Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Tuesday 28 October 2025
- Bullocks £4.31/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £4.44/kg* mean of bands
215 store cattle sold on Tuesday to another steady trade. Bullocks to £2180 over for a Charolais 690kg at £2870 and heifers to £1940 over for a Limousin 610kg at £2550.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 28 October 2025
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 300 to 400 kgderived from 3 lots | £4.49/kg | £4.35 to £4.69/kg | £1,680 | £1,600 to £1,830 | 3 |
| 400 to 500 kgderived from 12 lots | £4.42/kg | £4.25 to £4.79/kg | £2,013 | £1,700 to £2,300 | 12 | |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 12 lots | £4.20/kg | £4.10 to £4.38/kg | £2,292 | £2,110 to £2,480 | 12 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 3 lots | £4.12/kg | £4.10 to £4.15/kg | £2,750 | £2,510 to £2,870 | 3 | |
| Heifers | 300 to 400 kgderived from 8 lots | £4.86/kg | £4.40 to £5.20/kg | £1,774 | £1,540 to £1,980 | 8 |
| 400 to 500 kgderived from 7 lots | £4.67/kg | £4.54 to £4.82/kg | £2,009 | £1,930 to £2,160 | 7 | |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 10 lots | £4.05/kg | £3.75 to £4.27/kg | £2,201 | £2,060 to £2,400 | 10 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 2 lots | £3.97/kg | £3.76 to £4.18/kg | £2,538 | £2,525 to £2,550 | 2 | |
| 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 57 lots, 57 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 480 | £2,300 | £4.79/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 390 | £1,830 | £4.69/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 480 | £2,180 | £4.54/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 400 | £1,800 | £4.50/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 480 | £2,140 | £4.45/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 360 | £1,600 | £4.44/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 450 | £1,990 | £4.42/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 440 | £1,940 | £4.40/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | SA | 470 | £2,060 | £4.38/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 490 | £2,140 | £4.36/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 370 | £1,610 | £4.35/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 410 | £1,780 | £4.34/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 470 | £2,030 | £4.31/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 490 | £2,100 | £4.28/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 400 | £1,700 | £4.25/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 520 | £2,280 | £4.38/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 570 | £2,480 | £4.35/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 510 | £2,180 | £4.27/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 560 | £2,380 | £4.25/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 510 | £2,150 | £4.21/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 560 | £2,330 | £4.16/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 690 | £2,870 | £4.15/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | SA | 510 | £2,110 | £4.13/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 590 | £2,440 | £4.13/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 520 | £2,150 | £4.13/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 530 | £2,190 | £4.13/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 580 | £2,390 | £4.12/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 610 | £2,510 | £4.11/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 590 | £2,420 | £4.10/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 700 | £2,870 | £4.10/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 350 | £1,820 | £5.20/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 360 | £1,870 | £5.19/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | 360 | £1,840 | £5.11/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | 390 | £1,980 | £5.07/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | 410 | £1,980 | £4.82/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | 400 | £1,930 | £4.82/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 390 | £1,860 | £4.76/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 460 | £2,160 | £4.69/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 350 | £1,640 | £4.68/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 420 | £1,950 | £4.64/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 420 | £1,940 | £4.61/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | 460 | £2,100 | £4.56/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | 440 | £2,000 | £4.54/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 370 | £1,640 | £4.43/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | BA | 350 | £1,540 | £4.40/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 510 | £2,180 | £4.27/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 550 | £2,350 | £4.27/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 510 | £2,140 | £4.19/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 610 | £2,550 | £4.18/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 560 | £2,330 | £4.16/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 580 | £2,400 | £4.13/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 510 | £2,090 | £4.09/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 560 | £2,280 | £4.07/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 540 | £2,060 | £3.81/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 550 | £2,080 | £3.78/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 670 | £2,525 | £3.76/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 560 | £2,100 | £3.75/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.