
| Bullocks | 6 | FR | 587 | €1,740 | €2.96/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 535 | €1,580 | €2.95/kg |
| Bullocks | 7 | FR | 244 | €760 | €3.11/kg |
| Heifers | 3 | HEX | 280 | €1,140 | €4.07/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | AAX | 390 | €1,520 | €3.90/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LMX | 490 | €1,940 | €3.96/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LMX | 235 | €1,100 | €4.68/kg |
| Heifers | 2 | HEX | 367 | €1,400 | €3.81/kg |
| Heifers | 2 | HEX | 320 | €1,220 | €3.81/kg |
| Heifers | 2 | SIX | 378 | €1,500 | €3.96/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | JEX | 445 | €1,280 | €2.87/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LMX | 550 | €1,720 | €3.13/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 510 | €1,340 | €2.63/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | JEX | 540 | €1,250 | €2.31/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 610 | €1,640 | €2.69/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CHX | 760 | €2,370 | €3.12/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 705 | €1,920 | €2.73/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LMX | 645 | €1,860 | €2.88/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.