Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Thursday 13 November 2025
- Bullocks £3.99/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.84/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows £3.11/kg* mean of bands
330 beef cattle in Ballymena on Thursday resulted in a steady trade. Beef cows sold to 414p for a BB 840kg at 33477, Fr Cows sold to 250p for 530kg at £1484 and Beef Heifers to 412p for 650kg at £2678. Beef Bullocks to 418p for 500kg at £2090 and to a top per head of £3400 for 850kg.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 13 November 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 2 lots | £4.13/kg | £4.08 to £4.18/kg | £2,248 | £2,090 to £2,407 | 2 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 26 lots | £3.98/kg | £3.90 to £4.06/kg | £2,970 | £2,457 to £3,400 | 26 | |
| Heifers | 500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots | £3.83/kg | £3.78 to £3.88/kg | £2,260 | £2,230 to £2,289 | 2 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 14 lots | £3.84/kg | £3.70 to £4.12/kg | £2,529 | £2,257 to £3,073 | 14 | |
| Cull cows | 500 to 600 kgderived from 3 lots | £2.55/kg | £2.42 to £2.80/kg | £1,385 | £1,317 to £1,484 | 3 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 24 lots | £3.18/kg | £2.40 to £4.14/kg | £2,350 | £1,575 to £3,477 | 24 | |
| 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 71 lots, 71 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 840 | £3,477 | £4.14/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 790 | £3,128 | £3.96/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 710 | £2,811 | £3.96/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 670 | £2,599 | £3.88/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 680 | £2,624 | £3.86/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 740 | £2,841 | £3.84/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 840 | £3,192 | £3.80/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 790 | £2,954 | |
| Cull cows | 1 | BA | 690 | £2,553 | £3.70/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 790 | £2,859 | £3.62/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BA | 790 | £2,828 | £3.58/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 710 | £2,485 | £3.50/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 740 | £2,590 | £3.50/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 530 | £1,484 | £2.80/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 740 | £1,953 | £2.64/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 620 | £1,636 | £2.64/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 750 | £1,920 | £2.56/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 810 | £2,073 | £2.56/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 640 | £1,625 | £2.54/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 720 | £1,800 | £2.50/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 630 | £1,575 | £2.50/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 680 | £1,700 | £2.50/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 650 | £1,599 | £2.46/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 730 | £1,795 | £2.46/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 540 | £1,317 | £2.44/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 560 | £1,355 | £2.42/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 740 | £1,776 | £2.40/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 650 | £2,678 | £4.12/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 630 | £2,494 | £3.96/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | BA | 780 | £3,073 | £3.94/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 680 | £2,652 | £3.90/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 600 | £2,340 | £3.90/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 590 | £2,289 | £3.88/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 680 | £2,624 | £3.86/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 630 | £2,406 | £3.82/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 650 | £2,457 | £3.78/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | SI | 590 | £2,230 | £3.78/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 600 | £2,268 | £3.78/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 630 | £2,381 | £3.78/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | BB | 700 | £2,632 | £3.76/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 650 | £2,405 | £3.70/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 740 | £2,738 | £3.70/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 610 | £2,257 | £3.70/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BA | 500 | £2,090 | £4.18/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 590 | £2,407 | £4.08/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 720 | £2,923 | £4.06/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 670 | £2,706 | £4.04/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BA | 620 | £2,492 | £4.02/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 680 | £2,733 | £4.02/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 770 | £3,095 | £4.02/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 850 | £3,400 | £4.00/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | PT | 740 | £2,945 | £3.98/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 720 | £2,865 | £3.98/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BA | 720 | £2,851 | £3.96/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 770 | £3,049 | £3.96/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 720 | £2,822 | £3.92/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BA | 630 | £2,457 | £3.90/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 740 | £2,886 | £3.90/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 740 | £2,886 | £3.90/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 880 | £3,360 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 850 | £3,281 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 850 | £3,196 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 830 | £3,137 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 830 | £3,120 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 850 | £3,094 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 780 | £3,026 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 800 | £3,024 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 780 | £2,995 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 810 | £2,964 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 770 | £2,956 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 790 | £2,954 |
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.