Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Thursday 7 May 2026
- Bullocks £3.32/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.46/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows £2.70/kg* mean of bands
A good show of 286 Beef Cattle on Thursday sold with a slightly improved trade. Beef Cows to 370p for a Lim 870kg at £3219, Fr Cows to 258p for 630kg at £1625 and Beef Heifers to 378p for a Char 600kg at £2268. Beef Bullocks to 362p for a Char 570kg at £2063 and to a top per head of £3106 for a Char 950kg, and Fr Bullocks to 280p for 550kg at £1540.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 7 May 2026
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 400 to 500 kgderived from 3 lots | £2.65/kg | £2.60 to £2.73/kg | £1,281 | £1,222 to £1,337 | 3 |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 5 lots | £3.04/kg | £2.60 to £3.62/kg | £1,653 | £1,404 to £2,063 | 5 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 15 lots | £3.54/kg | £3.50 to £3.61/kg | £2,706 | £2,194 to £3,106 | 15 | |
| Heifers | 500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots | £3.36/kg | £3.32 to £3.40/kg | £1,899 | £1,826 to £1,972 | 2 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 13 lots | £3.48/kg | £3.33 to £3.78/kg | £2,325 | £1,998 to £2,633 | 13 | |
| Cull cows | 500 to 600 kgderived from 6 lots | £2.28/kg | £1.72 to £3.00/kg | £1,241 | £860 to £1,595 | 6 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 23 lots | £2.81/kg | £1.60 to £3.70/kg | £1,988 | £1,104 to £3,219 | 23 | |
| 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 67 lots, 67 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 870 | £3,219 | £3.70/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 720 | £2,620 | £3.64/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,470 | £3.48/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 680 | £2,366 | £3.48/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 830 | £2,822 | £3.40/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SHB | 740 | £2,501 | £3.38/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 720 | £2,275 | £3.16/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | AU | 670 | £2,117 | £3.16/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 610 | £1,891 | £3.10/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 700 | £2,142 | £3.06/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BA | 760 | £2,280 | £3.00/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 700 | £2,100 | £3.00/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | AA | 500 | £1,500 | £3.00/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | AA | 710 | £2,115 | £2.98/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 760 | £2,249 | £2.96/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SA | 550 | £1,595 | £2.90/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 630 | £1,625 | £2.58/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 640 | £1,548 | £2.42/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 700 | £1,568 | £2.24/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 650 | £1,443 | £2.22/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 560 | £1,176 | £2.10/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 700 | £1,470 | £2.10/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 620 | £1,283 | £2.07/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 640 | £1,318 | £2.06/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 580 | £1,189 | £2.05/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 580 | £1,125 | £1.94/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 650 | £1,196 | £1.84/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 500 | £860 | £1.72/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 690 | £1,104 | £1.60/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 600 | £2,268 | £3.78/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 650 | £2,405 | £3.70/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 640 | £2,368 | £3.70/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 640 | £2,240 | £3.50/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 690 | £2,387 | £3.46/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 710 | £2,442 | £3.44/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 700 | £2,401 | £3.43/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | SI | 770 | £2,633 | £3.42/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 680 | £2,312 | £3.40/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 690 | £2,346 | £3.40/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 580 | £1,972 | £3.40/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 600 | £2,016 | £3.36/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 720 | £2,404 | £3.34/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 600 | £1,998 | £3.33/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 550 | £1,826 | £3.32/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 950 | £3,106 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 880 | £2,974 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 980 | £2,940 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 800 | £2,872 | £3.59/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 840 | £2,856 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 810 | £2,835 | £3.50/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 860 | £2,752 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 790 | £2,709 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | HE | 830 | £2,697 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 780 | £2,667 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 750 | £2,625 | £3.50/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 570 | £2,063 | £3.62/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 680 | £2,454 | £3.61/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 730 | £2,591 | £3.55/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 520 | £1,840 | £3.54/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 620 | £2,194 | £3.54/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 660 | £2,316 | £3.51/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 550 | £1,540 | £2.80/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 490 | £1,337 | £2.73/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 540 | £1,420 | £2.63/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 490 | £1,283 | £2.62/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 470 | £1,222 | £2.60/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 540 | £1,404 | £2.60/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.