Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Thursday 16 July 2026
- Bullocks £3.81/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.88/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows £2.85/kg* mean of bands
231 beef cattle in Ballymena on Thursday sold with an improved trade. Beef cows sold to 374p for a Lim 710Kg at £2655, Fr cows to 306p for 600 Kg at £1836 and beef heifers to 420p for a Cha 700Kg at £2940. Beef bullocks to 410p for a Cha 670Kg at £2747 and to a top per head of £3534 for a Lim 930Kg. Fr Bullocks to 320p for 640Kg at £2048.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 16 July 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 26 lots | £3.81/kg | £3.08 to £4.10/kg | £2,826 | £1,896 to £3,534 | 26 |
| Heifers | 500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot | £3.70/kg | £3.70 to £3.70/kg | £2,109 | £2,109 to £2,109 | 1 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 14 lots | £3.89/kg | £3.70 to £4.20/kg | £2,559 | £2,394 to £2,940 | 14 | |
| Cull cows | 400 to 500 kgderived from 2 lots | £2.73/kg | £2.06 to £3.40/kg | £1,225 | £988 to £1,462 | 2 |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 6 lots | £2.16/kg | £1.52 to £3.40/kg | £1,202 | £755 to £2,006 | 6 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 19 lots | £3.08/kg | £1.96 to £3.74/kg | £2,185 | £1,254 to £3,094 | 19 | |
| 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 68 lots, 68 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,655 | £3.74/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BA | 710 | £2,627 | £3.70/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 720 | £2,635 | £3.66/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 850 | £3,094 | £3.64/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 800 | £2,880 | £3.60/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 740 | £2,604 | £3.52/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 740 | £2,516 | £3.40/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BA | 740 | £2,516 | £3.40/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 430 | £1,462 | £3.40/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 740 | £2,516 | £3.40/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SA | 590 | £2,006 | £3.40/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 630 | £2,129 | £3.38/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 770 | £2,602 | £3.38/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 750 | £2,490 | £3.32/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 600 | £1,836 | £3.06/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 700 | £1,904 | £2.72/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 610 | £1,390 | £2.28/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 590 | £1,250 | £2.12/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 610 | £1,293 | £2.12/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 610 | £1,281 | £2.10/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 620 | £1,289 | £2.08/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 480 | £988 | £2.06/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 500 | £1,010 | £2.02/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 540 | £1,058 | £1.96/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 640 | £1,254 | £1.96/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 590 | £1,132 | £1.92/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 510 | £755 | £1.52/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 700 | £2,940 | £4.20/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 640 | £2,534 | £3.96/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | BEL | 640 | £2,534 | £3.96/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 650 | £2,574 | £3.96/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 660 | £2,600 | £3.94/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 710 | £2,797 | £3.94/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 620 | £2,418 | £3.90/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 620 | £2,418 | £3.90/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 640 | £2,483 | £3.88/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 630 | £2,431 | £3.86/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 630 | £2,394 | £3.80/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 670 | £2,519 | £3.76/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 740 | £2,782 | £3.76/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 570 | £2,109 | £3.70/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | BA | 650 | £2,405 | £3.70/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 930 | £3,534 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 870 | £3,271 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 840 | £3,225 | £3.84/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 800 | £3,136 | £3.92/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 840 | £3,108 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 790 | £3,049 | £3.86/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 790 | £3,033 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 770 | £2,972 | £3.86/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 780 | £2,964 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 750 | £2,955 | £3.94/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 760 | £2,948 | £3.88/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 810 | £2,948 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 760 | £2,926 | £3.85/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 770 | £2,910 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 760 | £2,888 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 670 | £2,747 | £4.10/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 650 | £2,613 | £4.02/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 630 | £2,520 | £4.00/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 740 | £2,878 | £3.89/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 690 | £2,677 | £3.88/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 680 | £2,624 | £3.86/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 650 | £2,502 | £3.85/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 670 | £2,579 | £3.85/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 640 | £2,048 | ||
| Bullocks | 1 | 600 | £1,896 | £3.16/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 820 | £2,525 | £3.08/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.