Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Cattle sale, Thursday 28 May 2026

188 head on offer. Cattle in sterling per kg liveweight; per head where the mart gave it. Week 22, 2026

The good weather brought out a smaller show of 188 Beef Cattle on Thursday, which sold with a sharper trade. Beef cows to 366p for a Belgian Blue 610kg at £2232, Fr Cows to 282p for 500kg at £1410 and Beef Heifers to 366p for a Lim 510kg at £1866. Beef Bullocks to 383p for a Limousin 810kg at £3102 and to a top per head of £3538 for a Charolais 1220kg, Fr Bullocks to 288p for 520kg at £1497.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 28 May 2026

Prices

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per kgRange per kgAvg per headRange per headHead
Bullocks600 kg and overderived from 21 lots£3.60/kg£3.50 to £3.83/kg£2,914£2,275 to £3,53821
Heifers500 to 600 kgderived from 3 lots£3.41/kg£3.25 to £3.66/kg£1,861£1,820 to £1,8983
600 kg and overderived from 13 lots£3.36/kg£3.27 to £3.62/kg£2,158£2,010 to £2,31613
Cull cows400 to 500 kgderived from 1 lot£844£844 to £8441
500 to 600 kgderived from 7 lots£2.73/kg£1.73 to £3.46/kg£1,521£968 to £2,0417
600 kg and overderived from 19 lots£2.98/kg£2.20 to £3.66/kg£2,241£1,461 to £3,39919
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 64 lots, 64 head Show the table
CategoryHeadBreedWeight kgPricePer kg
Cull cows1BEL610£2,232£3.66/kg
Cull cows1LM830£2,871£3.46/kg
Cull cows1LM590£2,041£3.46/kg
Cull cows1LM730£2,452£3.36/kg
Cull cows1CH940£3,139£3.34/kg
Cull cows1LM820£2,673£3.26/kg
Cull cows1LM640£2,086£3.26/kg
Cull cows1LM650£2,119£3.26/kg
Cull cows1CH550£1,771£3.22/kg
Cull cows1LM590£1,899£3.22/kg
Cull cows1SI760£2,409£3.17/kg
Cull cows1LM780£2,449£3.14/kg
Cull cows1SHB1,100£3,399£3.09/kg
Cull cows1SI790£2,433£3.08/kg
Cull cows1LM630£1,890£3.00/kg
Cull cows1LM630£1,864£2.96/kg
Cull cows1500£1,410£2.82/kg
Cull cows1760£2,105£2.77/kg
Cull cows1660£1,689£2.55/kg
Cull cows1520£1,310£2.52/kg
Cull cows1800£2,016£2.52/kg
Cull cows1630£1,461£2.32/kg
Cull cows1700£1,568£2.24/kg
Cull cows1780£1,716£2.20/kg
Cull cows1590£1,250£2.12/kg
Cull cows1440£844
Cull cows1560£968£1.73/kg
Heifers1LM510£1,866£3.66/kg
Heifers1LM640£2,316£3.62/kg
Heifers1CH640£2,195£3.43/kg
Heifers1CH660£2,250£3.41/kg
Heifers1CH630£2,142£3.40/kg
Heifers1CH630£2,135£3.39/kg
Heifers1SI610£2,055£3.37/kg
Heifers1LM600£2,010£3.35/kg
Heifers1AA570£1,898£3.33/kg
Heifers1CH680£2,257£3.32/kg
Heifers1AA620£2,046£3.30/kg
Heifers1LM680£2,237£3.29/kg
Heifers1CH690£2,263£3.28/kg
Heifers1CH630£2,060£3.27/kg
Heifers1LM640£2,092£3.27/kg
Heifers1AA560£1,820£3.25/kg
Bullocks1CH1,220£3,538
Bullocks1LM870£3,192£3.67/kg
Bullocks1CH920£3,128
Bullocks1LM810£3,102£3.83/kg
Bullocks1LM890£3,043
Bullocks1CH910£3,012
Bullocks1LM850£3,000£3.53/kg
Bullocks1CH820£2,976£3.63/kg
Bullocks1CH830£2,971£3.58/kg
Bullocks1860£2,941
Bullocks1810£2,916
Bullocks1880£2,912
Bullocks1850£2,890
Bullocks1LM760£2,781£3.66/kg
Bullocks1LM770£2,802£3.64/kg
Bullocks1CH810£2,916£3.60/kg
Bullocks1LM730£2,613£3.58/kg
Bullocks1LM800£2,848£3.56/kg
Bullocks1CH770£2,725£3.54/kg
Bullocks1CH740£2,612£3.53/kg
Bullocks1CH650£2,275£3.50/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.