Markethill Mart, County Armagh
Cattle sale, Tuesday 18 November 2025
- Cull cows £2.99/kg* mean of bands
- Calves £629/head* mart average
An entry of 68 dairy stock at Markethill on Tuesday 18th November returned a very firm trade for good quality heifers and young cows. Top price of £3500 was paid to a Whitecross producer for a calved heifer and to a Keady producer for a calved heifer. A Whitecross producer also received £3480, £3460 and £3350 for calved heifers.
Markethill Mart, sale report, 18 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 1 lot | £3.79/kg | £3.79 to £3.79/kg | £2,260 | £2,260 to £2,260 | 1 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 17 lots | £2.94/kg | £2.50 to £3.36/kg | £2,287 | £1,680 to £2,600 | 17 | |
| Calves | All weightsderived from 25 lots | £629 | £330 to £890 | 25 | ||
| 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 43 lots, 43 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | 596 | £2,260 | £3.79/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 754 | £2,530 | £3.36/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 782 | £2,600 | £3.33/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 768 | £2,530 | £3.30/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 720 | £2,370 | £3.29/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 722 | £2,330 | £3.23/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 814 | £2,600 | £3.19/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 718 | £2,280 | £3.18/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 816 | £2,590 | £3.17/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 822 | £2,550 | £3.10/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 880 | £2,420 | £2.75/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 794 | £2,130 | £2.68/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 836 | £2,240 | £2.68/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 910 | £2,420 | £2.66/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 742 | £1,920 | £2.59/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 750 | £1,900 | £2.53/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 714 | £1,790 | £2.51/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 672 | £1,680 | £2.50/kg | |
| Calves | 1 | LM | £890 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £870 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £840 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £790 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £790 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £770 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £710 | ||
| Calves | 1 | LM | £710 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £710 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £390 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £390 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £390 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £380 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £370 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £360 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £330 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £850 | ||
| Calves | 1 | HE | £740 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £710 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £680 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £670 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £630 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £590 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £590 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £580 |
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.