Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Cattle sale, Thursday 18 December 2025

Cattle in sterling per kg liveweight; per head where the mart gave it. Week 51, 2025

A Seasonal show of beef cattle resulted in a steady trade. Beef cows sold to 374p fro 590Kg £2206, Fr cows to 260p for 740Kg £1924, Beef heifers to 400p for 580Kg £2320. Beef bullocks to 396p for 650Kg £2574.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 18 December 2025

Prices

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per kgRange per kgAvg per headRange per headHead
Bullocks600 kg and overderived from 16 lots£3.70/kg£3.52 to £3.96/kg£2,571£2,316 to £2,92116
Heifers500 to 600 kgderived from 6 lots£3.68/kg£3.48 to £4.00/kg£2,056£1,927 to £2,3206
600 kg and overderived from 5 lots£3.84/kg£3.62 to £3.98/kg£2,491£2,244 to £2,8655
Cull cows500 to 600 kgderived from 3 lots£3.27/kg£2.44 to £3.74/kg£1,858£1,342 to £2,2063
600 kg and overderived from 29 lots£2.73/kg£2.28 to £3.62/kg£1,903£1,403 to £2,69529
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 59 lots, 59 head Show the table
CategoryHeadBreedWeight kgPricePer kg
Cull cows1LM590£2,206£3.74/kg
Cull cows1LM560£2,027£3.62/kg
Cull cows1LM710£2,570£3.62/kg
Cull cows1LM680£2,420£3.56/kg
Cull cows1LM770£2,695£3.50/kg
Cull cows1AA600£2,100£3.50/kg
Cull cows1CH640£2,073£3.24/kg
Cull cows1CH770£2,433£3.16/kg
Cull cows1SI730£2,204£3.02/kg
Cull cows1BEL640£1,868£2.92/kg
Cull cows1SI780£2,199£2.82/kg
Cull cows1SHB750£2,115£2.82/kg
Cull cows1AA890£2,492£2.80/kg
Cull cows1CH740£2,072£2.80/kg
Cull cows1AA610£1,695£2.78/kg
Cull cows1HE750£2,085£2.78/kg
Cull cows1FR740£1,924£2.60/kg
Cull cows1FR760£1,930£2.54/kg
Cull cows1FR630£1,587£2.52/kg
Cull cows1HO640£1,587£2.48/kg
Cull cows1HO550£1,342£2.44/kg
Cull cows1HO750£1,815£2.42/kg
Cull cows1FR750£1,815£2.42/kg
Cull cows1HO610£1,464£2.40/kg
Cull cows1HO600£1,428£2.38/kg
Cull cows1FR700£1,666£2.38/kg
Cull cows1HO680£1,591£2.34/kg
Cull cows1FR610£1,427£2.34/kg
Cull cows1FR610£1,403£2.30/kg
Cull cows1FR680£1,550£2.28/kg
Cull cows1FR670£1,527£2.28/kg
Cull cows1FR640£1,459£2.28/kg
Heifers1CH580£2,320£4.00/kg
Heifers1CH640£2,547£3.98/kg
Heifers1LM720£2,865£3.98/kg
Heifers1CH630£2,494£3.96/kg
Heifers1LM510£1,927£3.78/kg
Heifers1BEL630£2,305£3.66/kg
Heifers1LM580£2,122£3.66/kg
Heifers1LM620£2,244£3.62/kg
Heifers1LM570£2,052£3.60/kg
Heifers1LM540£1,933£3.58/kg
Heifers1AA570£1,983£3.48/kg
Bullocks1SI830£2,921£3.52/kg
Bullocks1SI780£2,839£3.64/kg
Bullocks1CH720£2,707£3.76/kg
Bullocks1BB700£2,632£3.76/kg
Bullocks1AA740£2,619£3.54/kg
Bullocks1AA680£2,611£3.84/kg
Bullocks1CH650£2,574£3.96/kg
Bullocks1BB660£2,560£3.88/kg
Bullocks1HE690£2,539£3.68/kg
Bullocks1BB670£2,532£3.78/kg
Bullocks1BB680£2,529
Bullocks1680£2,529£3.72/kg
Bullocks1BRB660£2,428£3.68/kg
Bullocks1LM640£2,316£3.62/kg
Bullocks1CH660£2,362£3.58/kg
Bullocks1690£2,442£3.54/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.