Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Thursday 9 October 2025
- Bullocks £3.74/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.66/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows £3.16/kg* mean of bands
An entry of 330 cattle forward in Ballymena today. Beef cows sold to 382p for a Lim 770kg at £2941. Fr cows to 270p for a 710kg at £1917, Beef bullocks to 434p for Lim 870kg at £3775, beef heifers to 406p for a Lim 640kg at £2598.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 9 October 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 4 lots | £3.34/kg | £3.08 to £4.18/kg | £1,833 | £1,630 to £2,090 | 5 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 31 lots | £3.80/kg | £2.98 to £4.34/kg | £3,073 | £1,817 to £3,985 | 31 | |
| Heifers | 500 to 600 kgderived from 8 lots | £3.60/kg | £3.46 to £3.94/kg | £2,016 | £1,913 to £2,112 | 8 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 8 lots | £3.71/kg | £3.46 to £4.06/kg | £2,538 | £2,194 to £3,088 | 8 | |
| Cull cows | 500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots | £2.88/kg | £2.20 to £3.56/kg | £1,681 | £1,298 to £2,064 | 2 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 21 lots | £3.19/kg | £2.44 to £3.82/kg | £2,266 | £1,550 to £3,760 | 21 | |
| 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, 75 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 770 | £2,941 | £3.82/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 830 | £3,154 | £3.80/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 730 | £2,759 | £3.78/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 1,000 | £3,760 | £3.76/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 630 | £2,343 | £3.72/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 740 | £2,693 | £3.64/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 690 | £2,511 | £3.64/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 610 | £2,220 | £3.64/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 680 | £2,420 | £3.56/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 580 | £2,064 | £3.56/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 630 | £2,242 | £3.56/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 690 | £2,442 | £3.54/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 610 | £2,135 | £3.50/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 710 | £1,917 | £2.70/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 640 | £1,689 | £2.64/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 630 | £1,650 | £2.62/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 690 | £1,794 | £2.60/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 750 | £1,935 | £2.58/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 790 | £1,975 | £2.50/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 620 | £1,550 | £2.50/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 700 | £1,722 | £2.46/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 710 | £1,732 | £2.44/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 590 | £1,298 | £2.20/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | BB | 940 | £3,985 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 870 | £3,775 | £4.34/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 900 | £3,744 | £4.16/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 960 | £3,686 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 930 | £3,534 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 910 | £3,512 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | BA | 910 | £3,494 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 900 | £3,438 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 910 | £3,385 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 850 | £3,383 | £3.98/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 880 | £3,361 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 830 | £3,353 | £4.04/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 840 | £3,343 | £3.98/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 870 | £3,323 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 790 | £3,318 | £4.20/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 940 | £3,985 | £4.24/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 700 | £2,940 | £4.20/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 500 | £2,090 | £4.18/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 640 | £2,649 | £4.14/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 670 | £2,773 | £4.14/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 750 | £3,075 | £4.10/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 700 | £2,856 | £4.08/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 760 | £3,040 | £4.00/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 740 | £2,960 | £4.00/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 760 | £3,024 | £3.98/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 640 | £2,598 | £4.06/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 780 | £3,088 | £3.96/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 690 | £2,718 | £3.94/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 530 | £2,088 | £3.94/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | SHB | 520 | £1,913 | £3.68/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | SHB | 790 | £2,844 | £3.60/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | SI | 640 | £2,291 | £3.58/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | BRB | 590 | £2,112 | £3.58/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 560 | £1,993 | |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 570 | £2,017 | £3.54/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 620 | £2,194 | £3.54/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | SI | 570 | £2,006 | £3.52/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 670 | £2,358 | £3.52/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | SI | 560 | £1,960 | £3.50/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 640 | £2,214 | £3.46/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 590 | £2,041 | £3.46/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 730 | £2,379 | £3.26/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | HO | 500 | £1,630 | £3.26/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 700 | £2,268 | £3.24/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 650 | £2,106 | £3.24/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | HO | 690 | £2,180 | £3.16/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | HO | 870 | £2,731 | £3.14/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 600 | £1,860 | £3.10/kg |
| Bullocks | 2 | FR | 590 | £1,829 | £3.10/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 580 | £1,786 | £3.08/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 610 | £1,817 | £2.98/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.