Rathfriland Mart, County Down

Cattle sale, Friday 3 October 2025

700 head on offer. Cattle in sterling per kg liveweight; per head where the mart gave it. Week 40, 2025

Prices

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per headRange per headHead
Bullocks400 to 500 kgderived from 1 lot£2,300£2,300 to £2,3001
500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots£2,310£2,280 to £2,3402
600 kg and overderived from 6 lots£2,350£2,300 to £2,4806
All weights
Heifers400 to 500 kgderived from 5 lots£2,076£2,000 to £2,1805
500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot£2,020£2,020 to £2,0201
600 kg and overderived from 4 lots£2,320£2,170 to £2,5204
All weights
Cull cows400 to 500 kgderived from 1 lot£1,480£1,480 to £1,4801
600 kg and overderived from 7 lots£2,517£1,960 to £2,9607
All weights
Bulls500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot£1,700£1,700 to £1,7001
600 kg and overderived from 2 lots£2,380£1,720 to £3,0402
Weanling bulls300 to 400 kgderived from 6 lots£1,828£1,740 to £1,9606
400 to 500 kgderived from 4 lots£2,002£1,880 to £2,2204
All weights
Weanling heifersUnder 300 kgderived from 4 lots£1,578£1,520 to £1,7104
300 to 400 kgderived from 1 lot£1,510£1,510 to £1,5101
400 to 500 kgderived from 5 lots£1,648£1,530 to £1,7505
All weights
CalvesAll weightsderived from 20 lots£1,207£960 to £1,61020
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 70 lots, 70 head Show the table
CategoryHeadBreedWeight kgPrice
Calves1BB£1,310
Calves1BB£1,140
Calves1AA£1,090
Calves1BB£1,060
Calves1BB£1,050
Calves1BB£1,030
Calves1BB£1,010
Calves1AA£1,000
Calves1HO£970
Calves1BB£960
Calves1SH£1,610
Calves1SH£1,510
Calves1SH£1,400
Calves1SH£1,360
Calves1SI£1,350
Calves1SI£1,330
Calves1SH£1,310
Calves1£1,280
Calves1SI£1,210
Calves1MO£1,160
Weanling bulls1BB456£2,220
Weanling bulls1LM494£2,010
Weanling bulls1BB394£1,960
Weanling bulls1LM412£1,900
Weanling bulls1LM374£1,900
Weanling bulls1CH374£1,890
Weanling bulls1LM452£1,880
Weanling bulls1BB364£1,740
Weanling bulls1CH328£1,740
Weanling bulls1CH342£1,740
Weanling heifers1LM420£1,750
Weanling heifers1LM246£1,710
Weanling heifers1414£1,700
Weanling heifers1SI462£1,660
Weanling heifers1LM404£1,600
Weanling heifers1LM280£1,540
Weanling heifers1LM268£1,540
Weanling heifers1AA414£1,530
Weanling heifers1LM284£1,520
Weanling heifers1CH334£1,510
Cull cows1LM896£2,960
Cull cows1838£2,960
Cull cows1LM810£2,680
Cull cows1LM774£2,420
Cull cows1CH672£2,380
Cull cows1CH614£2,260
Cull cows1AA772£1,960
Cull cows1LM456£1,480
Bulls1936£3,040
Bulls1SH778£1,720
Bulls1FR576£1,700
Heifers1CH674£2,520
Heifers1LM632£2,370
Heifers1CH604£2,220
Heifers1CH438£2,180
Heifers1LM616£2,170
Heifers1CH480£2,160
Heifers1LM440£2,040
Heifers1CH516£2,020
Heifers1LM432£2,000
Heifers1LM482£2,000
Bullocks1618£2,480
Bullocks1600£2,360
Bullocks1BB606£2,340
Bullocks1BB598£2,340
Bullocks1BB622£2,310
Bullocks1CH608£2,310
Bullocks1LM490£2,300
Bullocks1SI600£2,300
Bullocks1SI532£2,280

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.