Markethill Mart, County Armagh
Cattle sale, Tuesday 16 June 2026
- Cull cows £2.52/kg* mean of bands
- Calves £605/head* mart average
At Markethill on Tuesday 16th June dairy stock sold to a top of £2620 paid twice for calved heifers from a Tandragee farmer. A Kilkeel producer sold a calved heifer at £2420. The same owner received £1900 for a calved heifer and a Kilkeel farmer sold calved heifers at £2200 and £2140 each. An Armagh farmer received £2120 for a calved 2nd calver.
Markethill Mart, sale report, 16 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 2 lots | £2.54/kg | £2.23 to £2.86/kg | £1,415 | £1,190 to £1,640 | 2 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 8 lots | £2.52/kg | £2.25 to £2.90/kg | £1,814 | £1,380 to £2,480 | 8 | |
| Calves | All weightsderived from 14 lots | £605 | £550 to £760 | 14 | ||
| 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
24 lots| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | 652 | £1,890 | £2.90/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 858 | £2,480 | £2.89/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 574 | £1,640 | £2.86/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 658 | £1,800 | £2.74/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 628 | £1,510 | £2.41/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 882 | £2,100 | £2.38/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 764 | £1,800 | £2.36/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 612 | £1,380 | £2.26/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 688 | £1,550 | £2.25/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 534 | £1,190 | £2.23/kg | |
| Calves | 1 | BB | £760 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £700 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £600 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £600 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £580 | ||
| Calves | 1 | LM | £580 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £570 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £600 | ||
| Calves | 1 | HE | £600 | ||
| Calves | 1 | HE | £600 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £600 | ||
| Calves | 1 | HE | £580 | ||
| Calves | 1 | LM | £550 | ||
| Calves | 1 | HE | £550 |
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.