Kilrush Mart, County Clare
Cattle sale, Wednesday 20 May 2026
- Bullocks €3.50/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers €3.88/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows €2.78/kg* mean of bands
Smaller entry for todays sale with 170 on offer, which included 70 calves. BBX bull calves made to €600, HEX bulls made to €400 and HEX heifer calves made to €390. AAX bull calves made €640 and AAX heifers made to €340. There was a handful of cows available, with mostly young stock available in the both the bullock & heifer rings.
Kilrush Mart, sale report, 20 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 | €4.55/kg | €4.55 to €4.55/kg | €1,310 | €1,310 to €1,310 | 2 |
| 300 to 400 kgderived from 1 lot | €3.56/kg | €3.56 to €3.56/kg | €1,320 | €1,320 to €1,320 | 1 | |
| 400 to 500 kgderived from 2 lots | €3.06/kg | €2.89 to €3.88/kg | €1,472 | €1,420 to €1,730 | 6 | |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot | €3.94/kg | €3.94 to €3.94/kg | €1,990 | €1,990 to €1,990 | 1 | |
| Heifers | Under 300 kgderived from 1 lot | €3.66/kg | €3.66 to €3.66/kg | €970 | €970 to €970 | 1 |
| 300 to 400 kgderived from 3 lots | €4.07/kg | €4.02 to €4.20/kg | €1,430 | €1,410 to €1,450 | 5 | |
| 400 to 500 kgderived from 2 lots | €3.53/kg | €3.52 to €3.54/kg | €1,615 | €1,540 to €1,690 | 2 | |
| Cull cows | 400 to 500 kgderived from 1 lot | €2.70/kg | €2.70 to €2.70/kg | €1,340 | €1,340 to €1,340 | 1 |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots | €2.96/kg | €2.62 to €3.30/kg | €1,530 | €1,390 to €1,670 | 2 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 3 lots | €2.68/kg | €2.48 to €2.83/kg | €1,710 | €1,690 to €1,740 | 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
17 lots| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 5 | FR | 491 | €1,420 | €2.89/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LMX | 505 | €1,990 | €3.94/kg |
| Bullocks | 2 | HEX | 287 | €1,310 | €4.55/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 370 | €1,320 | €3.56/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CHX | 445 | €1,730 | €3.88/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LMX | 345 | €1,450 | €4.20/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LMX | 480 | €1,690 | €3.52/kg |
| Heifers | 2 | HEX | 350 | €1,410 | €4.02/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | SIX | 435 | €1,540 | €3.54/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | FR | 265 | €970 | €3.66/kg |
| Heifers | 2 | LMX | 355 | €1,440 | €4.05/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 600 | €1,700 | €2.83/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FRX | 495 | €1,340 | €2.70/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 620 | €1,690 | €2.72/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CHX | 505 | €1,670 | €3.30/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | HEX | 530 | €1,390 | €2.62/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 700 | €1,740 | €2.48/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.