Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Cattle sale, Thursday 4 September 2025

390 head on offer. Cattle in sterling per kg liveweight; per head where the mart gave it. Week 36, 2025

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

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per kgRange per kgAvg per headRange per headHead
Bullocks400 to 500 kgderived from 2 lots£3.27/kg£3.20 to £3.34/kg£1,552£1,536 to £1,5682
500 to 600 kgderived from 3 lots£3.22/kg£3.20 to £3.24/kg£1,621£1,610 to £1,6323
600 kg and overderived from 34 lots£3.86/kg£3.00 to £4.26/kg£2,948£1,800 to £3,79134
Heifers500 to 600 kgderived from 4 lots£3.98/kg£3.90 to £4.04/kg£2,179£2,145 to £2,2224
600 kg and overderived from 10 lots£3.96/kg£3.88 to £4.04/kg£2,753£2,376 to £3,19210
Cull cows500 to 600 kgderived from 4 lots£2.66/kg£2.34 to £3.44/kg£1,549£1,334 to £1,9954
600 kg and overderived from 27 lots£3.21/kg£2.34 to £4.32/kg£2,371£1,537 to £3,76227
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
CategoryHeadBreedWeight kgPricePer kg
Cull cows1BEL770£3,326£4.32/kg
Cull cows1LM830£3,536£4.26/kg
Cull cows1LM900£3,762£4.18/kg
Cull cows1BEL820£3,395£4.14/kg
Cull cows1LM780£2,980£3.82/kg
Cull cows1LM660£2,481£3.76/kg
Cull cows1PT740£2,723£3.68/kg
Cull cows1LM800£2,944£3.68/kg
Cull cows1SI760£2,797£3.68/kg
Cull cows1SH660£2,297£3.48/kg
Cull cows1CH710£2,457£3.46/kg
Cull cows1LM710£2,457£3.46/kg
Cull cows1LM580£1,995£3.44/kg
Cull cows1AA690£2,374£3.44/kg
Cull cows1SI680£2,339£3.44/kg
Cull cows1750£2,100£2.80/kg
Cull cows1700£1,932£2.76/kg
Cull cows1730£1,971£2.70/kg
Cull cows1650£1,755£2.70/kg
Cull cows1710£1,846£2.60/kg
Cull cows1780£1,981
Cull cows1830£2,092£2.52/kg
Cull cows1700£1,764£2.52/kg
Cull cows1610£1,537£2.52/kg
Cull cows1590£1,463£2.48/kg
Cull cows1770£1,848£2.40/kg
Cull cows1750£1,800£2.40/kg
Cull cows1590£1,404£2.38/kg
Cull cows1750£1,755£2.34/kg
Cull cows1760£1,778£2.34/kg
Cull cows1570£1,334£2.34/kg
Heifers1CH790£3,192£4.04/kg
Heifers1LM550£2,222£4.04/kg
Heifers1CH700£2,814£4.02/kg
Heifers1CH710£2,840£4.00/kg
Heifers1LM550£2,200£4.00/kg
Heifers1CH690£2,746£3.98/kg
Heifers1620£2,468£3.98/kg
Heifers1LM540£2,149£3.98/kg
Heifers1CH600£2,376£3.96/kg
Heifers1AA720£2,822£3.92/kg
Heifers1CH730£2,862£3.92/kg
Heifers1BEL710£2,769£3.90/kg
Heifers1LM550£2,145£3.90/kg
Heifers1LM680£2,638£3.88/kg
Bullocks1LM890£3,791£4.26/kg
Bullocks1LM890£3,649£4.10/kg
Bullocks1CH860£3,371
Bullocks1830£3,336
Bullocks1LM810£3,321£4.10/kg
Bullocks1CH860£3,268
Bullocks1SI850£3,247
Bullocks1CH810£3,175
Bullocks1CH880£3,168
Bullocks1CH810£3,159
Bullocks1LM820£3,148
Bullocks1SI850£3,145
Bullocks1BRB820£3,099
Bullocks1SI820£3,099
Bullocks1LM790£3,081
Bullocks1770£3,080
Bullocks1PT600£2,484£4.14/kg
Bullocks1PT660£2,706£4.10/kg
Bullocks1LM710£2,911£4.10/kg
Bullocks1CH600£2,460£4.10/kg
Bullocks1CH690£2,815£4.08/kg
Bullocks1LM740£3,004£4.06/kg
Bullocks1LM690£2,801£4.06/kg
Bullocks1CH720£2,908£4.04/kg
Bullocks1LM670£2,706£4.04/kg
Bullocks1CH830£3,336£4.02/kg
Bullocks1LM680£2,733£4.02/kg
Bullocks1LM770£3,080£4.00/kg
Bullocks1CH750£3,000£4.00/kg
Bullocks1460£1,536£3.34/kg
Bullocks1500£1,620£3.24/kg
Bullocks1770£2,494£3.24/kg
Bullocks1750£2,430£3.24/kg
Bullocks1500£1,610£3.22/kg
Bullocks1510£1,632£3.20/kg
Bullocks1490£1,568£3.20/kg
Bullocks1690£2,194£3.18/kg
Bullocks1710£2,229£3.14/kg
Bullocks1600£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.