Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Cattle sale, Thursday 20 November 2025

230 head on offer. Cattle in sterling per kg liveweight; per head where the mart gave it. Week 47, 2025

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

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per kgRange per kgAvg per headRange per headHead
Bullocks600 kg and overderived from 22 lots£3.91/kg£3.20 to £4.18/kg£2,919£2,272 to £3,37123
Heifers500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots£3.65/kg£3.60 to £3.70/kg£2,135£2,124 to £2,1462
600 kg and overderived from 13 lots£3.74/kg£3.52 to £3.92/kg£2,623£2,255 to £3,04913
Cull cows500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot£2.76/kg£2.76 to £2.76/kg£1,600£1,600 to £1,6001
600 kg and overderived from 25 lots£2.98/kg£2.40 to £3.68/kg£2,232£1,476 to £3,04225
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 63 lots, 64 head Show the table
CategoryHeadBreedWeight kgPricePer kg
Cull cows1LM710£2,612£3.68/kg
Cull cows1CH810£2,851£3.52/kg
Cull cows1LM760£2,599£3.42/kg
Cull cows1LM830£2,822£3.40/kg
Cull cows1LM640£2,176£3.40/kg
Cull cows1SI900£3,042£3.38/kg
Cull cows1CH670£2,224£3.32/kg
Cull cows1CH860£2,855£3.32/kg
Cull cows1AA820£2,689£3.28/kg
Cull cows1CH870£2,818£3.24/kg
Cull cows1LM780£2,527£3.24/kg
Cull cows1810£2,624£3.24/kg
Cull cows1SI790£2,480£3.14/kg
Cull cows1LM650£2,015£3.10/kg
Cull cows1580£1,600£2.76/kg
Cull cows1640£1,728£2.70/kg
Cull cows1630£1,701£2.70/kg
Cull cows1660£1,702£2.58/kg
Cull cows1620£1,599£2.58/kg
Cull cows1830£2,108£2.54/kg
Cull cows1670£1,688£2.52/kg
Cull cows1890£2,207£2.48/kg
Cull cows1750£1,860£2.48/kg
Cull cows1600£1,476£2.46/kg
Cull cows1700£1,694£2.42/kg
Cull cows1710£1,704£2.40/kg
Heifers1BB750£2,940£3.92/kg
Heifers1LM650£2,548£3.92/kg
Heifers1CH760£2,933£3.86/kg
Heifers1LM790£3,049£3.86/kg
Heifers1CH670£2,572£3.84/kg
Heifers1LM740£2,812£3.80/kg
Heifers1LM720£2,692£3.74/kg
Heifers1LM630£2,343£3.72/kg
Heifers1BB580£2,146£3.70/kg
Heifers1SA710£2,556£3.60/kg
Heifers1CH710£2,556£3.60/kg
Heifers1LM590£2,124£3.60/kg
Heifers1690£2,484£3.60/kg
Heifers1BB630£2,255£3.58/kg
Heifers1CH670£2,358£3.52/kg
Bullocks1CH860£3,371
Bullocks1CH860£3,268
Bullocks1770£3,187
Bullocks1CH770£3,187£4.14/kg
Bullocks1CH780£3,120
Bullocks1800£3,120
Bullocks1LM820£3,099
Bullocks2CH810£3,094
Bullocks1CH770£3,080£4.00/kg
Bullocks1LM660£2,758£4.18/kg
Bullocks1LM710£2,896£4.08/kg
Bullocks1LM670£2,680£4.00/kg
Bullocks1780£3,120£4.00/kg
Bullocks1CH660£2,640£4.00/kg
Bullocks1LM720£2,880£4.00/kg
Bullocks1CH680£2,706£3.98/kg
Bullocks1LM680£2,692£3.96/kg
Bullocks1CH670£2,653£3.96/kg
Bullocks1LM690£2,732£3.96/kg
Bullocks1740£2,930£3.96/kg
Bullocks1790£2,559£3.24/kg
Bullocks1710£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.