Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Cattle sale, Thursday 27 November 2025

285 head on offer. Cattle in sterling per kg liveweight; per head where the mart gave it. Week 48, 2025

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

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per kgRange per kgAvg per headRange per headHead
Bullocks600 kg and overderived from 26 lots£3.83/kg£3.12 to £4.14/kg£2,871£2,028 to £3,45726
Heifers500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots£4.09/kg£4.08 to £4.10/kg£2,209£2,040 to £2,3782
600 kg and overderived from 13 lots£4.08/kg£3.92 to £4.30/kg£2,931£2,364 to £3,25213
Cull cows500 to 600 kgderived from 5 lots£2.60/kg£2.40 to £2.80/kg£1,453£1,306 to £1,6245
600 kg and overderived from 18 lots£3.03/kg£2.40 to £4.58/kg£2,273£1,488 to £3,75518
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
CategoryHeadBreedWeight kgPricePer kg
Cull cows1BB820£3,755£4.58/kg
Cull cows1BB740£3,004£4.06/kg
Cull cows1LM820£3,116£3.80/kg
Cull cows1LM640£2,393£3.74/kg
Cull cows1AA840£3,040£3.62/kg
Cull cows1LM830£2,988£3.60/kg
Cull cows1LM920£3,256£3.54/kg
Cull cows1580£1,624£2.80/kg
Cull cows1500£1,350£2.70/kg
Cull cows1700£1,876£2.68/kg
Cull cows1590£1,569£2.66/kg
Cull cows1740£1,953£2.64/kg
Cull cows1730£1,927£2.64/kg
Cull cows1710£1,831£2.58/kg
Cull cows1690£1,752£2.54/kg
Cull cows1600£1,488£2.48/kg
Cull cows1720£1,771£2.46/kg
Cull cows1680£1,672£2.46/kg
Cull cows1540£1,306£2.42/kg
Cull cows1740£1,776£2.40/kg
Cull cows1590£1,416£2.40/kg
Cull cows1670£1,608£2.40/kg
Cull cows1710£1,704£2.40/kg
Heifers1CH720£3,096£4.30/kg
Heifers1CH760£3,252£4.28/kg
Heifers1700£2,940£4.20/kg
Heifers1CH740£3,078£4.16/kg
Heifers1CH700£2,898£4.14/kg
Heifers1780£3,221£4.13/kg
Heifers1LM580£2,378£4.10/kg
Heifers1LM500£2,040£4.08/kg
Heifers1CH720£2,937£4.08/kg
Heifers1720£2,880£4.00/kg
Heifers1LM660£2,640£4.00/kg
Heifers1LM600£2,364£3.94/kg
Heifers1CH770£3,033£3.94/kg
Heifers1750£2,940£3.92/kg
Heifers1720£2,822£3.92/kg
Bullocks1CH860£3,457£4.02/kg
Bullocks1AA860£3,302
Bullocks1BEL820£3,280£4.00/kg
Bullocks1CH840£3,276£3.90/kg
Bullocks1CH810£3,110
Bullocks1CH790£3,104£3.93/kg
Bullocks1CH770£3,095£4.02/kg
Bullocks1CH790£3,081
Bullocks1LM780£3,010
Bullocks1LM760£3,009£3.96/kg
Bullocks1CH770£3,003£3.90/kg
Bullocks1LM770£2,987
Bullocks1CH770£2,972
Bullocks1CH740£2,915£3.94/kg
Bullocks1CH750£2,895
Bullocks1SI730£2,890£3.96/kg
Bullocks1LM620£2,566£4.14/kg
Bullocks1CH720£2,872£3.99/kg
Bullocks1LM660£2,600£3.94/kg
Bullocks1LM670£2,626£3.92/kg
Bullocks1LM700£2,723£3.89/kg
Bullocks1SI710£2,754£3.88/kg
Bullocks1FR730£2,379£3.26/kg
Bullocks1FR750£2,445£3.26/kg
Bullocks1FR720£2,275
Bullocks1FR650£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.