Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Thursday 16 October 2025
- Bullocks £3.60/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.86/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows £3.29/kg* mean of bands
A lesser entry of 220 Beef cattle on Thursday continued to sell at a steady trade. Beef Cows sold to 418p for a Lim 770kg at £3218, Fr Cows to 278p for 700kg at £1946 and Beef Heifers to 408p for a Blonde 660kg at £2692. Beef Bullocks to 400p for a Lim 610kg at £2440 and to a top per head of £3327 for a Charolais 940kg and Fr Bullocks to 332p for 570kg at £1892.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 16 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 3 lots | £3.17/kg | £2.98 to £3.32/kg | £1,704 | £1,579 to £1,892 | 3 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 30 lots | £3.64/kg | £3.02 to £4.00/kg | £2,696 | £1,872 to £3,327 | 30 | |
| Heifers | 500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots | £3.90/kg | £3.88 to £3.92/kg | £2,203 | £2,195 to £2,211 | 2 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 11 lots | £3.85/kg | £3.70 to £4.08/kg | £2,681 | £2,342 to £2,930 | 11 | |
| Cull cows | 500 to 600 kgderived from 4 lots | £3.31/kg | £2.60 to £4.12/kg | £1,824 | £1,534 to £2,224 | 4 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 17 lots | £3.28/kg | £2.50 to £4.18/kg | £2,244 | £1,561 to £3,218 | 17 | |
| Bold figures are the mart's own. Anything lighter was worked out by farmprices.ie from the lots the mart listed, because the report did not give that figure. A line marked "part derived" carries both: the mart stated some of it and the rest comes from its lot list. | ||||||
Sample lots 67 lots, 67 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 770 | £3,218 | £4.18/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 540 | £2,224 | £4.12/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 680 | £2,706 | £3.98/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 530 | £2,003 | £3.78/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 690 | £2,594 | £3.76/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 610 | £2,281 | £3.74/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BA | 730 | £2,730 | £3.74/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 610 | £2,281 | £3.74/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 690 | £2,566 | £3.72/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 670 | £2,465 | £3.68/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BA | 720 | £2,606 | £3.62/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 650 | £2,327 | £3.58/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 700 | £1,946 | £2.78/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 560 | £1,534 | £2.74/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 590 | £1,534 | £2.60/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 810 | £2,106 | £2.60/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 660 | £1,702 | £2.58/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 610 | £1,561 | £2.56/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 660 | £1,663 | £2.52/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 710 | £1,775 | £2.50/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 650 | £1,625 | £2.50/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | BA | 660 | £2,692 | £4.08/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 740 | £2,930 | £3.96/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 730 | £2,890 | £3.96/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 560 | £2,195 | £3.92/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 700 | £2,730 | £3.90/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 730 | £2,847 | £3.90/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 570 | £2,211 | £3.88/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 610 | £2,342 | £3.84/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 750 | £2,850 | £3.80/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 680 | £2,556 | £3.76/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 740 | £2,752 | £3.72/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 670 | £2,492 | £3.72/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 650 | £2,405 | £3.70/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 940 | £3,327 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 820 | £3,181 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 820 | £3,050 | £3.72/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 800 | £3,040 | £3.80/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | SI | 790 | £3,017 | £3.82/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 880 | £2,992 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | SI | 780 | £2,964 | £3.80/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 800 | £2,896 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 790 | £2,891 | ||
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 800 | £2,864 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 760 | £2,857 | £3.76/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | SHB | 820 | £2,853 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 610 | £2,440 | £4.00/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 720 | £2,836 | £3.94/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 690 | £2,718 | £3.94/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 620 | £2,430 | £3.92/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 820 | £3,180 | £3.88/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 670 | £2,559 | £3.82/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 700 | £2,660 | £3.80/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | SI | 720 | £2,736 | £3.80/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 730 | £2,774 | £3.80/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 750 | £2,820 | £3.76/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 660 | £2,442 | £3.70/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 570 | £1,892 | £3.32/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 790 | £2,622 | £3.32/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 730 | £2,365 | £3.24/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 660 | £2,125 | £3.22/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 510 | £1,642 | £3.22/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 620 | £1,984 | £3.20/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 670 | £2,144 | £3.20/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 700 | £2,240 | £3.20/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 620 | £1,872 | £3.02/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 530 | £1,579 | £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.