Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Thursday 4 December 2025
- Bullocks £3.64/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.88/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows £2.82/kg* mean of bands
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
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 500 to 600 kgderived from 3 lots | £3.24/kg | £2.80 to £3.86/kg | £1,717 | £1,484 to £1,930 | 3 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 29 lots | £3.68/kg | £3.10 to £4.16/kg | £2,536 | £394 to £3,308 | 29 | |
| Heifers | 500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot | £3.68/kg | £3.68 to £3.68/kg | £1,913 | £1,913 to £1,913 | 1 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 10 lots | £3.90/kg | £3.60 to £4.20/kg | £2,619 | £2,196 to £2,940 | 10 | |
| Cull cows | 500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots | £2.93/kg | £2.16 to £3.70/kg | £1,728 | £1,274 to £2,183 | 2 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 28 lots | £2.81/kg | £2.10 to £3.78/kg | £2,111 | £1,356 to £3,250 | 28 | |
| 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
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 860 | £3,250 | £3.78/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 780 | £2,948 | £3.78/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 590 | £2,183 | £3.70/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,612 | £3.68/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 720 | £2,592 | £3.60/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 900 | £3,024 | £3.36/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 800 | £2,576 | £3.22/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 880 | £2,833 | £3.22/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 830 | £2,656 | £3.20/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | AA | 730 | £2,292 | £3.14/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 920 | £2,852 | £3.10/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 630 | £1,953 | £3.10/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SA | 640 | £1,958 | £3.06/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | ST | 770 | £2,310 | £3.00/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 770 | £2,310 | £3.00/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 660 | £1,980 | £3.00/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 890 | £2,260 | £2.54/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 670 | £1,621 | £2.42/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 710 | £1,704 | £2.40/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 660 | £1,531 | £2.32/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 750 | £1,725 | £2.30/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 600 | £1,356 | £2.26/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 740 | £1,657 | £2.24/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 670 | £1,487 | £2.22/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 720 | £1,584 | £2.20/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 760 | £1,672 | £2.20/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 690 | £1,490 | £2.16/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 590 | £1,274 | £2.16/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 670 | £1,433 | £2.14/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 690 | £1,449 | £2.10/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 700 | £2,940 | £4.20/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 690 | £2,815 | £4.08/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,882 | £4.06/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | SI | 620 | £2,480 | £4.00/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 650 | £2,561 | £3.94/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 730 | £2,861 | £3.92/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 690 | £2,691 | £3.90/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 520 | £1,913 | £3.68/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 670 | £2,452 | £3.66/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | BB | 640 | £2,316 | £3.62/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 610 | £2,196 | £3.60/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 940 | £3,308 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 750 | £3,120 | £4.16/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 810 | £3,029 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 750 | £3,000 | £4.00/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 770 | £2,995 | £3.89/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 740 | £2,960 | £4.00/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 870 | £2,958 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 740 | £2,900 | £3.92/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 870 | £2,888 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,882 | £4.06/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | HE | 740 | £2,871 | £3.88/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | SA | 760 | £2,827 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 850 | £2,822 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 770 | £2,802 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 730 | £2,774 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 670 | £2,706 | £4.04/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 650 | £394 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 600 | £2,328 | £3.88/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 500 | £1,930 | £3.86/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 640 | £2,470 | £3.86/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BA | 700 | £2,688 | £3.84/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 670 | £2,572 | £3.84/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 680 | £2,271 | £3.34/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 600 | £1,956 | £3.26/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | HO | 660 | £2,151 | £3.26/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 670 | £2,157 | £3.22/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 620 | £1,984 | £3.20/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 600 | £1,872 | £3.12/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | HO | 620 | £1,922 | £3.10/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 630 | £1,940 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | HO | 570 | £1,738 | £3.05/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | FR | 530 | £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.