Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Cattle sale, Thursday 23 October 2025

376 head on offer. Cattle in sterling per kg liveweight; per head where the mart gave it. Week 43, 2025

376 beef cattle in Ballymena on Thursday resulted in another steady trade. Beef Cows sold to 424p for 770kg at £3264, Fr Cows to 302p for 650kg at £1963 and Beef Heifers to 410p for 630kg at £2583. Beef bullocks to 412p for 720kg at £2966 and to a top per head of £3264 for 800kg and Fr bullocks to 332p for 620kg at £2058.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 23 October 2025

Prices

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per kgRange per kgAvg per headRange per headHead
Bullocks600 kg and overderived from 26 lots£3.74/kg£3.08 to £4.12/kg£2,786£1,909 to £3,26426
Heifers500 to 600 kgderived from 3 lots£3.92/kg£3.80 to £3.98/kg£2,208£2,166 to £2,2683
600 kg and overderived from 9 lots£3.94/kg£3.82 to £4.10/kg£2,745£2,292 to £3,1009
Cull cows500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot£3.92/kg£3.92 to £3.92/kg£2,116£2,116 to £2,1161
600 kg and overderived from 27 lots£3.22/kg£2.50 to £4.24/kg£2,468£1,575 to £3,92027
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 66 lots, 66 head Show the table
CategoryHeadBreedWeight kgPricePer kg
Cull cows1BB770£3,264£4.24/kg
Cull cows1CH990£3,920£3.96/kg
Cull cows1LM750£2,955£3.94/kg
Cull cows1BB540£2,116£3.92/kg
Cull cows1CH760£2,948£3.88/kg
Cull cows1890£3,435£3.86/kg
Cull cows1980£3,665£3.74/kg
Cull cows1LM730£2,730£3.74/kg
Cull cows1LM780£2,854£3.66/kg
Cull cows1CH900£3,294£3.66/kg
Cull cows1LM750£2,730£3.64/kg
Cull cows1CH810£2,932£3.62/kg
Cull cows1LM740£2,678£3.62/kg
Cull cows1LM750£2,700£3.60/kg
Cull cows1SI780£2,808£3.60/kg
Cull cows1650£1,963£3.02/kg
Cull cows1640£1,740£2.72/kg
Cull cows1640£1,702£2.66/kg
Cull cows1800£2,096£2.62/kg
Cull cows1940£2,462£2.62/kg
Cull cows1690£1,807£2.62/kg
Cull cows1610£1,586£2.60/kg
Cull cows1650£1,677£2.58/kg
Cull cows1740£1,909£2.58/kg
Cull cows1690£1,752£2.54/kg
Cull cows1630£1,587£2.52/kg
Cull cows1750£1,875£2.50/kg
Cull cows1630£1,575£2.50/kg
Heifers1CH630£2,583£4.10/kg
Heifers1CH760£3,100£4.08/kg
Heifers1LM730£2,963£4.06/kg
Heifers1LM550£2,189£3.98/kg
Heifers1CH570£2,268£3.98/kg
Heifers1680£2,706£3.98/kg
Heifers1CH720£2,793£3.88/kg
Heifers1LM700£2,702£3.86/kg
Heifers1CH750£2,895£3.86/kg
Heifers1CH700£2,674£3.82/kg
Heifers1BB600£2,292£3.82/kg
Heifers1LM570£2,166£3.80/kg
Bullocks1CH800£3,264£4.08/kg
Bullocks1LM920£3,238
Bullocks1810£3,126
Bullocks1840£3,108
Bullocks1LM760£3,040
Bullocks1CH820£3,034
Bullocks1790£3,002
Bullocks1CH790£2,986
Bullocks1LM770£2,972£3.86/kg
Bullocks1LM720£2,966£4.12/kg
Bullocks1LM730£2,963£4.06/kg
Bullocks1CH740£2,886£3.90/kg
Bullocks1LM730£2,876£3.94/kg
Bullocks1LM760£2,857
Bullocks1LM700£2,800£4.00/kg
Bullocks1760£3,040£4.00/kg
Bullocks1AA730£2,847£3.90/kg
Bullocks1LM810£3,126£3.86/kg
Bullocks1700£2,688£3.84/kg
Bullocks1CH790£3,002£3.80/kg
Bullocks1LM640£2,432£3.80/kg
Bullocks1620£2,058£3.32/kg
Bullocks1680£2,216£3.26/kg
Bullocks1600£1,956£3.26/kg
Bullocks1630£2,053£3.26/kg
Bullocks1620£1,909£3.08/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.