Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Cattle sale, Thursday 4 December 2025

Cattle in sterling per kg liveweight; per head where the mart gave it. Week 49, 2025

An entry of 220 beef in Ballymena on Thursday resulted in a steady trade. Beef cows sold to 378p for 860Kg at £3250 and 780Kg at £2948. Fr cows sold to 254p for 890Kg £2260, beef heifers to 420p for 700Kg £2940, beef bullocks to 416p for 750Kg £3120 and a top per head of £3308 for 940Kg. Fr bullocks sold to 334p for 680Kg £2277.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 4 December 2025

Prices

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per kgRange per kgAvg per headRange per headHead
Bullocks500 to 600 kgderived from 3 lots£3.24/kg£2.80 to £3.86/kg£1,717£1,484 to £1,9303
600 kg and overderived from 29 lots£3.68/kg£3.10 to £4.16/kg£2,536£394 to £3,30829
Heifers500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot£3.68/kg£3.68 to £3.68/kg£1,913£1,913 to £1,9131
600 kg and overderived from 10 lots£3.90/kg£3.60 to £4.20/kg£2,619£2,196 to £2,94010
Cull cows500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots£2.93/kg£2.16 to £3.70/kg£1,728£1,274 to £2,1832
600 kg and overderived from 28 lots£2.81/kg£2.10 to £3.78/kg£2,111£1,356 to £3,25028
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 73 lots, 73 head Show the table
CategoryHeadBreedWeight kgPricePer kg
Cull cows1LM860£3,250£3.78/kg
Cull cows1CH780£2,948£3.78/kg
Cull cows1BB590£2,183£3.70/kg
Cull cows1LM710£2,612£3.68/kg
Cull cows1LM720£2,592£3.60/kg
Cull cows1LM900£3,024£3.36/kg
Cull cows1800£2,576£3.22/kg
Cull cows1LM880£2,833£3.22/kg
Cull cows1LM830£2,656£3.20/kg
Cull cows1AA730£2,292£3.14/kg
Cull cows1CH920£2,852£3.10/kg
Cull cows1CH630£1,953£3.10/kg
Cull cows1SA640£1,958£3.06/kg
Cull cows1ST770£2,310£3.00/kg
Cull cows1LM770£2,310£3.00/kg
Cull cows1660£1,980£3.00/kg
Cull cows1890£2,260£2.54/kg
Cull cows1670£1,621£2.42/kg
Cull cows1710£1,704£2.40/kg
Cull cows1660£1,531£2.32/kg
Cull cows1750£1,725£2.30/kg
Cull cows1600£1,356£2.26/kg
Cull cows1740£1,657£2.24/kg
Cull cows1670£1,487£2.22/kg
Cull cows1720£1,584£2.20/kg
Cull cows1760£1,672£2.20/kg
Cull cows1690£1,490£2.16/kg
Cull cows1590£1,274£2.16/kg
Cull cows1670£1,433£2.14/kg
Cull cows1690£1,449£2.10/kg
Heifers1AA700£2,940£4.20/kg
Heifers1CH690£2,815£4.08/kg
Heifers1LM710£2,882£4.06/kg
Heifers1SI620£2,480£4.00/kg
Heifers1LM650£2,561£3.94/kg
Heifers1CH730£2,861£3.92/kg
Heifers1LM690£2,691£3.90/kg
Heifers1LM520£1,913£3.68/kg
Heifers1AA670£2,452£3.66/kg
Heifers1BB640£2,316£3.62/kg
Heifers1610£2,196£3.60/kg
Bullocks1AA940£3,308
Bullocks1LM750£3,120£4.16/kg
Bullocks1LM810£3,029
Bullocks1BEL750£3,000£4.00/kg
Bullocks1LM770£2,995£3.89/kg
Bullocks1LM740£2,960£4.00/kg
Bullocks1AA870£2,958
Bullocks1CH740£2,900£3.92/kg
Bullocks1AA870£2,888
Bullocks1LM710£2,882£4.06/kg
Bullocks1HE740£2,871£3.88/kg
Bullocks1SA760£2,827
Bullocks1AA850£2,822
Bullocks1AA770£2,802
Bullocks1LM730£2,774
Bullocks1LM670£2,706£4.04/kg
Bullocks1CH650£394
Bullocks1LM600£2,328£3.88/kg
Bullocks1LM500£1,930£3.86/kg
Bullocks1LM640£2,470£3.86/kg
Bullocks1BA700£2,688£3.84/kg
Bullocks1LM670£2,572£3.84/kg
Bullocks1FR680£2,271£3.34/kg
Bullocks1FR600£1,956£3.26/kg
Bullocks1HO660£2,151£3.26/kg
Bullocks1FR670£2,157£3.22/kg
Bullocks1FR620£1,984£3.20/kg
Bullocks1FR600£1,872£3.12/kg
Bullocks1HO620£1,922£3.10/kg
Bullocks1FR630£1,940
Bullocks1HO570£1,738£3.05/kg
Bullocks1FR530£1,484£2.80/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.