Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Cattle sale, Thursday 9 April 2026

Cattle in sterling per kg liveweight; per head where the mart gave it. Week 15, 2026

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

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per kgRange per kgAvg per headRange per headHead
Bullocks500 to 600 kgderived from 3 lots£3.22/kg£3.18 to £3.25/kg£1,694£1,625 to £1,8033
600 kg and overderived from 24 lots£3.78/kg£3.10 to £3.98/kg£2,809£1,891 to £3,55524
Heifers600 kg and overderived from 14 lots£3.73/kg£3.58 to £3.94/kg£2,634£2,297 to £2,94014
Cull cows400 to 500 kgderived from 3 lots£2.65/kg£2.14 to £3.26/kg£1,192£898 to £1,4343
500 to 600 kgderived from 5 lots£2.81/kg£2.16 to £3.50/kg£1,612£1,221 to £1,9955
600 kg and overderived from 22 lots£2.85/kg£1.94 to £3.64/kg£1,894£202 to £2,65622
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
CategoryHeadBreedWeight kgPricePer kg
Bullocks1CH900£3,555
Bullocks1770£3,064
Bullocks1CH840£3,057
Bullocks1LM780£2,971£3.81/kg
Bullocks1LM760£2,918£3.84/kg
Bullocks1AA890£2,865
Bullocks1CH790£2,859
Bullocks1AA790£2,859
Bullocks1780£2,854
Bullocks1LM750£2,850£3.80/kg
Bullocks1LM740£2,841£3.84/kg
Bullocks1CH740£2,782£3.76/kg
Bullocks1CH770£3,064£3.98/kg
Bullocks1900£3,555£3.95/kg
Bullocks1LM650£2,561£3.94/kg
Bullocks1CH640£2,508£3.92/kg
Bullocks1LM720£2,764£3.84/kg
Bullocks1CH670£2,546£3.80/kg
Bullocks1LM710£2,683£3.78/kg
Bullocks1LM670£2,519£3.76/kg
Bullocks1LM730£2,715£3.72/kg
Bullocks1LM710£2,627£3.70/kg
Bullocks1LM680£2,516£3.70/kg
Bullocks1500£1,625£3.25/kg
Bullocks1560£1,803£3.22/kg
Bullocks1520£1,653£3.18/kg
Bullocks1610£1,891£3.10/kg
Cull cows1LM610£2,220£3.64/kg
Cull cows1LM650£2,314£3.56/kg
Cull cows1LM570£1,995£3.50/kg
Cull cows1LM670£2,304£3.44/kg
Cull cows1LM620£2,070£3.34/kg
Cull cows1LM680£2,257£3.32/kg
Cull cows1BEL720£2,361£3.28/kg
Cull cows1LM650£2,132£3.28/kg
Cull cows1AA810£2,656£3.28/kg
Cull cows1LM440£1,434£3.26/kg
Cull cows1LM820£2,640£3.22/kg
Cull cows1PT580£1,830£3.16/kg
Cull cows1LM750£2,370£3.16/kg
Cull cows1SI610£1,878£3.08/kg
Cull cows1SI840£2,536£3.02/kg
Cull cows1AA590£1,781£3.02/kg
Heifers1LM740£2,915£3.94/kg
Heifers1CH750£2,940£3.92/kg
Heifers1CH730£2,832£3.88/kg
Heifers1CH710£2,698£3.80/kg
Heifers1CH740£2,812£3.80/kg
Heifers1LM690£2,559£3.71/kg
Heifers1770£2,841£3.69/kg
Heifers1CH690£2,532£3.67/kg
Heifers1CH640£2,348£3.67/kg
Heifers1CH670£2,452£3.66/kg
Heifers1CH680£2,461£3.62/kg
Heifers1CH750£2,715£3.62/kg
Heifers1LM640£2,297£3.59/kg
Heifers1SI690£2,470£3.58/kg
Cull cows1490£1,244£2.54/kg
Cull cows1710£1,775£2.50/kg
Cull cows1750£1,800£2.40/kg
Cull cows1610£1,403£2.30/kg
Cull cows1680£1,536£2.26/kg
Cull cows1770£1,724£2.24/kg
Cull cows1550£1,221£2.22/kg
Cull cows1710£1,562£2.20/kg
Cull cows1610£1,342£2.20/kg
Cull cows1570£1,231£2.16/kg
Cull cows1420£898£2.14/kg
Cull cows1670£1,433£2.14/kg
Cull cows1610£202
Cull cows1600£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.