Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Cattle sale, Tuesday 24 February 2026

210 head on offer. Cattle in sterling per kg liveweight; per head where the mart gave it. Week 9, 2026

• Bullocks £4.51/kg* mean of bands
• Heifers £4.41/kg* mean of bands

210 store cattle on Tuesday resulted in a sharp trade. Bullocks sold to £1950 over for a Lim 670Kg at £2620 offered by A Hyde, Lisburn. Heifers sold to £2020 over for a Sim 700Kg £2720 offered by P Johnston, Newtownabbey.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 24 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	£4.98/kg	£4.60 to £5.31/kg	£1,787	£1,700 to £1,910	3
	400 to 500 kgderived from 10 lots	£4.70/kg	£4.50 to £5.16/kg	£1,998	£1,800 to £2,180	13
	500 to 600 kgderived from 9 lots	£4.23/kg	£4.05 to £4.49/kg	£2,296	£2,170 to £2,400	9
	600 kg and overderived from 3 lots	£4.07/kg	£4.06 to £4.10/kg	£2,540	£2,460 to £2,600	3
Heifers	300 to 400 kgderived from 8 lots	£4.69/kg	£4.19 to £5.96/kg	£1,672	£1,300 to £1,910	8
	400 to 500 kgderived from 7 lots	£4.43/kg	£4.15 to £4.73/kg	£1,954	£1,750 to £2,110	7
	500 to 600 kgderived from 13 lots	£4.23/kg	£4.01 to £4.40/kg	£2,258	£2,130 to £2,510	13
	600 kg and overderived from 2 lots	£4.32/kg	£4.32 to £4.32/kg	£2,660	£2,640 to £2,680	2
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 55 lots, 58 head Show the table

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Heifers	1	LM	320	£1,910	£5.96/kg
Heifers	1	CH	370	£1,755	£4.74/kg
Heifers	1	LM	420	£1,990	£4.73/kg
Heifers	1	CH	420	£1,950	£4.64/kg
Heifers	1	CH	390	£1,810	£4.64/kg
Heifers	1	CH	370	£1,710	£4.62/kg
Heifers	1	LM	420	£1,940	£4.61/kg
Heifers	1	LM	320	£1,460	£4.56/kg
Heifers	1	LM	390	£1,770	£4.53/kg
Heifers	1	LM	480	£2,110	£4.39/kg
Heifers	1	CH	500	£2,140	£4.28/kg
Heifers	1	LM	410	£1,750	£4.26/kg
Heifers	1	LM	390	£1,660	£4.25/kg
Heifers	1	LM	490	£2,070	£4.22/kg
Heifers	1	LM	310	£1,300	£4.19/kg
Heifers	1	LM	450	£1,870	£4.15/kg
Heifers	1	LM	570	£2,510	£4.40/kg
Heifers	1	CH	520	£2,280	£4.38/kg
Heifers	1	LM	530	£2,300	£4.34/kg
Heifers	1	LM	610	£2,640	£4.32/kg
Heifers	1	LM	620	£2,680	£4.32/kg
Heifers	1	CH	540	£2,320	£4.29/kg
Heifers	1	CH	510	£2,180	£4.27/kg
Heifers	1	CH	550	£2,350	£4.27/kg
Heifers	1	LM	510	£2,160	£4.23/kg
Heifers	1	LM	540	£2,280	£4.22/kg
Heifers	1	LM	540	£2,270	£4.20/kg
Heifers	1	CH	520	£2,140	£4.11/kg
Heifers	1	CH	530	£2,130	£4.01/kg
Heifers	1	CH	570	£2,290	£4.01/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	320	£1,700	£5.31/kg
Bullocks	1	FR	420	£2,170	£5.16/kg
Bullocks	1	LM	380	£1,910	£5.02/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	420	£2,070	£4.92/kg
Bullocks	1	LM	410	£2,000	£4.87/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	410	£1,990	£4.85/kg
Bullocks	1	LM	430	£2,070	£4.81/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	410	£1,960	£4.78/kg
Bullocks	1	LM	380	£1,750	£4.60/kg
Bullocks	1	LM	470	£2,140	£4.55/kg
Bullocks	1	LM	480	£2,180	£4.54/kg
Bullocks	4	BB	420	£1,900	£4.52/kg
Bullocks	1	BB	400	£1,800	£4.50/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	510	£2,290	£4.49/kg
Bullocks	1	LM	520	£2,270	£4.36/kg
Bullocks	1		530	£2,290	£4.32/kg
Bullocks	1		540	£2,300	£4.25/kg
Bullocks	1	LM	510	£2,170	£4.25/kg
Bullocks	1	LM	570	£2,400	£4.21/kg
Bullocks	1		600	£2,460	£4.10/kg
Bullocks	1	LM	580	£2,360	£4.06/kg
Bullocks	1	CH	630	£2,560	£4.06/kg
Bullocks	1		640	£2,600	£4.06/kg
Bullocks	1	LM	540	£2,190	£4.05/kg
Bullocks	1	LM	590	£2,390	£4.05/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.