Rathfriland Mart, County Down

Cattle sale, Friday 15 December 2017

250 head on offer. Cattle in sterling per kg liveweight; per head where the mart gave it. Week 50, 2017

Prices

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per headRange per headHead
Bullocks400 to 500 kgderived from 4 lots£879£855 to £9104
500 to 600 kgderived from 5 lots£1,045£900 to £1,2005
600 kg and overderived from 5 lots£1,211£1,100 to £1,3255
HeifersUnder 300 kgderived from 5 lots£551£500 to £5805
300 to 400 kgderived from 2 lots£648£610 to £6852
400 to 500 kgderived from 3 lots£817£700 to £8853
500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots£985£890 to £1,0802
Cull cows600 kg and overderived from 1 lot£975£975 to £9751
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

27 lots
CategoryHeadWeight kgPrice
Heifers1272£545
Heifers1368£685
Heifers1230£500
Heifers1258£550
Heifers1200£580
Heifers1584£1,080
Heifers1506£890
Heifers1426£700
Heifers1394£610
Heifers1290£580
Heifers1486£885
Heifers1448£865
Cull cows1720£975
Bullocks1646£1,265
Bullocks1562£1,200
Bullocks1630£1,325
Bullocks1526£1,200
Bullocks1632£1,215
Bullocks1630£1,150
Bullocks1660£1,100
Bullocks1538£975
Bullocks1544£950
Bullocks1494£910
Bullocks1512£900
Bullocks1486£885
Bullocks1448£865
Bullocks1480£855

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 www.farminglife.com. Fetched 3 September 2026.