Markethill Mart, County Armagh
Cattle sale, Tuesday 16 September 2025
- Cull cows £2.76/kg* mean of bands
- Calves £838/head* mart average
The 84 dairy stock at Markethill on Tuesday 16th September sold in the best ever trade. Top price of £4020 was paid for a calved 3rd calver from a Craigavon producer. The same owner received £3720 and £3200 for calved 3rd calvers with his entry of 5 cows averaging £3214 per head.
Markethill Mart, sale report, 16 September 2025
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot | £3.06/kg | £3.06 to £3.06/kg | £1,790 | £1,790 to £1,790 | 1 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 16 lots | £2.74/kg | £2.45 to £3.32/kg | £1,927 | £1,520 to £2,580 | 16 | |
| Calves | All weightsderived from 20 lots | £838 | £660 to £1,140 | 20 | ||
| 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
37 lots| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | 746 | £2,480 | £3.32/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 638 | £2,100 | £3.29/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 586 | £1,790 | £3.06/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 664 | £1,980 | £2.98/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 736 | £2,190 | £2.98/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 614 | £1,780 | £2.90/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 692 | £1,980 | £2.86/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 804 | £2,130 | £2.65/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 994 | £2,580 | £2.60/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 626 | £1,620 | £2.59/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 718 | £1,850 | £2.58/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 694 | £1,780 | £2.57/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 712 | £1,800 | £2.53/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 644 | £1,620 | £2.52/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 654 | £1,640 | £2.51/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 722 | £1,780 | £2.47/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 620 | £1,520 | £2.45/kg | |
| Calves | 1 | CH | £1,140 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £980 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £860 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £850 | ||
| Calves | 1 | HE | £840 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £820 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £810 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £790 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £790 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £790 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £1,050 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £960 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £930 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £870 | ||
| Calves | 1 | HE | £790 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £780 | ||
| Calves | 1 | LM | £740 | ||
| Calves | 1 | HE | £660 | ||
| Calves | 1 | LM | £660 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £660 |
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 markethilllivestocksales.co.uk. Fetched 2 September 2026.