Rathfriland Mart, County Down

Cattle sale, Friday 19 October 2018

Cattle in sterling per kg liveweight; per head where the mart gave it. Week 42, 2018

Prices

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per headRange per headHead
Bullocks300 to 400 kgderived from 2 lots£880£870 to £8902
400 to 500 kgderived from 7 lots£1,052£965 to £1,1507
500 to 600 kgderived from 20 lots£1,116£1,030 to £1,18020
600 kg and overderived from 2 lots£1,202£1,170 to £1,2352
Heifers300 to 400 kgderived from 1 lot£865£865 to £8651
400 to 500 kgderived from 12 lots£961£800 to £1,30012
500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot£980£980 to £9801
Cull cows400 to 500 kgderived from 1 lot£680£680 to £6801
600 kg and overderived from 8 lots£1,066£920 to £1,2508
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 54 lots, 54 head Show the table
CategoryHeadWeight kgPrice
Heifers1496£1,300
Heifers1468£1,100
Heifers1446£1,060
Heifers1482£980
Heifers1514£980
Heifers1496£950
Heifers1402£870
Heifers1420£840
Heifers1460£800
Heifers1482£980
Heifers1454£940
Heifers1396£865
Heifers1400£865
Heifers1430£845
Cull cows1892£1,250
Cull cows1830£1,180
Cull cows1836£1,240
Cull cows1702£1,020
Cull cows1772£980
Cull cows1764£975
Cull cows1708£960
Cull cows1662£920
Cull cows1438£680
Bullocks1546£1,180
Bullocks1508£1,180
Bullocks1550£1,180
Bullocks1572£1,170
Bullocks1606£1,170
Bullocks1430£1,060
Bullocks1490£1,150
Bullocks1536£1,135
Bullocks1482£1,110
Bullocks1526£1,050
Bullocks1508£1,050
Bullocks1520£1,050
Bullocks1518£1,050
Bullocks1554£1,160
Bullocks1510£1,125
Bullocks1568£1,180
Bullocks1546£1,140
Bullocks1548£1,100
Bullocks1540£1,080
Bullocks1510£1,050
Bullocks1660£1,235
Bullocks1532£1,150
Bullocks1528£1,130
Bullocks1538£1,120
Bullocks1512£1,030
Bullocks1440£1,040
Bullocks1416£1,000
Bullocks1458£1,040
Bullocks1444£965
Bullocks1342£870
Bullocks1390£890

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.