Markethill Mart, County Armagh

Cattle sale, Tuesday 18 August 2026

Cattle in sterling per kg liveweight; per head where the mart gave it. Week 34, 2026

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

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per kgRange per kgAvg per headRange per headHead
Cull cows500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot£3.19/kg£3.19 to £3.19/kg£1,860£1,860 to £1,8601
600 kg and overderived from 12 lots£2.62/kg£2.15 to £3.10/kg£1,945£1,320 to £2,56012
CalvesAll weightsderived from 24 lots£464£230 to £74024
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

37 lots
CategoryHeadBreedWeight kgPricePer kg
Cull cows1584£1,860£3.19/kg
Cull cows1622£1,930£3.10/kg
Cull cows1688£2,100£3.05/kg
Cull cows1882£2,560£2.90/kg
Cull cows1830£2,380£2.87/kg
Cull cows1796£2,260£2.84/kg
Cull cows1738£2,080£2.82/kg
Cull cows1684£1,780£2.60/kg
Cull cows1902£2,270£2.52/kg
Cull cows1610£1,380£2.26/kg
Cull cows1760£1,680£2.21/kg
Cull cows1608£1,320£2.17/kg
Cull cows1746£1,600£2.15/kg
Calves1CH£740
Calves1CH£720
Calves1CH£700
Calves1BB£620
Calves1BB£610
Calves1AA£600
Calves1AA£590
Calves1FR£430
Calves1FR£340
Calves1FR£300
Calves1FR£300
Calves1FR£240
Calves1FR£240
Calves1FR£240
Calves1FR£240
Calves1FR£230
Calves1FR£230
Calves1CH£600
Calves1BB£530
Calves1BB£520
Calves1BB£510
Calves1BB£510
Calves1HE£600
Calves1BB£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.