Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Thursday 4 September 2025
- Bullocks £3.78/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.97/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows £3.14/kg* mean of bands
A good entry of 390 beef cattle on Thursday resulted in another great trade. Beef cows sold to 432p for a Belgian Blue 770kg at £3326, Fr Cows to 280p for 750kg at £2100 and Beef heifers to 404p for a Charolais 790kg at £3191. Beef bullocks to a top per head of £3791 for a Limousin 890kg with the same animal achieving the top price per kilo at 426p. Fr Bullocks to 334p for 460kg at £1536.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 4 September 2025
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 400 to 500 kgderived from 2 lots | £3.27/kg | £3.20 to £3.34/kg | £1,552 | £1,536 to £1,568 | 2 |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 3 lots | £3.22/kg | £3.20 to £3.24/kg | £1,621 | £1,610 to £1,632 | 3 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 34 lots | £3.86/kg | £3.00 to £4.26/kg | £2,948 | £1,800 to £3,791 | 34 | |
| Heifers | 500 to 600 kgderived from 4 lots | £3.98/kg | £3.90 to £4.04/kg | £2,179 | £2,145 to £2,222 | 4 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 10 lots | £3.96/kg | £3.88 to £4.04/kg | £2,753 | £2,376 to £3,192 | 10 | |
| Cull cows | 500 to 600 kgderived from 4 lots | £2.66/kg | £2.34 to £3.44/kg | £1,549 | £1,334 to £1,995 | 4 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 27 lots | £3.21/kg | £2.34 to £4.32/kg | £2,371 | £1,537 to £3,762 | 27 | |
| 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 84 lots, 84 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | BEL | 770 | £3,326 | £4.32/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 830 | £3,536 | £4.26/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 900 | £3,762 | £4.18/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BEL | 820 | £3,395 | £4.14/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 780 | £2,980 | £3.82/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 660 | £2,481 | £3.76/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | PT | 740 | £2,723 | £3.68/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 800 | £2,944 | £3.68/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 760 | £2,797 | £3.68/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SH | 660 | £2,297 | £3.48/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 710 | £2,457 | £3.46/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,457 | £3.46/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 580 | £1,995 | £3.44/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | AA | 690 | £2,374 | £3.44/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 680 | £2,339 | £3.44/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 750 | £2,100 | £2.80/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 700 | £1,932 | £2.76/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 730 | £1,971 | £2.70/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 650 | £1,755 | £2.70/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 710 | £1,846 | £2.60/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 780 | £1,981 | ||
| Cull cows | 1 | 830 | £2,092 | £2.52/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 700 | £1,764 | £2.52/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 610 | £1,537 | £2.52/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 590 | £1,463 | £2.48/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 770 | £1,848 | £2.40/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 750 | £1,800 | £2.40/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 590 | £1,404 | £2.38/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 750 | £1,755 | £2.34/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 760 | £1,778 | £2.34/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 570 | £1,334 | £2.34/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 790 | £3,192 | £4.04/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 550 | £2,222 | £4.04/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 700 | £2,814 | £4.02/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 710 | £2,840 | £4.00/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 550 | £2,200 | £4.00/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 690 | £2,746 | £3.98/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 620 | £2,468 | £3.98/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 540 | £2,149 | £3.98/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 600 | £2,376 | £3.96/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 720 | £2,822 | £3.92/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 730 | £2,862 | £3.92/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | BEL | 710 | £2,769 | £3.90/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 550 | £2,145 | £3.90/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 680 | £2,638 | £3.88/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 890 | £3,791 | £4.26/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 890 | £3,649 | £4.10/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 860 | £3,371 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 830 | £3,336 | ||
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 810 | £3,321 | £4.10/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 860 | £3,268 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | SI | 850 | £3,247 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 810 | £3,175 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 880 | £3,168 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 810 | £3,159 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 820 | £3,148 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | SI | 850 | £3,145 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | BRB | 820 | £3,099 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | SI | 820 | £3,099 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 790 | £3,081 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 770 | £3,080 | ||
| Bullocks | 1 | PT | 600 | £2,484 | £4.14/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | PT | 660 | £2,706 | £4.10/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,911 | £4.10/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 600 | £2,460 | £4.10/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 690 | £2,815 | £4.08/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 740 | £3,004 | £4.06/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 690 | £2,801 | £4.06/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 720 | £2,908 | £4.04/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 670 | £2,706 | £4.04/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 830 | £3,336 | £4.02/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 680 | £2,733 | £4.02/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 770 | £3,080 | £4.00/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 750 | £3,000 | £4.00/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 460 | £1,536 | £3.34/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 500 | £1,620 | £3.24/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 770 | £2,494 | £3.24/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 750 | £2,430 | £3.24/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 500 | £1,610 | £3.22/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 510 | £1,632 | £3.20/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 490 | £1,568 | £3.20/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 690 | £2,194 | £3.18/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 710 | £2,229 | £3.14/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 600 | £1,800 | £3.00/kg |
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.ballymenalivestockmarket.com. Fetched 2 September 2026.