Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Thursday 9 April 2026
- Bullocks £3.72/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.73/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows £2.82/kg* mean of bands
An entry of 198 for Thursdays beef sale sold to an improved trade. Beef cows sold to 364p for a Lim 610kg at £2220, Fr cows to 254p for 490kg at £1244 and beef heifers topped at 394p for a Lim 740kg at £2915. Beef bullocks to 398p for a Charolais 770kg at £3064 and to a top per head of £3555 for a Charolais 900kg, and Fr bullocks to 325p for 500kg at £1625.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 9 April 2026
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 | £3.22/kg | £3.18 to £3.25/kg | £1,694 | £1,625 to £1,803 | 3 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 24 lots | £3.78/kg | £3.10 to £3.98/kg | £2,809 | £1,891 to £3,555 | 24 | |
| Heifers | 600 kg and overderived from 14 lots | £3.73/kg | £3.58 to £3.94/kg | £2,634 | £2,297 to £2,940 | 14 |
| Cull cows | 400 to 500 kgderived from 3 lots | £2.65/kg | £2.14 to £3.26/kg | £1,192 | £898 to £1,434 | 3 |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 5 lots | £2.81/kg | £2.16 to £3.50/kg | £1,612 | £1,221 to £1,995 | 5 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 22 lots | £2.85/kg | £1.94 to £3.64/kg | £1,894 | £202 to £2,656 | 22 | |
| 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 71 lots, 71 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 900 | £3,555 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 770 | £3,064 | ||
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 840 | £3,057 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 780 | £2,971 | £3.81/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 760 | £2,918 | £3.84/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 890 | £2,865 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 790 | £2,859 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 790 | £2,859 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 780 | £2,854 | ||
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 750 | £2,850 | £3.80/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 740 | £2,841 | £3.84/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 740 | £2,782 | £3.76/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 770 | £3,064 | £3.98/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 900 | £3,555 | £3.95/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 650 | £2,561 | £3.94/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 640 | £2,508 | £3.92/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 720 | £2,764 | £3.84/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 670 | £2,546 | £3.80/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,683 | £3.78/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 670 | £2,519 | £3.76/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 730 | £2,715 | £3.72/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,627 | £3.70/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 680 | £2,516 | £3.70/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 500 | £1,625 | £3.25/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 560 | £1,803 | £3.22/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 520 | £1,653 | £3.18/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 610 | £1,891 | £3.10/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 610 | £2,220 | £3.64/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 650 | £2,314 | £3.56/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 570 | £1,995 | £3.50/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 670 | £2,304 | £3.44/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 620 | £2,070 | £3.34/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 680 | £2,257 | £3.32/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BEL | 720 | £2,361 | £3.28/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 650 | £2,132 | £3.28/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | AA | 810 | £2,656 | £3.28/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 440 | £1,434 | £3.26/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 820 | £2,640 | £3.22/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | PT | 580 | £1,830 | £3.16/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 750 | £2,370 | £3.16/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 610 | £1,878 | £3.08/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 840 | £2,536 | £3.02/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | AA | 590 | £1,781 | £3.02/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 740 | £2,915 | £3.94/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 750 | £2,940 | £3.92/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 730 | £2,832 | £3.88/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 710 | £2,698 | £3.80/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 740 | £2,812 | £3.80/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 690 | £2,559 | £3.71/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 770 | £2,841 | £3.69/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 690 | £2,532 | £3.67/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 640 | £2,348 | £3.67/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 670 | £2,452 | £3.66/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 680 | £2,461 | £3.62/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 750 | £2,715 | £3.62/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 640 | £2,297 | £3.59/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | SI | 690 | £2,470 | £3.58/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 490 | £1,244 | £2.54/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 710 | £1,775 | £2.50/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 750 | £1,800 | £2.40/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 610 | £1,403 | £2.30/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 680 | £1,536 | £2.26/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 770 | £1,724 | £2.24/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 550 | £1,221 | £2.22/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 710 | £1,562 | £2.20/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 610 | £1,342 | £2.20/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 570 | £1,231 | £2.16/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 420 | £898 | £2.14/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 670 | £1,433 | £2.14/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 610 | £202 | ||
| Cull cows | 1 | 600 | £1,164 | £1.94/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.