Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Cattle sale, Thursday 4 June 2026

330 head on offer. Cattle in sterling per kg liveweight; per head where the mart gave it. Week 23, 2026

A good show of 330 Beef Cattle on Thursday sold with an improved trade. Beef Cows to 380p for a Belgian Blue 730kg at £2774, Fr Cows to 250p for 760kg at £1900 and Beef Heifers to 378p for a Limousin 630kg at £2381. Beef Bullocks to 372p for a Limousin 680kg at £2529 and to a top per head of £3233 for a Limousin 940kg and Fr Bullocks to 310p for 680kg at £2108.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 4 June 2026

Prices

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per kgRange per kgAvg per headRange per headHead
Bullocks600 kg and overderived from 37 lots£3.29/kg£2.80 to £3.72/kg£2,484£1,744 to £3,23337
Heifers500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot£3.40/kg£3.40 to £3.40/kg£1,802£1,802 to £1,8021
600 kg and overderived from 14 lots£3.53/kg£3.40 to £3.78/kg£2,291£2,076 to £2,67114
Cull cows500 to 600 kgderived from 5 lots£2.11/kg£2.00 to £2.26/kg£1,208£1,120 to £1,2625
600 kg and overderived from 22 lots£3.13/kg£2.00 to £3.80/kg£2,193£1,260 to £2,82222
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 79 lots, 79 head Show the table
CategoryHeadBreedWeight kgPricePer kg
Cull cows1BB730£2,774£3.80/kg
Cull cows1LM670£2,546£3.80/kg
Cull cows1CH670£2,519£3.76/kg
Cull cows1LM600£2,160£3.60/kg
Cull cows1BA720£2,534£3.52/kg
Cull cows1CH770£2,648£3.44/kg
Cull cows1SI750£2,550£3.40/kg
Cull cows1SI630£2,129£3.38/kg
Cull cows1LM700£2,366£3.38/kg
Cull cows1LM680£2,298£3.38/kg
Cull cows1LM700£2,352£3.36/kg
Cull cows1CH670£2,251£3.36/kg
Cull cows1LM620£2,083£3.36/kg
Cull cows1LM690£2,304£3.34/kg
Cull cows1BB850£2,822£3.32/kg
Cull cows1SI790£2,622£3.32/kg
Cull cows1760£1,900£2.50/kg
Cull cows1680£1,550£2.28/kg
Cull cows1620£1,401£2.26/kg
Cull cows1550£1,243£2.26/kg
Cull cows1790£1,753£2.22/kg
Cull cows1590£1,262£2.14/kg
Cull cows1670£1,420£2.12/kg
Cull cows1590£1,239£2.10/kg
Cull cows1570£1,174£2.06/kg
Cull cows1560£1,120£2.00/kg
Cull cows1630£1,260£2.00/kg
Heifers1LM630£2,381£3.78/kg
Heifers1LM640£2,368£3.70/kg
Heifers1LM610£2,257£3.70/kg
Heifers1LM630£2,312£3.67/kg
Heifers1LM730£2,671£3.66/kg
Heifers1CH640£2,259£3.53/kg
Heifers1BA600£2,076£3.46/kg
Heifers1CH670£2,304£3.44/kg
Heifers1BB630£2,154£3.42/kg
Heifers1CH640£2,188£3.42/kg
Heifers1AA650£2,223£3.42/kg
Heifers1LM750£2,565£3.42/kg
Heifers1CH650£2,210£3.40/kg
Heifers1AA530£1,802£3.40/kg
Heifers1LM620£2,108£3.40/kg
Bullocks1LM940£3,233
Bullocks1LM870£3,192£3.67/kg
Bullocks1CH850£3,145£3.70/kg
Bullocks1LM900£3,060
Bullocks1CH830£2,921£3.52/kg
Bullocks1BEL870£2,853
Bullocks1BEL800£2,848£3.56/kg
Bullocks1SI820£2,455
Bullocks1BEL850£2,754
Bullocks1AA800£2,696
Bullocks1LM770£2,648
Bullocks1AA850£2,635
Bullocks1HO890£2,616
Bullocks1SH760£2,584
Bullocks1CH740£2,560£3.46/kg
Bullocks1LM680£2,529£3.72/kg
Bullocks1LM660£2,428£3.68/kg
Bullocks1LM700£2,506£3.58/kg
Bullocks1LM700£2,492£3.56/kg
Bullocks1LM710£2,527£3.56/kg
Bullocks1AA640£2,227£3.48/kg
Bullocks1BEL680£2,366£3.48/kg
Bullocks1AA710£2,463£3.47/kg
Bullocks1LM730£2,533£3.47/kg
Bullocks1LM710£2,456£3.46/kg
Bullocks1LM730£2,525£3.46/kg
Bullocks1680£2,108£3.10/kg
Bullocks1730£2,175£2.98/kg
Bullocks1890£2,616£2.94/kg
Bullocks1710£2,059£2.90/kg
Bullocks1740£2,146£2.90/kg
Bullocks1660£1,900£2.88/kg
Bullocks1780£2,246£2.88/kg
Bullocks1610£1,744£2.86/kg
Bullocks1640£1,817£2.84/kg
Bullocks1690£1,938£2.81/kg
Bullocks1680£1,904£2.80/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.