Markethill Mart, County Armagh
Cattle sale, Tuesday 9 June 2026
- Cull cows £2.53/kg* mean of bands
- Calves £713/head* mart average
The 65 cull cows at Markethill on Tuesday 9th June sold in a steady demand. Good quality beef bred cows sold to £314 for 548k at £1720 from a Poyntzpass farmer. An Armagh farmer received 642k at £1890 £294.00. Main demand for from £250 to £287 per 100 kilos. Dairy bred cows sold to £249 for 678k at £1690 from a Katesbridge farmer followed by £236 for 768k at £1810 from a Banbridge farmer.
Markethill Mart, sale report, 9 June 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 | £2.65/kg | £2.25 to £3.14/kg | £1,460 | £1,300 to £1,720 | 3 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 11 lots | £2.50/kg | £2.25 to £2.94/kg | £1,875 | £1,610 to £2,240 | 11 | |
| Calves | All weightsderived from 18 lots | £713 | £510 to £940 | 18 | ||
| 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
32 lots| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | 548 | £1,720 | £3.14/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 642 | £1,890 | £2.94/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 726 | £2,080 | £2.87/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 852 | £2,240 | £2.63/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 784 | £2,040 | £2.60/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 534 | £1,360 | £2.55/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 750 | £1,880 | £2.51/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 678 | £1,690 | £2.49/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 768 | £1,810 | £2.36/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 834 | £1,960 | £2.35/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 700 | £1,610 | £2.30/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 772 | £1,740 | £2.25/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 750 | £1,690 | £2.25/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 578 | £1,300 | £2.25/kg | |
| Calves | 1 | CH | £750 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £610 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £600 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £570 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £560 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £550 | ||
| Calves | 1 | LM | £550 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £510 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £940 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £900 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £840 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £840 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £830 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £810 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £800 | ||
| Calves | 1 | LM | £750 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £720 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £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.