Markethill Mart, County Armagh
Cattle sale, Tuesday 18 August 2026
- Cull cows £2.66/kg* mean of bands
- Calves £464/head* mart average
Dairy stock sold to £2500 paid twice for calved heifers from a Portadown producer. The same owner received £2450 for a calved heifer. A Loughgilly farmer sold a FR stock bull at £2250. An entry of maiden heifers from a Dungannon farmer sold up to £1720 with others at £1620 and £1220. Several younger lots sold from £880 to £980 each. An in calf Holstein heifer due date September sold to £1900.
Markethill Mart, sale report, 18 August 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 1 lot | £3.19/kg | £3.19 to £3.19/kg | £1,860 | £1,860 to £1,860 | 1 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 12 lots | £2.62/kg | £2.15 to £3.10/kg | £1,945 | £1,320 to £2,560 | 12 | |
| Calves | All weightsderived from 24 lots | £464 | £230 to £740 | 24 | ||
| 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
37 lots| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | 584 | £1,860 | £3.19/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 622 | £1,930 | £3.10/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 688 | £2,100 | £3.05/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 882 | £2,560 | £2.90/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 830 | £2,380 | £2.87/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 796 | £2,260 | £2.84/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 738 | £2,080 | £2.82/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 684 | £1,780 | £2.60/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 902 | £2,270 | £2.52/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 610 | £1,380 | £2.26/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 760 | £1,680 | £2.21/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 608 | £1,320 | £2.17/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 746 | £1,600 | £2.15/kg | |
| Calves | 1 | CH | £740 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £720 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £700 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £620 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £610 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £600 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £590 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £430 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £340 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £300 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £300 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £240 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £240 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £240 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £240 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £230 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £230 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £600 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £530 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £520 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £510 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £510 | ||
| Calves | 1 | HE | £600 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £500 |
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.