Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Thursday 28 May 2026
- Bullocks £3.60/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.37/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows £2.91/kg* mean of bands
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
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 600 kg and overderived from 21 lots | £3.60/kg | £3.50 to £3.83/kg | £2,914 | £2,275 to £3,538 | 21 |
| Heifers | 500 to 600 kgderived from 3 lots | £3.41/kg | £3.25 to £3.66/kg | £1,861 | £1,820 to £1,898 | 3 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 13 lots | £3.36/kg | £3.27 to £3.62/kg | £2,158 | £2,010 to £2,316 | 13 | |
| Cull cows | 400 to 500 kgderived from 1 lot | £844 | £844 to £844 | 1 | ||
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 7 lots | £2.73/kg | £1.73 to £3.46/kg | £1,521 | £968 to £2,041 | 7 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 19 lots | £2.98/kg | £2.20 to £3.66/kg | £2,241 | £1,461 to £3,399 | 19 | |
| 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
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | BEL | 610 | £2,232 | £3.66/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 830 | £2,871 | £3.46/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 590 | £2,041 | £3.46/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 730 | £2,452 | £3.36/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 940 | £3,139 | £3.34/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 820 | £2,673 | £3.26/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 640 | £2,086 | £3.26/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 650 | £2,119 | £3.26/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 550 | £1,771 | £3.22/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 590 | £1,899 | £3.22/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 760 | £2,409 | £3.17/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 780 | £2,449 | £3.14/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SHB | 1,100 | £3,399 | £3.09/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 790 | £2,433 | £3.08/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 630 | £1,890 | £3.00/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 630 | £1,864 | £2.96/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 500 | £1,410 | £2.82/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 760 | £2,105 | £2.77/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 660 | £1,689 | £2.55/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 520 | £1,310 | £2.52/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 800 | £2,016 | £2.52/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 630 | £1,461 | £2.32/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 700 | £1,568 | £2.24/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 780 | £1,716 | £2.20/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 590 | £1,250 | £2.12/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 440 | £844 | ||
| Cull cows | 1 | 560 | £968 | £1.73/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 510 | £1,866 | £3.66/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 640 | £2,316 | £3.62/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 640 | £2,195 | £3.43/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 660 | £2,250 | £3.41/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 630 | £2,142 | £3.40/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 630 | £2,135 | £3.39/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | SI | 610 | £2,055 | £3.37/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 600 | £2,010 | £3.35/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 570 | £1,898 | £3.33/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 680 | £2,257 | £3.32/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 620 | £2,046 | £3.30/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 680 | £2,237 | £3.29/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 690 | £2,263 | £3.28/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 630 | £2,060 | £3.27/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 640 | £2,092 | £3.27/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 560 | £1,820 | £3.25/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 1,220 | £3,538 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 870 | £3,192 | £3.67/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 920 | £3,128 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 810 | £3,102 | £3.83/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 890 | £3,043 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 910 | £3,012 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 850 | £3,000 | £3.53/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 820 | £2,976 | £3.63/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 830 | £2,971 | £3.58/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 860 | £2,941 | ||
| Bullocks | 1 | 810 | £2,916 | ||
| Bullocks | 1 | 880 | £2,912 | ||
| Bullocks | 1 | 850 | £2,890 | ||
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 760 | £2,781 | £3.66/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 770 | £2,802 | £3.64/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 810 | £2,916 | £3.60/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 730 | £2,613 | £3.58/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 800 | £2,848 | £3.56/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 770 | £2,725 | £3.54/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 740 | £2,612 | £3.53/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 650 | £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.