Rathfriland Mart, County Down
Cattle sale, Friday 10 January 2025
- Bullocks £2.99/kg* from 10 lots
- Heifers £2.78/kg* from 10 lots
- Cull cows £2.12/kg* from 10 lots
- Weanling heifers £3.00/kg* from 10 lots
- Calves £452/head* mart average
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 500 to 600 kgderived from 4 lots | £1,800 | £1,790 to £1,810 | 4 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 6 lots | £1,853 | £1,790 to £1,920 | 6 | |
| Heifers | 300 to 400 kgderived from 2 lots | £1,060 | £1,050 to £1,070 | 2 |
| 400 to 500 kgderived from 2 lots | £1,250 | £1,120 to £1,380 | 2 | |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 6 lots | £1,498 | £1,400 to £1,600 | 6 | |
| Cull cows | 500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot | £1,360 | £1,360 to £1,360 | 1 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 9 lots | £1,397 | £1,140 to £1,745 | 9 | |
| Weanling heifers | Under 300 kgderived from 2 lots | £940 | £930 to £950 | 2 |
| 300 to 400 kgderived from 5 lots | £1,004 | £940 to £1,090 | 5 | |
| 400 to 500 kgderived from 3 lots | £1,283 | £1,230 to £1,370 | 3 | |
| Calves | All weightsderived from 20 lots | £452 | £305 to £695 | 20 |
| 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 60 lots, 60 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calves | 1 | BB | £695 | |
| Calves | 1 | LM | £600 | |
| Calves | 1 | SH | £565 | |
| Calves | 1 | AA | £560 | |
| Calves | 1 | HE | £560 | |
| Calves | 1 | AA | £550 | |
| Calves | 1 | BB | £540 | |
| Calves | 1 | BB | £460 | |
| Calves | 1 | BB | £450 | |
| Calves | 1 | FR | £450 | |
| Calves | 1 | BB | £570 | |
| Calves | 1 | AA | £430 | |
| Calves | 1 | BB | £345 | |
| Calves | 1 | BB | £335 | |
| Calves | 1 | AA | £335 | |
| Calves | 1 | BB | £330 | |
| Calves | 1 | BB | £325 | |
| Calves | 1 | HE | £320 | |
| Calves | 1 | BB | £320 | |
| Calves | 1 | HE | £305 | |
| Weanling heifers | 1 | AA | 470 | £1,370 |
| Weanling heifers | 1 | BB | 410 | £1,250 |
| Weanling heifers | 1 | BB | 456 | £1,230 |
| Weanling heifers | 1 | AA | 352 | £1,090 |
| Weanling heifers | 1 | BB | 358 | £1,050 |
| Weanling heifers | 1 | AA | 318 | £990 |
| Weanling heifers | 1 | BB | 326 | £950 |
| Weanling heifers | 1 | AA | 282 | £950 |
| Weanling heifers | 1 | AA | 366 | £940 |
| Weanling heifers | 1 | AA | 274 | £930 |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 756 | £1,745 |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 756 | £1,500 |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 630 | £1,490 |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 612 | £1,460 |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 576 | £1,360 |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 642 | £1,355 |
| Cull cows | 1 | AA | 676 | £1,300 |
| Cull cows | 1 | AA | 666 | £1,295 |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 620 | £1,290 |
| Cull cows | 1 | HE | 648 | £1,140 |
| Heifers | 1 | HE | 552 | £1,600 |
| Heifers | 1 | HE | 552 | £1,540 |
| Heifers | 1 | HE | 548 | £1,540 |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 506 | £1,510 |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 526 | £1,400 |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 506 | £1,400 |
| Heifers | 1 | HE | 498 | £1,380 |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 422 | £1,120 |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 396 | £1,070 |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 376 | £1,050 |
| Bullocks | 1 | BB | 642 | £1,920 |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 656 | £1,900 |
| Bullocks | 1 | HE | 602 | £1,860 |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 616 | £1,850 |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 592 | £1,810 |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 602 | £1,800 |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 588 | £1,800 |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 566 | £1,800 |
| Bullocks | 1 | 678 | £1,790 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | BB | 598 | £1,790 |
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 2 September 2026.