Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Tuesday 9 September 2025
- Bullocks £4.81/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £4.41/kg* mean of bands
A great entry of just under 400 store cattle met a super trade. Bullocks sold to £2610 over for a Char 590kgs at £3200 which was kindly donated between Laurel House/Cancer research charities by Thomas Paul, Dunloy. Heifers sold to £1980 over for a Lim 600kg at £2580 presented by S O’Kane, Maghera.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 9 September 2025
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | Under 300 kgderived from 3 lots | £4.72/kg | £4.65 to £4.84/kg | £1,243 | £1,210 to £1,260 | 3 |
| 400 to 500 kgderived from 10 lots | £4.81/kg | £4.59 to £5.08/kg | £2,253 | £2,020 to £2,390 | 10 | |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 15 lots | £4.82/kg | £4.61 to £5.42/kg | £2,589 | £2,360 to £3,200 | 15 | |
| Heifers | Under 300 kgderived from 2 lots | £4.44/kg | £4.33 to £4.50/kg | £990 | £900 to £1,170 | 3 |
| 300 to 400 kgderived from 2 lots | £4.62/kg | £4.47 to £4.76/kg | £1,520 | £1,430 to £1,610 | 2 | |
| 400 to 500 kgderived from 8 lots | £4.44/kg | £4.28 to £4.56/kg | £2,018 | £1,790 to £2,200 | 8 | |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 11 lots | £4.36/kg | £4.15 to £4.82/kg | £2,355 | £2,200 to £2,460 | 11 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 1 lot | £4.30/kg | £4.30 to £4.30/kg | £2,580 | £2,580 to £2,580 | 1 | |
| 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 52 lots, 53 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 460 | £2,340 | £5.08/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 480 | £2,390 | £4.97/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 500 | £2,480 | £4.96/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 460 | £2,280 | £4.95/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 470 | £2,290 | £4.87/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 490 | £2,380 | £4.85/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | HE | 260 | £1,260 | £4.84/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 480 | £2,290 | £4.77/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | SI | 440 | £2,080 | £4.72/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 490 | £2,290 | £4.67/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | HE | 270 | £1,260 | £4.66/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | HE | 260 | £1,210 | £4.65/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 470 | £2,170 | £4.61/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 440 | £2,020 | £4.59/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 590 | £3,200 | £5.42/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 510 | £2,580 | £5.05/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 520 | £2,560 | £4.92/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 550 | £2,700 | £4.90/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 530 | £2,600 | £4.90/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 530 | £2,560 | £4.83/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 570 | £2,700 | £4.73/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 520 | £2,460 | £4.73/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 520 | £2,440 | £4.69/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 550 | £2,580 | £4.69/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 580 | £2,720 | £4.69/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 540 | £2,500 | £4.63/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 510 | £2,360 | £4.62/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 520 | £2,400 | £4.61/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 300 | £1,430 | £4.76/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 440 | £2,010 | £4.56/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 450 | £2,040 | £4.53/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | BB | 450 | £2,040 | £4.53/kg |
| Heifers | 2 | HE | 200 | £900 | £4.50/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 490 | £2,200 | £4.49/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 360 | £1,610 | £4.47/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 420 | £1,870 | £4.45/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | SI | 410 | £1,790 | £4.36/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 480 | £2,090 | £4.35/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | HE | 270 | £1,170 | £4.33/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 490 | £2,100 | £4.28/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 510 | £2,460 | £4.82/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 510 | £2,360 | £4.62/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | 540 | £2,420 | £4.48/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | 560 | £2,460 | £4.39/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | 530 | £2,320 | £4.37/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | 550 | £2,370 | £4.30/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 600 | £2,580 | £4.30/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 540 | £2,290 | £4.24/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 540 | £2,290 | £4.24/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 580 | £2,440 | £4.20/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 550 | £2,300 | £4.18/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 530 | £2,200 | £4.15/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.