Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Thursday 18 June 2026
- Bullocks £3.34/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.67/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows £2.89/kg* mean of bands
A smaller show of 205 beef Cattle on Thursday sold with a steady trade. Beef Cows to 376p for a Blonde 720kg at £2707, Fr Cows to 296p for 640kg at £1894 and Beef heifers to 384p for a Charolais 780kg at £2995. Beef bullocks to 352p for a Simmental 640kg at £2252 and to a top per head of £3292 for an AA 1120kg and Fr Bullocks to 286p for 780kg at £2230.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 18 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 8 lots | £3.34/kg | £3.20 to £3.52/kg | £2,706 | £2,244 to £3,292 | 8 |
| Heifers | 500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot | £3.54/kg | £3.54 to £3.54/kg | £2,088 | £2,088 to £2,088 | 1 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 14 lots | £3.68/kg | £3.54 to £3.84/kg | £2,530 | £2,172 to £2,995 | 14 | |
| Cull cows | 500 to 600 kgderived from 6 lots | £2.78/kg | £2.38 to £3.16/kg | £1,580 | £1,380 to £1,864 | 6 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 20 lots | £2.92/kg | £2.20 to £3.76/kg | £2,044 | £1,320 to £2,707 | 20 | |
| 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 49 lots, 49 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | BA | 720 | £2,707 | £3.76/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 730 | £2,555 | £3.50/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | SA | 680 | £2,257 | £3.32/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 640 | £2,124 | £3.32/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | ST | 810 | £2,640 | £3.26/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 830 | £2,689 | £3.24/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 720 | £2,318 | £3.22/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | AA | 800 | £2,560 | £3.20/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 590 | £1,864 | £3.16/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 570 | £1,801 | £3.16/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,243 | £3.16/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 530 | £1,653 | £3.12/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 640 | £1,894 | £2.96/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 650 | £1,885 | £2.90/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 620 | £1,785 | £2.88/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 720 | £2,001 | £2.78/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 610 | £1,659 | £2.72/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 780 | £1,950 | £2.50/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 560 | £1,388 | £2.48/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 600 | £1,440 | £2.40/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 580 | £1,392 | £2.40/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 740 | £1,761 | £2.38/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 580 | £1,380 | £2.38/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 630 | £1,486 | £2.36/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 680 | £1,604 | £2.36/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 600 | £1,320 | £2.20/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 780 | £2,995 | £3.84/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 750 | £2,835 | £3.78/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 690 | £2,608 | £3.78/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 690 | £2,594 | £3.76/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 600 | £2,244 | £3.74/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,627 | £3.70/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 750 | £2,760 | £3.68/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 670 | £2,452 | £3.66/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | 770 | £2,795 | £3.63/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | 600 | £2,172 | £3.62/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 700 | £2,534 | £3.62/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 670 | £2,385 | £3.56/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | SI | 630 | £2,230 | £3.54/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 590 | £2,088 | £3.54/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 620 | £2,194 | £3.54/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 1,120 | £3,292 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 960 | £3,072 | £3.20/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 940 | £3,017 | £3.21/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 850 | £2,805 | £3.30/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 820 | £2,607 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 690 | £2,359 | £3.42/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | SI | 640 | £2,252 | £3.52/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 660 | £2,244 | £3.40/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.