Markethill Mart, County Armagh
Cattle sale, Tuesday 19 May 2026
- Cull cows £2.62/kg* mean of bands
- Calves £682/head* mart average
An entry of 50 dairy stock at Markethill monthly dairy sale on Tuesday 19th May sold in a slightly easier trade however all good quality calved heifers sold from £2000 to a top of £2620 paid to a Donacloney farmer. The same owner received £2600 and £2550, £2500, £2450 and £2420 for calved heifers and calved 2nd calvers.
Markethill Mart, sale report, 19 May 2026
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 3 lots | £2.81/kg | £2.21 to £3.26/kg | £1,630 | £1,260 to £1,860 | 3 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 12 lots | £2.57/kg | £2.22 to £2.87/kg | £1,756 | £1,410 to £2,260 | 12 | |
| Calves | All weightsderived from 16 lots | £682 | £590 to £880 | 16 | ||
| 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
31 lots| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | 570 | £1,860 | £3.26/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 598 | £1,770 | £2.96/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 740 | £2,120 | £2.87/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 616 | £1,750 | £2.84/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 678 | £1,920 | £2.83/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 722 | £2,040 | £2.83/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 600 | £1,680 | £2.80/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 826 | £2,260 | £2.74/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 684 | £1,700 | £2.49/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 610 | £1,410 | £2.31/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 682 | £1,570 | £2.30/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 694 | £1,580 | £2.28/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 712 | £1,620 | £2.28/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 640 | £1,420 | £2.22/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 570 | £1,260 | £2.21/kg | |
| Calves | 1 | BB | £880 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £740 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £730 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £710 | ||
| Calves | 1 | HE | £650 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £610 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £600 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £590 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £710 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £700 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £700 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £690 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £690 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £640 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £640 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £630 |
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.