Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Thursday 4 June 2026
- Bullocks £3.29/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.52/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows £2.94/kg* mean of bands
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
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 600 kg and overderived from 37 lots | £3.29/kg | £2.80 to £3.72/kg | £2,484 | £1,744 to £3,233 | 37 |
| Heifers | 500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot | £3.40/kg | £3.40 to £3.40/kg | £1,802 | £1,802 to £1,802 | 1 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 14 lots | £3.53/kg | £3.40 to £3.78/kg | £2,291 | £2,076 to £2,671 | 14 | |
| Cull cows | 500 to 600 kgderived from 5 lots | £2.11/kg | £2.00 to £2.26/kg | £1,208 | £1,120 to £1,262 | 5 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 22 lots | £3.13/kg | £2.00 to £3.80/kg | £2,193 | £1,260 to £2,822 | 22 | |
| 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
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 730 | £2,774 | £3.80/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 670 | £2,546 | £3.80/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 670 | £2,519 | £3.76/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 600 | £2,160 | £3.60/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BA | 720 | £2,534 | £3.52/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 770 | £2,648 | £3.44/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 750 | £2,550 | £3.40/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 630 | £2,129 | £3.38/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 700 | £2,366 | £3.38/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 680 | £2,298 | £3.38/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 700 | £2,352 | £3.36/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 670 | £2,251 | £3.36/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 620 | £2,083 | £3.36/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 690 | £2,304 | £3.34/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 850 | £2,822 | £3.32/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 790 | £2,622 | £3.32/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 760 | £1,900 | £2.50/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 680 | £1,550 | £2.28/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 620 | £1,401 | £2.26/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 550 | £1,243 | £2.26/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 790 | £1,753 | £2.22/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 590 | £1,262 | £2.14/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 670 | £1,420 | £2.12/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 590 | £1,239 | £2.10/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 570 | £1,174 | £2.06/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 560 | £1,120 | £2.00/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 630 | £1,260 | £2.00/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 630 | £2,381 | £3.78/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 640 | £2,368 | £3.70/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 610 | £2,257 | £3.70/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 630 | £2,312 | £3.67/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 730 | £2,671 | £3.66/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 640 | £2,259 | £3.53/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | BA | 600 | £2,076 | £3.46/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 670 | £2,304 | £3.44/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | BB | 630 | £2,154 | £3.42/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 640 | £2,188 | £3.42/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 650 | £2,223 | £3.42/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 750 | £2,565 | £3.42/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 650 | £2,210 | £3.40/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 530 | £1,802 | £3.40/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 620 | £2,108 | £3.40/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 940 | £3,233 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 870 | £3,192 | £3.67/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 850 | £3,145 | £3.70/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 900 | £3,060 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 830 | £2,921 | £3.52/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 870 | £2,853 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 800 | £2,848 | £3.56/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | SI | 820 | £2,455 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 850 | £2,754 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 800 | £2,696 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 770 | £2,648 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 850 | £2,635 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | HO | 890 | £2,616 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | SH | 760 | £2,584 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 740 | £2,560 | £3.46/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 680 | £2,529 | £3.72/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 660 | £2,428 | £3.68/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 700 | £2,506 | £3.58/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 700 | £2,492 | £3.56/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,527 | £3.56/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 640 | £2,227 | £3.48/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 680 | £2,366 | £3.48/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 710 | £2,463 | £3.47/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 730 | £2,533 | £3.47/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,456 | £3.46/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 730 | £2,525 | £3.46/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 680 | £2,108 | £3.10/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 730 | £2,175 | £2.98/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 890 | £2,616 | £2.94/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 710 | £2,059 | £2.90/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 740 | £2,146 | £2.90/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 660 | £1,900 | £2.88/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 780 | £2,246 | £2.88/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 610 | £1,744 | £2.86/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 640 | £1,817 | £2.84/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 690 | £1,938 | £2.81/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 680 | £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.