Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Cattle sale, Thursday 18 June 2026

205 head on offer. Cattle in sterling per kg liveweight; per head where the mart gave it. Week 25, 2026

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

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per kgRange per kgAvg per headRange per headHead
Bullocks600 kg and overderived from 8 lots£3.34/kg£3.20 to £3.52/kg£2,706£2,244 to £3,2928
Heifers500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot£3.54/kg£3.54 to £3.54/kg£2,088£2,088 to £2,0881
600 kg and overderived from 14 lots£3.68/kg£3.54 to £3.84/kg£2,530£2,172 to £2,99514
Cull cows500 to 600 kgderived from 6 lots£2.78/kg£2.38 to £3.16/kg£1,580£1,380 to £1,8646
600 kg and overderived from 20 lots£2.92/kg£2.20 to £3.76/kg£2,044£1,320 to £2,70720
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
CategoryHeadBreedWeight kgPricePer kg
Cull cows1BA720£2,707£3.76/kg
Cull cows1730£2,555£3.50/kg
Cull cows1SA680£2,257£3.32/kg
Cull cows1LM640£2,124£3.32/kg
Cull cows1ST810£2,640£3.26/kg
Cull cows1SI830£2,689£3.24/kg
Cull cows1CH720£2,318£3.22/kg
Cull cows1AA800£2,560£3.20/kg
Cull cows1BB590£1,864£3.16/kg
Cull cows1CH570£1,801£3.16/kg
Cull cows1LM710£2,243£3.16/kg
Cull cows1LM530£1,653£3.12/kg
Cull cows1640£1,894£2.96/kg
Cull cows1650£1,885£2.90/kg
Cull cows1620£1,785£2.88/kg
Cull cows1720£2,001£2.78/kg
Cull cows1610£1,659£2.72/kg
Cull cows1780£1,950£2.50/kg
Cull cows1560£1,388£2.48/kg
Cull cows1600£1,440£2.40/kg
Cull cows1580£1,392£2.40/kg
Cull cows1740£1,761£2.38/kg
Cull cows1580£1,380£2.38/kg
Cull cows1630£1,486£2.36/kg
Cull cows1680£1,604£2.36/kg
Cull cows1600£1,320£2.20/kg
Heifers1CH780£2,995£3.84/kg
Heifers1CH750£2,835£3.78/kg
Heifers1LM690£2,608£3.78/kg
Heifers1CH690£2,594£3.76/kg
Heifers1LM600£2,244£3.74/kg
Heifers1LM710£2,627£3.70/kg
Heifers1LM750£2,760£3.68/kg
Heifers1670£2,452£3.66/kg
Heifers1770£2,795£3.63/kg
Heifers1600£2,172£3.62/kg
Heifers1CH700£2,534£3.62/kg
Heifers1CH670£2,385£3.56/kg
Heifers1SI630£2,230£3.54/kg
Heifers1LM590£2,088£3.54/kg
Heifers1CH620£2,194£3.54/kg
Bullocks1AA1,120£3,292
Bullocks1LM960£3,072£3.20/kg
Bullocks1AA940£3,017£3.21/kg
Bullocks1LM850£2,805£3.30/kg
Bullocks1LM820£2,607
Bullocks1CH690£2,359£3.42/kg
Bullocks1SI640£2,252£3.52/kg
Bullocks1LM660£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.