Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Thursday 30 October 2025
- Bullocks £3.62/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.94/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows £3.03/kg* mean of bands
An entry of 321 cattle in Ballymena in Thursday resulted in a sharper trade. Beef cows sold to 428p for a Lim 780Kg at £3338. Fr cows to 262p for a 730Kg at £1912 and beef heifers to 418p for a Cha 620Kg at £2591. Beef bullocks to 430p for a Cha 700Kf at £3010 and a top per head of £3488 for a Cha at 890Kg. Fr bullocks sold to 3.34 for a 710Kg at £2371.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 30 October 2025
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 400 to 500 kgderived from 2 lots | £3.01/kg | £3.00 to £3.02/kg | £1,400 | £1,350 to £1,449 | 2 |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots | £3.22/kg | £3.12 to £3.32/kg | £1,850 | £1,809 to £1,892 | 2 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 33 lots | £3.68/kg | £3.20 to £4.30/kg | £2,739 | £1,920 to £3,488 | 34 | |
| Heifers | 400 to 500 kgderived from 1 lot | £3.90/kg | £3.90 to £3.90/kg | £1,911 | £1,911 to £1,911 | 1 |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots | £3.92/kg | £3.90 to £3.94/kg | £2,214 | £2,184 to £2,245 | 2 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 13 lots | £3.95/kg | £3.84 to £4.18/kg | £2,741 | £2,364 to £3,290 | 13 | |
| Cull cows | 500 to 600 kgderived from 3 lots | £2.41/kg | £2.28 to £2.56/kg | £1,375 | £1,299 to £1,459 | 3 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 28 lots | £3.10/kg | £2.30 to £4.28/kg | £2,404 | £1,531 to £3,975 | 28 | |
| 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 84 lots, 85 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 890 | £2,488 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 940 | £3,459 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 960 | £3,360 | ||
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 800 | £3,168 | £3.96/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 870 | £3,114 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 790 | £3,081 | £3.90/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 700 | £3,010 | £4.30/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 840 | £2,990 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 800 | £2,976 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 710 | £2,939 | £4.14/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 840 | £2,923 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | BA | 770 | £2,910 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 730 | £2,890 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 740 | £2,886 | £3.90/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 720 | £2,880 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 610 | £2,574 | £4.22/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 720 | £2,880 | £4.00/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 730 | £2,890 | £3.96/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 890 | £3,488 | £3.92/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 720 | £2,822 | £3.92/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 700 | £2,744 | £3.92/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 700 | £2,730 | £3.90/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 670 | £2,613 | £3.90/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 640 | £2,496 | £3.90/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 710 | £2,371 | £3.34/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 570 | £1,892 | £3.32/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 670 | £2,197 | £3.28/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 630 | £2,066 | £3.28/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 730 | £2,372 | £3.25/kg | |
| Bullocks | 2 | 670 | £2,170 | £3.24/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 600 | £1,920 | £3.20/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 770 | £2,464 | £3.20/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 790 | £2,528 | £3.20/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 800 | £2,560 | £3.20/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 580 | £1,809 | £3.12/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 480 | £1,449 | £3.02/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 450 | £1,350 | £3.00/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 780 | £3,338 | £4.28/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BEL | 900 | £3,762 | £4.18/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SHB | 1,030 | £3,975 | £3.86/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 980 | £3,567 | £3.64/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 720 | £2,606 | £3.62/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 650 | £2,353 | £3.62/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 800 | £2,880 | £3.60/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 750 | £2,670 | £3.56/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 940 | £3,346 | £3.56/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 780 | £2,730 | £3.50/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 650 | £2,262 | £3.48/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 850 | £2,940 | £3.46/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SHB | 830 | £2,822 | £3.40/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 660 | £2,244 | £3.40/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 680 | £2,312 | |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 820 | £2,771 | £3.38/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 730 | £1,912 | £2.62/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 740 | £1,894 | £2.56/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | HO | 760 | £2,022 | £2.56/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 570 | £1,459 | £2.56/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 620 | £1,562 | £2.52/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 760 | £1,839 | £2.42/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | HO | 690 | £1,656 | £2.40/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 570 | £1,368 | £2.40/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 710 | £1,689 | £2.38/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 650 | £1,534 | £2.36/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | HO | 740 | £1,746 | £2.36/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 740 | £1,731 | £2.34/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | HO | 660 | £1,531 | £2.32/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | HO | 700 | £1,610 | £2.30/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | FR | 570 | £1,299 | £2.28/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 620 | £2,590 | £4.18/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 620 | £2,529 | £4.08/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | BEL | 720 | £2,880 | £4.00/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 700 | £2,786 | £3.98/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 820 | £3,230 | £3.94/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 680 | £2,679 | £3.94/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 570 | £2,245 | £3.94/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 600 | £2,364 | £3.94/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 840 | £3,290 | £3.92/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 760 | £2,979 | £3.92/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 490 | £1,911 | £3.90/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 560 | £2,184 | £3.90/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,769 | £3.90/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 700 | £2,716 | £3.88/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 630 | £2,444 | £3.88/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 620 | £2,380 | £3.84/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.