Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Thursday 2 October 2025
- Bullocks £3.49/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.93/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows £3.25/kg* mean of bands
A good entry of 382 Beef cattle continued to sell well with Beef Cows to 446p for 810kg at £3612, Fr Cows to 270p for 580kg at £1566 and Beef Heifers to 436p for 840kg at £3662. Beef Bullocks to 422p for 820kg at £3460 and to a top per head of £3508, Fr bullocks to 332p for 660kg at £2191.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 2 October 2025
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | Under 300 kgderived from 1 lot | £3,058 | £3,058 to £3,058 | 1 | ||
| 400 to 500 kgderived from 1 lot | £2.30/kg | £2.30 to £2.30/kg | £1,104 | £1,104 to £1,104 | 1 | |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 9 lots | £3.20/kg | £2.18 to £3.98/kg | £1,754 | £1,134 to £2,078 | 9 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 31 lots | £3.61/kg | £2.44 to £4.22/kg | £2,810 | £1,684 to £3,509 | 31 | |
| Heifers | 500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots | £3.92/kg | £3.90 to £3.94/kg | £2,273 | £2,245 to £2,301 | 2 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 13 lots | £3.93/kg | £3.80 to £4.36/kg | £2,759 | £2,330 to £3,662 | 13 | |
| Cull cows | 500 to 600 kgderived from 5 lots | £2.80/kg | £2.48 to £3.80/kg | £1,549 | £1,339 to £2,014 | 5 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 23 lots | £3.35/kg | £2.40 to £4.46/kg | £2,477 | £1,488 to £3,959 | 23 | |
| 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 85 lots, 85 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 810 | £3,612 | £4.46/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 820 | £3,640 | £4.44/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 620 | £2,728 | £4.40/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 790 | £3,412 | £4.32/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 740 | £3,167 | £4.28/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 640 | £2,649 | £4.14/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 700 | £2,870 | £4.10/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 980 | £3,959 | £4.04/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 820 | £3,198 | £3.90/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BA | 530 | £2,014 | £3.80/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 820 | £3,099 | £3.78/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 680 | £2,529 | £3.72/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 800 | £2,960 | £3.70/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 580 | £1,566 | £2.70/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 720 | £1,929 | £2.68/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 720 | £1,843 | £2.56/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 600 | £1,536 | £2.56/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 700 | £1,778 | £2.54/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 660 | £1,663 | £2.52/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 650 | £1,638 | £2.52/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 700 | £1,764 | £2.52/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 570 | £1,425 | £2.50/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 560 | £1,400 | £2.50/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 790 | £1,959 | £2.48/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 540 | £1,339 | £2.48/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 690 | £1,711 | £2.48/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 760 | £1,839 | £2.42/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 620 | £1,488 | £2.40/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 840 | £3,662 | £4.36/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 770 | £3,218 | £4.18/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 670 | £2,653 | £3.96/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 720 | £2,836 | £3.94/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 710 | £2,797 | £3.94/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 570 | £2,245 | £3.94/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | SI | 590 | £2,301 | £3.90/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 740 | £2,886 | £3.90/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 770 | £2,972 | £3.86/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 680 | £2,611 | £3.84/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 640 | £2,457 | £3.84/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 620 | £2,380 | £3.84/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 610 | £2,330 | £3.82/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 700 | £2,674 | £3.82/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 630 | £2,394 | £3.80/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 860 | £3,509 | £4.08/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 820 | £3,460 | £4.22/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 810 | £3,370 | £4.16/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 870 | £3,297 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 870 | £3,289 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 870 | £3,219 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 790 | £3,207 | £4.06/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 820 | £3,165 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 870 | £3,132 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 840 | £3,108 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 830 | £3,104 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 810 | £3,078 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 780 | £3,065 | £3.93/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 80 | £3,058 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 830 | £3,054 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 790 | £3,049 | £3.86/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,982 | £4.20/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 520 | £2,070 | £3.98/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,812 | £3.96/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 760 | £3,010 | £3.96/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 530 | £2,078 | £3.92/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | SI | 740 | £2,886 | £3.90/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 770 | £3,003 | £3.90/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 820 | £3,166 | £3.86/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 530 | £2,035 | £3.84/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | SPK | 710 | £2,726 | £3.84/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 660 | £2,191 | £3.32/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 610 | £2,013 | £3.30/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 590 | £1,935 | £3.28/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 560 | £1,803 | £3.22/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 610 | £1,928 | £3.16/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 610 | £1,891 | £3.10/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 810 | £2,446 | £3.02/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 550 | £1,617 | £2.94/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | HO | 700 | £2,044 | £2.92/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 810 | £2,333 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 580 | £1,624 | £2.80/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | HO | 690 | £1,877 | £2.72/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 570 | £1,493 | £2.62/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | HO | 690 | £1,684 | £2.44/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | HO | 480 | £1,104 | £2.30/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | HO | 520 | £1,134 | £2.18/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.