Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Thursday 27 November 2025
- Bullocks £3.83/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £4.08/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows £2.94/kg* mean of bands
An entry of 285 beef cattle on Thursday resulted in a super trade. Beef cows to 458p for a BB 820kg at £3755, Fr Cows to 280p for 580kg at £1624 and Beef heifers to 430p for a Char 720kg at £3096. Beef bullocks to 414p for a Lim 620kg at £2566 and to a top per head of £3457 for a Char 860kg and Fr Bullocks to 326p for 730kg at £2379.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 27 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 26 lots | £3.83/kg | £3.12 to £4.14/kg | £2,871 | £2,028 to £3,457 | 26 |
| Heifers | 500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots | £4.09/kg | £4.08 to £4.10/kg | £2,209 | £2,040 to £2,378 | 2 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 13 lots | £4.08/kg | £3.92 to £4.30/kg | £2,931 | £2,364 to £3,252 | 13 | |
| Cull cows | 500 to 600 kgderived from 5 lots | £2.60/kg | £2.40 to £2.80/kg | £1,453 | £1,306 to £1,624 | 5 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 18 lots | £3.03/kg | £2.40 to £4.58/kg | £2,273 | £1,488 to £3,755 | 18 | |
| 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 64 lots, 64 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 820 | £3,755 | £4.58/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 740 | £3,004 | £4.06/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 820 | £3,116 | £3.80/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 640 | £2,393 | £3.74/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | AA | 840 | £3,040 | £3.62/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 830 | £2,988 | £3.60/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 920 | £3,256 | £3.54/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 580 | £1,624 | £2.80/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 500 | £1,350 | £2.70/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 700 | £1,876 | £2.68/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 590 | £1,569 | £2.66/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 740 | £1,953 | £2.64/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 730 | £1,927 | £2.64/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 710 | £1,831 | £2.58/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 690 | £1,752 | £2.54/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 600 | £1,488 | £2.48/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 720 | £1,771 | £2.46/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 680 | £1,672 | £2.46/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 540 | £1,306 | £2.42/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 740 | £1,776 | £2.40/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 590 | £1,416 | £2.40/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 670 | £1,608 | £2.40/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 710 | £1,704 | £2.40/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 720 | £3,096 | £4.30/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 760 | £3,252 | £4.28/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 700 | £2,940 | £4.20/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 740 | £3,078 | £4.16/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 700 | £2,898 | £4.14/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 780 | £3,221 | £4.13/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 580 | £2,378 | £4.10/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 500 | £2,040 | £4.08/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 720 | £2,937 | £4.08/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 720 | £2,880 | £4.00/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 660 | £2,640 | £4.00/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 600 | £2,364 | £3.94/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 770 | £3,033 | £3.94/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 750 | £2,940 | £3.92/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | 720 | £2,822 | £3.92/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 860 | £3,457 | £4.02/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 860 | £3,302 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 820 | £3,280 | £4.00/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 840 | £3,276 | £3.90/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 810 | £3,110 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 790 | £3,104 | £3.93/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 770 | £3,095 | £4.02/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 790 | £3,081 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 780 | £3,010 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 760 | £3,009 | £3.96/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 770 | £3,003 | £3.90/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 770 | £2,987 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 770 | £2,972 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 740 | £2,915 | £3.94/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 750 | £2,895 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | SI | 730 | £2,890 | £3.96/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 620 | £2,566 | £4.14/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 720 | £2,872 | £3.99/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 660 | £2,600 | £3.94/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 670 | £2,626 | £3.92/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 700 | £2,723 | £3.89/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | SI | 710 | £2,754 | £3.88/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 730 | £2,379 | £3.26/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 750 | £2,445 | £3.26/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 720 | £2,275 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 650 | £2,028 | £3.12/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.