Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Cattle sale, Thursday 13 November 2025

330 head on offer. Cattle in sterling per kg liveweight; per head where the mart gave it. Week 46, 2025

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

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per kgRange per kgAvg per headRange per headHead
Bullocks500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots£4.13/kg£4.08 to £4.18/kg£2,248£2,090 to £2,4072
600 kg and overderived from 26 lots£3.98/kg£3.90 to £4.06/kg£2,970£2,457 to £3,40026
Heifers500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots£3.83/kg£3.78 to £3.88/kg£2,260£2,230 to £2,2892
600 kg and overderived from 14 lots£3.84/kg£3.70 to £4.12/kg£2,529£2,257 to £3,07314
Cull cows500 to 600 kgderived from 3 lots£2.55/kg£2.42 to £2.80/kg£1,385£1,317 to £1,4843
600 kg and overderived from 24 lots£3.18/kg£2.40 to £4.14/kg£2,350£1,575 to £3,47724
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
CategoryHeadBreedWeight kgPricePer kg
Cull cows1BB840£3,477£4.14/kg
Cull cows1LM790£3,128£3.96/kg
Cull cows1BB710£2,811£3.96/kg
Cull cows1BB670£2,599£3.88/kg
Cull cows1LM680£2,624£3.86/kg
Cull cows1LM740£2,841£3.84/kg
Cull cows1LM840£3,192£3.80/kg
Cull cows1LM790£2,954
Cull cows1BA690£2,553£3.70/kg
Cull cows1SI790£2,859£3.62/kg
Cull cows1BA790£2,828£3.58/kg
Cull cows1BB710£2,485£3.50/kg
Cull cows1LM740£2,590£3.50/kg
Cull cows1530£1,484£2.80/kg
Cull cows1740£1,953£2.64/kg
Cull cows1620£1,636£2.64/kg
Cull cows1750£1,920£2.56/kg
Cull cows1810£2,073£2.56/kg
Cull cows1640£1,625£2.54/kg
Cull cows1720£1,800£2.50/kg
Cull cows1630£1,575£2.50/kg
Cull cows1680£1,700£2.50/kg
Cull cows1650£1,599£2.46/kg
Cull cows1730£1,795£2.46/kg
Cull cows1540£1,317£2.44/kg
Cull cows1560£1,355£2.42/kg
Cull cows1740£1,776£2.40/kg
Heifers1LM650£2,678£4.12/kg
Heifers1630£2,494£3.96/kg
Heifers1BA780£3,073£3.94/kg
Heifers1LM680£2,652£3.90/kg
Heifers1CH600£2,340£3.90/kg
Heifers1590£2,289£3.88/kg
Heifers1AA680£2,624£3.86/kg
Heifers1LM630£2,406£3.82/kg
Heifers1LM650£2,457£3.78/kg
Heifers1SI590£2,230£3.78/kg
Heifers1CH600£2,268£3.78/kg
Heifers1630£2,381£3.78/kg
Heifers1BB700£2,632£3.76/kg
Heifers1CH650£2,405£3.70/kg
Heifers1CH740£2,738£3.70/kg
Heifers1LM610£2,257£3.70/kg
Bullocks1BA500£2,090£4.18/kg
Bullocks1AA590£2,407£4.08/kg
Bullocks1BEL720£2,923£4.06/kg
Bullocks1LM670£2,706£4.04/kg
Bullocks1BA620£2,492£4.02/kg
Bullocks1LM680£2,733£4.02/kg
Bullocks1LM770£3,095£4.02/kg
Bullocks1CH850£3,400£4.00/kg
Bullocks1PT740£2,945£3.98/kg
Bullocks1LM720£2,865£3.98/kg
Bullocks1BA720£2,851£3.96/kg
Bullocks1LM770£3,049£3.96/kg
Bullocks1LM720£2,822£3.92/kg
Bullocks1BA630£2,457£3.90/kg
Bullocks1CH740£2,886£3.90/kg
Bullocks1LM740£2,886£3.90/kg
Bullocks1LM880£3,360
Bullocks1CH850£3,281
Bullocks1LM850£3,196
Bullocks1LM830£3,137
Bullocks1LM830£3,120
Bullocks1LM850£3,094
Bullocks1LM780£3,026
Bullocks1CH800£3,024
Bullocks1CH780£2,995
Bullocks1CH810£2,964
Bullocks1AA770£2,956
Bullocks1CH790£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.