Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Tuesday 23 June 2026
- Bullocks £3.67/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.86/kg* mean of bands
Another small show of store cattle on Tuesday sold to a steady trade. Bullocks to £1830 over for a Cha 690Kg £2520 presented by a Local Producer and heifers to £1360 over for a Bel 520Kg £1880 from A Ferguson, Ballyclare.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 23 June 2026
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 500 to 600 kgderived from 15 lots | £3.65/kg | £3.38 to £3.86/kg | £1,865 | £342 to £2,280 | 15 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 5 lots | £3.72/kg | £3.65 to £3.83/kg | £2,416 | £2,290 to £2,520 | 5 | |
| Heifers | 300 to 400 kgderived from 1 lot | £5.08/kg | £5.08 to £5.08/kg | £1,830 | £1,830 to £1,830 | 1 |
| 400 to 500 kgderived from 5 lots | £3.79/kg | £3.37 to £4.04/kg | £1,714 | £1,590 to £1,900 | 5 | |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots | £3.42/kg | £3.23 to £3.61/kg | £1,830 | £1,780 to £1,880 | 2 | |
| 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
28 lots| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 500 | £1,800 | £3.60/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 500 | £1,750 | £3.50/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | SI | 500 | £1,740 | £3.48/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 500 | £342 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | SI | 500 | £1,690 | £3.38/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 590 | £2,280 | £3.86/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 650 | £2,490 | £3.83/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 630 | £2,370 | £3.76/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 530 | £1,990 | £3.75/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 530 | £1,980 | £3.73/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 560 | £2,090 | £3.73/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 590 | £2,200 | £3.72/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 580 | £2,150 | £3.70/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 620 | £2,290 | £3.69/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 550 | £2,030 | £3.69/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 510 | £1,880 | £3.68/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 590 | £2,160 | £3.66/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 520 | £1,900 | £3.65/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 690 | £2,520 | £3.65/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 660 | £2,410 | £3.65/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 360 | £1,830 | £5.08/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 470 | £1,900 | £4.04/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 450 | £1,790 | £3.97/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 410 | £1,590 | £3.87/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 450 | £1,670 | £3.71/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | SI | 480 | £1,620 | £3.37/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | BEL | 520 | £1,880 | £3.61/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 550 | £1,780 | £3.23/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.