Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Cattle sale, Tuesday 17 February 2026

235 head on offer. Cattle in sterling per kg liveweight; per head where the mart gave it. Week 8, 2026

• Bullocks £4.51/kg* mean of bands
• Heifers £4.36/kg* mean of bands

235 store cattle shown on Tuesday in Ballymena resulted in another fantastic trade. Bullocks to £2090 over for a Charolais 710kg at £2800 from K Coyle, Ballykelly and Heifers to £1970 over for a Charolais 730kg at £2700 from N Hamill, Aughafatten.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 17 February 2026

Prices

Category	Weight or type	Avg per kg	Range per kg	Avg per head	Range per head	Head
Bullocks	300 to 400 kgderived from 3 lots	£4.77/kg	£4.51 to £5.00/kg	£1,673	£1,400 to £1,820	3
	400 to 500 kgderived from 12 lots	£4.65/kg	£4.40 to £5.10/kg	£2,081	£1,880 to £2,360	12
	500 to 600 kgderived from 16 lots	£4.38/kg	£4.16 to £5.00/kg	£2,364	£2,170 to £2,540	16
	600 kg and overderived from 1 lot	£4.26/kg	£4.26 to £4.26/kg	£2,600	£2,600 to £2,600	1
Heifers	300 to 400 kgderived from 6 lots	£4.54/kg	£4.34 to £4.73/kg	£1,612	£1,520 to £1,720	6
	400 to 500 kgderived from 6 lots	£4.33/kg	£4.14 to £4.52/kg	£1,917	£1,810 to £2,120	7
	500 to 600 kgderived from 18 lots	£4.32/kg	£4.14 to £4.76/kg	£2,330	£2,120 to £2,520	18
	600 kg and overderived from 1 lot	£4.21/kg	£4.21 to £4.21/kg	£2,530	£2,530 to £2,530	1
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 63 lots, 64 head Show the table

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Bullocks	1	CH	460	£2,350	£5.10/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	500	£2,500	£5.00/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	360	£1,800	£5.00/kg
Bullocks	1	LM	490	£2,360	£4.81/kg
Bullocks	1	SA	380	£1,820	£4.79/kg
Bullocks	1	LM	460	£2,200	£4.78/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	420	£1,980	£4.71/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	420	£1,970	£4.69/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	440	£2,060	£4.68/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	430	£1,990	£4.62/kg
Bullocks	1	LM	410	£1,880	£4.58/kg
Bullocks	1	HE	310	£1,400	£4.51/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	490	£2,210	£4.51/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	420	£1,890	£4.50/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	470	£2,100	£4.46/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	450	£1,980	£4.40/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	510	£2,360	£4.62/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	550	£2,500	£4.54/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	570	£2,540	£4.45/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	570	£2,520	£4.42/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	510	£2,240	£4.39/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	570	£2,500	£4.38/kg
Bullocks	1	LM	510	£2,220	£4.35/kg
Bullocks	1	LM	530	£2,290	£4.32/kg
Bullocks	1	SI	510	£2,200	£4.31/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	610	£2,600	£4.26/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	540	£2,300	£4.25/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	550	£2,340	£4.25/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	580	£2,450	£4.22/kg
Bullocks	1	LM	570	£2,400	£4.21/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	520	£2,170	£4.17/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	550	£2,290	£4.16/kg
Heifers	1	LM	500	£2,380	£4.76/kg
Heifers	1	LM	340	£1,610	£4.73/kg
Heifers	1	CH	340	£1,580	£4.64/kg
Heifers	1		370	£1,690	£4.56/kg
Heifers	1	LM	380	£1,720	£4.52/kg
Heifers	1	CH	400	£1,810	£4.52/kg
Heifers	1		470	£2,120	£4.51/kg
Heifers	1	CH	500	£2,220	£4.44/kg
Heifers	1	BB	350	£1,550	£4.42/kg
Heifers	1	CH	420	£1,830	£4.35/kg
Heifers	1	LM	350	£1,520	£4.34/kg
Heifers	1	LM	470	£2,030	£4.31/kg
Heifers	1	CH	500	£2,120	£4.24/kg
Heifers	2	LM	430	£1,820	£4.23/kg
Heifers	1	SA	480	£1,990	£4.14/kg
Heifers	1	LM	560	£2,520	£4.50/kg
Heifers	1		550	£2,470	£4.49/kg
Heifers	1	CH	510	£2,280	£4.47/kg
Heifers	1		540	£2,360	£4.37/kg
Heifers	1	LM	540	£2,340	£4.33/kg
Heifers	1	CH	510	£2,190	£4.29/kg
Heifers	1		520	£2,230	£4.28/kg
Heifers	1		590	£2,520	£4.27/kg
Heifers	1		590	£2,500	£4.23/kg
Heifers	1	LM	600	£2,530	£4.21/kg
Heifers	1	CH	520	£2,190	£4.21/kg
Heifers	1	CH	520	£2,180	£4.19/kg
Heifers	1	CH	590	£2,470	£4.18/kg
Heifers	1		570	£2,370	£4.15/kg
Heifers	1	CH	540	£2,240	£4.14/kg
Heifers	1	CH	570	£2,360	£4.14/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.