Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Thursday 20 November 2025
- Bullocks £3.91/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.73/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows £2.97/kg* mean of bands
230 beef cattle in Ballymena resulted in a steady trade. Beef cows sold to 368p for 710kg at £2612, Fr Cows to 276p for 580kg at £1600 and beef heifers to 392p for 780kg at £2940. Beef bullocks to 418p for 660kg at £2758 and to a top per head of £3371 for 860kg, and Fr bullocks to 324p for 790kg at £2559.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 20 November 2025
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 600 kg and overderived from 22 lots | £3.91/kg | £3.20 to £4.18/kg | £2,919 | £2,272 to £3,371 | 23 |
| Heifers | 500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots | £3.65/kg | £3.60 to £3.70/kg | £2,135 | £2,124 to £2,146 | 2 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 13 lots | £3.74/kg | £3.52 to £3.92/kg | £2,623 | £2,255 to £3,049 | 13 | |
| Cull cows | 500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot | £2.76/kg | £2.76 to £2.76/kg | £1,600 | £1,600 to £1,600 | 1 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 25 lots | £2.98/kg | £2.40 to £3.68/kg | £2,232 | £1,476 to £3,042 | 25 | |
| Bold figures are the mart's own. Anything lighter was worked out by farmprices.ie from the lots the mart listed, because the report did not give that figure. A line marked "part derived" carries both: the mart stated some of it and the rest comes from its lot list. | ||||||
Sample lots 63 lots, 64 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,612 | £3.68/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 810 | £2,851 | £3.52/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 760 | £2,599 | £3.42/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 830 | £2,822 | £3.40/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 640 | £2,176 | £3.40/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 900 | £3,042 | £3.38/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 670 | £2,224 | £3.32/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 860 | £2,855 | £3.32/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | AA | 820 | £2,689 | £3.28/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 870 | £2,818 | £3.24/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 780 | £2,527 | £3.24/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 810 | £2,624 | £3.24/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 790 | £2,480 | £3.14/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 650 | £2,015 | £3.10/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 580 | £1,600 | £2.76/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 640 | £1,728 | £2.70/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 630 | £1,701 | £2.70/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 660 | £1,702 | £2.58/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 620 | £1,599 | £2.58/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 830 | £2,108 | £2.54/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 670 | £1,688 | £2.52/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 890 | £2,207 | £2.48/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 750 | £1,860 | £2.48/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 600 | £1,476 | £2.46/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 700 | £1,694 | £2.42/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 710 | £1,704 | £2.40/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | BB | 750 | £2,940 | £3.92/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 650 | £2,548 | £3.92/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 760 | £2,933 | £3.86/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 790 | £3,049 | £3.86/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 670 | £2,572 | £3.84/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 740 | £2,812 | £3.80/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 720 | £2,692 | £3.74/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 630 | £2,343 | £3.72/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | BB | 580 | £2,146 | £3.70/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | SA | 710 | £2,556 | £3.60/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 710 | £2,556 | £3.60/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 590 | £2,124 | £3.60/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 690 | £2,484 | £3.60/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | BB | 630 | £2,255 | £3.58/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 670 | £2,358 | £3.52/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 860 | £3,371 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 860 | £3,268 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 770 | £3,187 | ||
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 770 | £3,187 | £4.14/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 780 | £3,120 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 800 | £3,120 | ||
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 820 | £3,099 | |
| Bullocks | 2 | CH | 810 | £3,094 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 770 | £3,080 | £4.00/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 660 | £2,758 | £4.18/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,896 | £4.08/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 670 | £2,680 | £4.00/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 780 | £3,120 | £4.00/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 660 | £2,640 | £4.00/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 720 | £2,880 | £4.00/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 680 | £2,706 | £3.98/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 680 | £2,692 | £3.96/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 670 | £2,653 | £3.96/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 690 | £2,732 | £3.96/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 740 | £2,930 | £3.96/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 790 | £2,559 | £3.24/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 710 | £2,272 | £3.20/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.