Markethill Mart, County Armagh
Cattle sale, Tuesday 21 October 2025
- Cull cows £2.85/kg* mean of bands
- Calves £582/head* mart average
An entry of 141 dairy stock at Markethill on Tuesday 21st October sold in an easier trade, however there was a 100% clearance. Calved heifers sold to a top of £3220 from a Richhil farmer. The same owner received £3180, £3100, £3000 and £2900 twice for calved heifers and a Craigavon farmer sold a calved heifer at £3150. Another Richhill farmer received £3000 for a calved heifer.
Markethill Mart, sale report, 21 October 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 2 lots | £2.52/kg | £2.50 to £2.55/kg | £1,460 | £1,460 to £1,460 | 2 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 17 lots | £2.89/kg | £2.30 to £3.38/kg | £2,045 | £1,440 to £3,020 | 17 | |
| Calves | All weightsderived from 24 lots | £582 | £250 to £960 | 31 | ||
| Bold figures are the mart's own. Anything lighter was worked out by farmprices.ie from the lots the mart listed, because the report did not give that figure. A line marked "part derived" carries both: the mart stated some of it and the rest comes from its lot list. | ||||||
Sample lots 43 lots, 50 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | 646 | £2,180 | £3.38/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 630 | £2,110 | £3.35/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 644 | £2,110 | £3.28/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 624 | £2,020 | £3.24/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 800 | £2,580 | £3.23/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 728 | £2,320 | £3.19/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 676 | £2,140 | £3.17/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 782 | £2,460 | £3.15/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 796 | £2,500 | £3.14/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 964 | £3,020 | £3.13/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 796 | £2,070 | £2.60/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 572 | £1,460 | £2.55/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 630 | £1,580 | £2.51/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 584 | £1,460 | £2.50/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 634 | £1,530 | £2.41/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 628 | £1,470 | £2.34/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 734 | £1,710 | £2.33/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 654 | £1,520 | £2.33/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 626 | £1,440 | £2.30/kg | |
| Calves | 1 | AA | £960 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £900 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £840 | ||
| Calves | 1 | HE | £830 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £810 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £790 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £780 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £780 | ||
| Calves | 1 | LM | £780 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £350 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £320 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £320 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £320 | ||
| Calves | 3 | FR | £300 | ||
| Calves | 3 | FR | £270 | ||
| Calves | 3 | FR | £250 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £790 | ||
| Calves | 1 | HE | £790 | ||
| Calves | 2 | BB | £770 | ||
| Calves | 1 | SHB | £770 | ||
| Calves | 1 | £750 | |||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £750 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £720 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £700 |
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.