Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Thursday 30 April 2026
- Bullocks £3.30/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.41/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows £2.84/kg* mean of bands
An entry of 258 beef cattle on Thursday in Ballymena sold with a weaker trade. Beef cows sold to 436p for a Limousin 900kg at £3924, Fr Cows to 278p for 640kg at £1779 and beef heifers to 360p for an AA 520kg at £1872. Beef bullocks sold to 380p for a Limousin 710kg at £2698 and to a top per head of £3575 for a Charolais 1090kg, and Fr bullocks to 286p for 630kg at £1801.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 30 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 | £2.97/kg | £2.56 to £3.58/kg | £1,663 | £1,417 to £2,112 | 3 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 29 lots | £3.33/kg | £2.58 to £3.80/kg | £2,593 | £1,708 to £3,575 | 29 | |
| Heifers | 400 to 500 kgderived from 2 lots | £3.39/kg | £3.34 to £3.44/kg | £1,626 | £1,616 to £1,636 | 2 |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots | £3.50/kg | £3.40 to £3.60/kg | £1,820 | £1,768 to £1,872 | 2 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 12 lots | £3.40/kg | £3.34 to £3.50/kg | £2,301 | £2,004 to £2,555 | 12 | |
| Cull cows | 400 to 500 kgderived from 1 lot | £2.10/kg | £2.10 to £2.10/kg | £1,029 | £1,029 to £1,029 | 1 |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 6 lots | £2.58/kg | £2.06 to £3.18/kg | £1,447 | £1,102 to £1,876 | 6 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 22 lots | £2.95/kg | £2.04 to £4.36/kg | £2,147 | £1,326 to £3,924 | 22 | |
| Bold figures are the mart's own. Anything lighter was worked out by farmprices.ie from the lots the mart listed, because the report did not give that figure. A line marked "part derived" carries both: the mart stated some of it and the rest comes from its lot list. | ||||||
Sample lots 77 lots, 77 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 900 | £3,924 | £4.36/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BEL | 740 | £3,004 | £4.06/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BEL | 1,000 | £3,880 | £3.88/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 780 | £2,940 | £3.77/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 660 | £2,125 | £3.22/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 590 | £1,876 | £3.18/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 710 | £2,257 | £3.18/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | AA | 540 | £1,706 | £3.16/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 720 | £2,217 | £3.08/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 880 | £2,675 | £3.04/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 710 | £2,115 | £2.98/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 750 | £2,190 | £2.92/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,059 | £2.90/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BA | 680 | £1,958 | £2.88/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 690 | £1,932 | £2.80/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 600 | £1,680 | £2.80/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 640 | £1,779 | £2.78/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 530 | £1,378 | £2.60/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 590 | £1,427 | £2.42/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 720 | £1,684 | £2.34/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 750 | £1,747 | £2.33/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 680 | £1,509 | £2.22/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 660 | £1,452 | £2.20/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 630 | £1,354 | £2.15/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 490 | £1,029 | £2.10/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 680 | £1,428 | ||
| Cull cows | 1 | 530 | £1,102 | £2.08/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 580 | £1,194 | £2.06/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 650 | £1,326 | £2.04/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 520 | £1,872 | £3.60/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 730 | £2,555 | £3.50/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 650 | £2,249 | £3.46/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 640 | £2,201 | £3.44/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 700 | £2,408 | £3.44/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 470 | £1,616 | £3.44/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 680 | £2,318 | £3.41/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 710 | £2,414 | £3.40/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 520 | £1,768 | £3.40/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 670 | £2,278 | £3.40/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 640 | £2,163 | £3.38/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 750 | £2,535 | £3.38/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 710 | £2,378 | £3.35/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 600 | £2,004 | £3.34/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 630 | £2,104 | £3.34/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 490 | £1,636 | £3.34/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 1,090 | £3,575 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 1,000 | £3,100 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 900 | £3,006 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 910 | £2,984 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 810 | £2,964 | £3.66/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 820 | £2,935 | £3.58/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 900 | £2,880 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 870 | £2,871 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 950 | £2,869 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 870 | £2,853 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 900 | £2,835 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 800 | £2,800 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 800 | £2,800 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,698 | £3.80/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 660 | £2,481 | £3.76/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 660 | £2,468 | £3.74/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 650 | £2,405 | £3.70/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 720 | £2,620 | £3.64/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 720 | £2,599 | £3.61/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 590 | £2,112 | £3.58/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BB | 690 | £2,456 | £3.56/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 690 | £2,456 | £3.56/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 730 | £2,598 | £3.56/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 610 | £2,165 | £3.55/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 630 | £1,801 | £2.86/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 610 | £1,708 | £2.80/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 510 | £1,417 | £2.78/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 720 | £1,944 | £2.70/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 740 | £1,983 | £2.68/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 770 | £2,032 | £2.64/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 900 | £2,322 | £2.58/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 570 | £1,459 | £2.56/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.