Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Thursday 11 September 2025
- Bullocks £3.84/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.95/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows £3.17/kg* mean of bands
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
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 400 to 500 kgderived from 3 lots | £3.20/kg | £3.18 to £3.24/kg | £1,547 | £1,526 to £1,558 | 3 |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot | £3.28/kg | £3.28 to £3.28/kg | £1,673 | £1,673 to £1,673 | 1 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 33 lots | £3.92/kg | £3.18 to £4.26/kg | £3,037 | £2,130 to £3,520 | 33 | |
| Heifers | 400 to 500 kgderived from 1 lot | £3.88/kg | £3.88 to £3.88/kg | £1,668 | £1,668 to £1,668 | 1 |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 3 lots | £3.89/kg | £3.88 to £3.90/kg | £2,193 | £2,067 to £2,301 | 3 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 11 lots | £3.97/kg | £3.78 to £4.28/kg | £2,688 | £2,304 to £3,124 | 11 | |
| Cull cows | 500 to 600 kgderived from 3 lots | £3.25/kg | £2.62 to £3.58/kg | £1,865 | £1,467 to £2,088 | 3 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 19 lots | £3.16/kg | £2.40 to £4.04/kg | £2,259 | £1,452 to £3,323 | 19 | |
| 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
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | BA | 770 | £3,110 | £4.04/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 680 | £2,652 | £3.90/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 870 | £3,323 | £3.82/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BA | 690 | £2,608 | £3.78/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | AA | 730 | £2,744 | £3.76/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 750 | £2,790 | £3.72/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BA | 710 | £2,627 | £3.70/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 570 | £2,040 | £3.58/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 740 | £2,649 | £3.58/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 590 | £2,088 | £3.54/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 650 | £2,301 | £3.54/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 660 | £2,310 | £3.50/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 680 | £1,863 | £2.74/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 690 | £1,835 | £2.66/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 690 | £1,821 | £2.64/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 560 | £1,467 | £2.62/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 740 | £1,894 | £2.56/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 660 | £1,650 | £2.50/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 850 | £2,091 | £2.46/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 600 | £1,452 | £2.42/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 630 | £1,512 | £2.40/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 700 | £1,680 | £2.40/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 1,000 | £3,520 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 830 | £3,469 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 790 | £3,412 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 900 | £3,294 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | BB | 780 | £3,276 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 760 | £3,237 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 810 | £3,223 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 800 | £3,200 | £4.00/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 810 | £3,191 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 780 | £3,182 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 850 | £3,145 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 740 | £3,122 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 830 | £3,120 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 800 | £3,104 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 790 | £3,413 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 760 | £3,238 | £4.26/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 740 | £3,123 | £4.22/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 780 | £3,276 | £4.20/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 830 | £3,469 | £4.18/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 740 | £3,064 | £4.14/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 660 | £2,719 | £4.12/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 670 | £2,760 | £4.12/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 690 | £2,829 | £4.10/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 780 | £3,180 | £4.08/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | SI | 760 | £3,086 | £4.06/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,854 | £4.02/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 760 | £3,040 | £4.00/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 750 | £3,000 | £4.00/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 660 | £2,640 | £4.00/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 730 | £3,124 | £4.28/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 740 | £3,093 | £4.18/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 750 | £3,060 | £4.08/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 670 | £2,667 | £3.98/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 650 | £2,587 | £3.98/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 630 | £2,482 | £3.94/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | SI | 720 | £2,808 | £3.90/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 590 | £2,301 | £3.90/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 530 | £2,067 | £3.90/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | PT | 570 | £2,212 | £3.88/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 430 | £1,668 | £3.88/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 630 | £2,432 | £3.86/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 670 | £2,586 | £3.86/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 600 | £2,304 | £3.84/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 640 | £2,419 | £3.78/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 670 | £2,238 | £3.34/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 740 | £2,442 | £3.30/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 510 | £1,673 | £3.28/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 480 | £1,555 | £3.24/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 490 | £1,558 | £3.18/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 480 | £1,526 | £3.18/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 700 | £2,226 | £3.18/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 670 | £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.