Markethill Mart, County Armagh
Cattle sale, Tuesday 11 November 2025
- Cull cows £3.02/kg* mean of bands
- Calves £748/head* mart average
An entry of 90 cull cows at Markethill on Tuesday 11th November maintained a very strong trade. Good quality beef bred cows sold steadily from £300 to £339 for 720k at £2460 from a Portadown producer. The same owner received £336 for 768k at £2580. Top price was £3220 for 1018k AA cow £316 per 100 kilos.
Markethill Mart, sale report, 11 November 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 | £2.90/kg | £2.48 to £3.32/kg | £1,680 | £1,440 to £1,920 | 2 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 14 lots | £3.04/kg | £2.45 to £3.39/kg | £2,262 | £1,520 to £3,220 | 14 | |
| Bulls | 600 kg and overderived from 2 lots | £3.26/kg | £3.18 to £3.34/kg | £2,690 | £2,600 to £2,780 | 2 |
| Calves | All weightsderived from 20 lots | £748 | £650 to £850 | 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
38 lots| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | 726 | £2,460 | £3.39/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 768 | £2,580 | £3.36/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 578 | £1,920 | £3.32/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 674 | £2,210 | £3.28/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 696 | £2,280 | £3.28/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 682 | £2,230 | £3.27/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 682 | £2,180 | £3.20/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 684 | £2,180 | £3.19/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 1,018 | £3,220 | £3.16/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 732 | £2,310 | £3.16/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 896 | £2,750 | £3.07/kg | |
| Bulls | 1 | 778 | £2,600 | £3.34/kg | |
| Bulls | 1 | 874 | £2,780 | £3.18/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 758 | £1,980 | £2.61/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 788 | £2,030 | £2.58/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 604 | £1,520 | £2.52/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 580 | £1,440 | £2.48/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 710 | £1,740 | £2.45/kg | |
| Calves | 1 | BB | £820 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £820 | ||
| Calves | 1 | LM | £800 | ||
| Calves | 1 | £800 | |||
| Calves | 1 | £800 | |||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £780 | ||
| Calves | 1 | £780 | |||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £760 | ||
| Calves | 1 | £750 | |||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £740 | ||
| Calves | 1 | SHB | £850 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £760 | ||
| Calves | 1 | SHB | £740 | ||
| Calves | 1 | SHB | £710 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £710 | ||
| Calves | 1 | LM | £700 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £670 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £660 | ||
| Calves | 1 | LM | £650 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £650 |
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.