Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Cattle sale, Thursday 11 September 2025

280 head on offer. Cattle in sterling per kg liveweight; per head where the mart gave it. Week 37, 2025

280 beef cattle in Ballymena on Thursday resulted in another steady trade. Beef cows sold to 404p for 770kg at £3110, Fr cows to 274p for 680kg at £1863 and Beef heifers to 428p for 730kg at £3124. Beef bullocks to 432p for 790kg at £3412 and to a top per head of £3520 for 1000kg and Fr bullocks to 334p for 670kg at £2237.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 11 September 2025

Prices

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per kgRange per kgAvg per headRange per headHead
Bullocks400 to 500 kgderived from 3 lots£3.20/kg£3.18 to £3.24/kg£1,547£1,526 to £1,5583
500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot£3.28/kg£3.28 to £3.28/kg£1,673£1,673 to £1,6731
600 kg and overderived from 33 lots£3.92/kg£3.18 to £4.26/kg£3,037£2,130 to £3,52033
Heifers400 to 500 kgderived from 1 lot£3.88/kg£3.88 to £3.88/kg£1,668£1,668 to £1,6681
500 to 600 kgderived from 3 lots£3.89/kg£3.88 to £3.90/kg£2,193£2,067 to £2,3013
600 kg and overderived from 11 lots£3.97/kg£3.78 to £4.28/kg£2,688£2,304 to £3,12411
Cull cows500 to 600 kgderived from 3 lots£3.25/kg£2.62 to £3.58/kg£1,865£1,467 to £2,0883
600 kg and overderived from 19 lots£3.16/kg£2.40 to £4.04/kg£2,259£1,452 to £3,32319
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 74 lots, 74 head Show the table
CategoryHeadBreedWeight kgPricePer kg
Cull cows1BA770£3,110£4.04/kg
Cull cows1680£2,652£3.90/kg
Cull cows1CH870£3,323£3.82/kg
Cull cows1BA690£2,608£3.78/kg
Cull cows1AA730£2,744£3.76/kg
Cull cows1CH750£2,790£3.72/kg
Cull cows1BA710£2,627£3.70/kg
Cull cows1LM570£2,040£3.58/kg
Cull cows1CH740£2,649£3.58/kg
Cull cows1LM590£2,088£3.54/kg
Cull cows1SI650£2,301£3.54/kg
Cull cows1LM660£2,310£3.50/kg
Cull cows1680£1,863£2.74/kg
Cull cows1690£1,835£2.66/kg
Cull cows1690£1,821£2.64/kg
Cull cows1560£1,467£2.62/kg
Cull cows1740£1,894£2.56/kg
Cull cows1660£1,650£2.50/kg
Cull cows1850£2,091£2.46/kg
Cull cows1600£1,452£2.42/kg
Cull cows1630£1,512£2.40/kg
Cull cows1700£1,680£2.40/kg
Bullocks1CH1,000£3,520
Bullocks1LM830£3,469
Bullocks1LM790£3,412
Bullocks1AA900£3,294
Bullocks1BB780£3,276
Bullocks1LM760£3,237
Bullocks1CH810£3,223
Bullocks1CH800£3,200£4.00/kg
Bullocks1LM810£3,191
Bullocks1CH780£3,182
Bullocks1LM850£3,145
Bullocks1LM740£3,122
Bullocks1AA830£3,120
Bullocks1CH800£3,104
Bullocks1LM790£3,413
Bullocks1LM760£3,238£4.26/kg
Bullocks1LM740£3,123£4.22/kg
Bullocks1BEL780£3,276£4.20/kg
Bullocks1LM830£3,469£4.18/kg
Bullocks1LM740£3,064£4.14/kg
Bullocks1LM660£2,719£4.12/kg
Bullocks1LM670£2,760£4.12/kg
Bullocks1LM690£2,829£4.10/kg
Bullocks1CH780£3,180£4.08/kg
Bullocks1SI760£3,086£4.06/kg
Bullocks1LM710£2,854£4.02/kg
Bullocks1LM760£3,040£4.00/kg
Bullocks1CH750£3,000£4.00/kg
Bullocks1LM660£2,640£4.00/kg
Heifers1CH730£3,124£4.28/kg
Heifers1CH740£3,093£4.18/kg
Heifers1CH750£3,060£4.08/kg
Heifers1LM670£2,667£3.98/kg
Heifers1CH650£2,587£3.98/kg
Heifers1CH630£2,482£3.94/kg
Heifers1SI720£2,808£3.90/kg
Heifers1CH590£2,301£3.90/kg
Heifers1CH530£2,067£3.90/kg
Heifers1PT570£2,212£3.88/kg
Heifers1LM430£1,668£3.88/kg
Heifers1LM630£2,432£3.86/kg
Heifers1CH670£2,586£3.86/kg
Heifers1LM600£2,304£3.84/kg
Heifers1AA640£2,419£3.78/kg
Bullocks1670£2,238£3.34/kg
Bullocks1740£2,442£3.30/kg
Bullocks1510£1,673£3.28/kg
Bullocks1480£1,555£3.24/kg
Bullocks1490£1,558£3.18/kg
Bullocks1480£1,526£3.18/kg
Bullocks1700£2,226£3.18/kg
Bullocks1670£2,130£3.18/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.