Markethill Mart, County Armagh
Cattle sale, Tuesday 20 October 2026
- Cull cows £2.70/kg* mean of bands
- Calves £655/head* mart average
An entry of 70 dairy stock at Markethill on Tuesday 20th October included calved heifers, young cows and in calf heifers and maiden heifers. Calved heifers sold to a top of £3880 paid to a Banbridge farmer. The same owner received £3450 , £3440, £3420 and £3400 for calved heifers. A Whitecross producer sold calved heifers at £3340, 3260 , £3240, £3080 and £3040.
Markethill Mart, sale report, 20 October 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 5 lots | £2.67/kg | £2.36 to £3.11/kg | £1,578 | £1,380 to £1,860 | 5 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 11 lots | £2.72/kg | £2.25 to £3.18/kg | £2,052 | £1,580 to £2,540 | 11 | |
| Calves | All weightsderived from 25 lots | £655 | £250 to £990 | 25 | ||
| 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 41 lots, 41 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | 710 | £2,260 | £3.18/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 810 | £2,540 | £3.14/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 598 | £1,860 | £3.11/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 746 | £2,320 | £3.11/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 576 | £1,760 | £3.06/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 696 | £2,120 | £3.05/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 830 | £2,480 | £2.94/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 756 | £2,220 | £2.94/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 674 | £1,680 | £2.49/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 598 | £1,470 | £2.46/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 596 | £1,420 | £2.38/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 584 | £1,380 | £2.36/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 778 | £1,800 | £2.31/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 694 | £1,580 | £2.28/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 712 | £1,610 | £2.26/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 870 | £1,960 | £2.25/kg | |
| Calves | 1 | AA | £990 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £970 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £950 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £930 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £920 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £880 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £860 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £830 | ||
| Calves | 1 | AA | £800 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £350 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £350 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £350 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £350 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £300 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £300 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £270 | ||
| Calves | 1 | FR | £250 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £850 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £820 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £790 | ||
| Calves | 1 | HE | £700 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £670 | ||
| Calves | 1 | CH | £640 | ||
| Calves | 1 | HE | £630 | ||
| Calves | 1 | BB | £620 |
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 22 October 2026.