Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Thursday 18 September 2025
- Bullocks £4.09/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.91/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows £3.04/kg* mean of bands
300 beef cattle on Thursday resulted in another good steady trade. Beef Cows to 416p for 840kg at £3494, Fr Cows to 278p for 620kg at £1723 and Beef Heifers to 412p for 650kg at £2678. Beef bullocks to 430p for 620kg at £2666 and to a top per head of £3720 for 890kg and Fr Bullocks to 318p for 600kg at £1908.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 18 September 2025
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots | £4.11/kg | £4.02 to £4.20/kg | £2,263 | £2,090 to £2,436 | 2 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 25 lots | £4.09/kg | £4.00 to £4.30/kg | £3,110 | £2,528 to £3,720 | 25 | |
| Heifers | 500 to 600 kgderived from 4 lots | £3.87/kg | £3.70 to £4.04/kg | £2,127 | £1,890 to £2,343 | 4 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 8 lots | £3.93/kg | £3.70 to £4.12/kg | £2,532 | £2,294 to £2,678 | 8 | |
| Cull cows | 500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots | £3.04/kg | £2.50 to £3.58/kg | £1,702 | £1,400 to £2,004 | 2 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 27 lots | £3.04/kg | £2.22 to £4.16/kg | £2,151 | £1,332 to £3,494 | 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 68 lots, 68 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 840 | £3,494 | £4.16/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BA | 700 | £2,786 | £3.98/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 610 | £2,415 | £3.96/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BA | 650 | £2,444 | £3.76/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 650 | £2,444 | £3.76/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 660 | £2,428 | £3.68/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 560 | £2,004 | £3.58/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BA | 740 | £2,575 | £3.48/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BA | 750 | £2,610 | £3.48/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 670 | £2,318 | £3.46/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 720 | £2,491 | £3.46/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 720 | £2,462 | £3.42/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | HE | 950 | £3,211 | £3.38/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 650 | £2,678 | £4.12/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 640 | £2,598 | £4.06/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | BB | 580 | £2,343 | £4.04/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 660 | £2,640 | £4.00/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 640 | £2,547 | £3.98/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 650 | £2,574 | £3.96/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 650 | £2,561 | £3.94/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 550 | £2,167 | £3.94/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | ST | 500 | £1,890 | £3.78/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 640 | £2,368 | £3.70/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 570 | £2,109 | £3.70/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | ST | 620 | £2,294 | £3.70/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 620 | £1,724 | £2.78/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 700 | £1,939 | £2.77/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 760 | £2,082 | £2.74/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 710 | £1,902 | £2.68/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 800 | £2,112 | £2.64/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 700 | £1,834 | £2.62/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 750 | £1,935 | £2.58/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 730 | £1,883 | £2.58/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 650 | £1,677 | £2.58/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 620 | £1,562 | £2.52/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 560 | £1,400 | £2.50/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 670 | £1,634 | £2.44/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 750 | £1,770 | £2.36/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 680 | £1,523 | £2.24/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 660 | £1,478 | £2.24/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 600 | £1,332 | £2.22/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 890 | £3,720 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 900 | £2,528 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 850 | £3,485 | £4.10/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 900 | £3,474 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 890 | £3,418 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 820 | £3,378 | £4.12/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 870 | £3,341 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 820 | £3,280 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 820 | £3,214 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 820 | £3,198 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 840 | £3,192 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 810 | £3,190 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 770 | £3,188 | £4.14/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 820 | £3,165 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 810 | £3,159 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 620 | £2,666 | £4.30/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 680 | £2,883 | £4.24/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 580 | £2,436 | £4.20/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 790 | £3,192 | £4.04/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,868 | £4.04/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 700 | £2,828 | £4.04/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 690 | £2,787 | £4.04/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 670 | £2,707 | £4.04/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 520 | £2,090 | £4.02/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 730 | £2,935 | £4.02/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 750 | £3,000 | £4.00/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 740 | £2,960 | £4.00/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.