Markethill Mart, County Armagh
Cattle sale, Tuesday 16 December 2025
- Cull cows £2.78/kg* mean of bands
- Calves £652/head* mart average
An entry of 40 dairy cows at Markethill on Tuesday 16th December sold to a top of £3160 for a calved heifer from a Keady producer. The same owner received £3060, £2880 and £2660 for calved heifers. A Loughgall farmer sold a calved heifer at £3020 and a Richhill farmer sold a calved heifer at £2920. The same owner received £2900, £2820 and £2700 for calved heifers.
Markethill Mart, sale report, 16 December 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 | £2.53/kg | £2.53 to £2.53/kg | £1,500 | £1,500 to £1,500 | 1 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 15 lots | £2.80/kg | £2.33 to £3.37/kg | £1,946 | £1,420 to £2,460 | 15 | |
| Calves | All weightsderived from 19 lots | £652 | £570 to £1,160 | 19 | ||
| 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
35 lots| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | 630 | £2,120 | £3.37/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 682 | £2,260 | £3.31/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 636 | £2,040 | £3.21/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 674 | £2,140 | £3.18/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 742 | £2,340 | £3.15/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 794 | £2,460 | £3.10/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 766 | £2,350 | £3.07/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 700 | £2,130 | £3.04/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 592 | £1,500 | £2.53/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 606 | £1,480 | £2.44/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 738 | £1,780 | £2.41/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 776 | £1,840 | £2.37/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 740 | £1,740 | £2.35/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 648 | £1,520 | £2.35/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 608 | £1,420 | £2.34/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 674 | £1,570 | £2.33/kg | |
| Calves | 1 | BB | £760 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £720 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £650 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £640 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £600 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £600 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £590 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £590 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £580 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £1,160 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £660 | ||
| Calves | 1 | SI | £650 | ||
| Calves | 1 | HE | £620 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £610 | ||
| Calves | 1 | SI | £610 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £590 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £590 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £590 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £570 |
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.