Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Cattle sale, Thursday 16 July 2026

231 head on offer. Cattle in sterling per kg liveweight; per head where the mart gave it. Week 29, 2026

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

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per kgRange per kgAvg per headRange per headHead
Bullocks600 kg and overderived from 26 lots£3.81/kg£3.08 to £4.10/kg£2,826£1,896 to £3,53426
Heifers500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot£3.70/kg£3.70 to £3.70/kg£2,109£2,109 to £2,1091
600 kg and overderived from 14 lots£3.89/kg£3.70 to £4.20/kg£2,559£2,394 to £2,94014
Cull cows400 to 500 kgderived from 2 lots£2.73/kg£2.06 to £3.40/kg£1,225£988 to £1,4622
500 to 600 kgderived from 6 lots£2.16/kg£1.52 to £3.40/kg£1,202£755 to £2,0066
600 kg and overderived from 19 lots£3.08/kg£1.96 to £3.74/kg£2,185£1,254 to £3,09419
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
CategoryHeadBreedWeight kgPricePer kg
Cull cows1LM710£2,655£3.74/kg
Cull cows1BA710£2,627£3.70/kg
Cull cows1LM720£2,635£3.66/kg
Cull cows1LM850£3,094£3.64/kg
Cull cows1LM800£2,880£3.60/kg
Cull cows1CH740£2,604£3.52/kg
Cull cows1SI740£2,516£3.40/kg
Cull cows1BA740£2,516£3.40/kg
Cull cows1LM430£1,462£3.40/kg
Cull cows1CH740£2,516£3.40/kg
Cull cows1SA590£2,006£3.40/kg
Cull cows1LM630£2,129£3.38/kg
Cull cows1SI770£2,602£3.38/kg
Cull cows1LM750£2,490£3.32/kg
Cull cows1600£1,836£3.06/kg
Cull cows1700£1,904£2.72/kg
Cull cows1610£1,390£2.28/kg
Cull cows1590£1,250£2.12/kg
Cull cows1610£1,293£2.12/kg
Cull cows1610£1,281£2.10/kg
Cull cows1620£1,289£2.08/kg
Cull cows1480£988£2.06/kg
Cull cows1500£1,010£2.02/kg
Cull cows1540£1,058£1.96/kg
Cull cows1640£1,254£1.96/kg
Cull cows1590£1,132£1.92/kg
Cull cows1510£755£1.52/kg
Heifers1CH700£2,940£4.20/kg
Heifers1CH640£2,534£3.96/kg
Heifers1BEL640£2,534£3.96/kg
Heifers1LM650£2,574£3.96/kg
Heifers1CH660£2,600£3.94/kg
Heifers1CH710£2,797£3.94/kg
Heifers1LM620£2,418£3.90/kg
Heifers1CH620£2,418£3.90/kg
Heifers1CH640£2,483£3.88/kg
Heifers1CH630£2,431£3.86/kg
Heifers1LM630£2,394£3.80/kg
Heifers1CH670£2,519£3.76/kg
Heifers1CH740£2,782£3.76/kg
Heifers1LM570£2,109£3.70/kg
Heifers1BA650£2,405£3.70/kg
Bullocks1LM930£3,534
Bullocks1CH870£3,271
Bullocks1CH840£3,225£3.84/kg
Bullocks1CH800£3,136£3.92/kg
Bullocks1CH840£3,108
Bullocks1CH790£3,049£3.86/kg
Bullocks1CH790£3,033
Bullocks1CH770£2,972£3.86/kg
Bullocks1CH780£2,964
Bullocks1CH750£2,955£3.94/kg
Bullocks1LM760£2,948£3.88/kg
Bullocks1CH810£2,948
Bullocks1CH760£2,926£3.85/kg
Bullocks1CH770£2,910
Bullocks1CH760£2,888
Bullocks1CH670£2,747£4.10/kg
Bullocks1CH650£2,613£4.02/kg
Bullocks1CH630£2,520£4.00/kg
Bullocks1CH740£2,878£3.89/kg
Bullocks1CH690£2,677£3.88/kg
Bullocks1LM680£2,624£3.86/kg
Bullocks1CH650£2,502£3.85/kg
Bullocks1CH670£2,579£3.85/kg
Bullocks1640£2,048
Bullocks1600£1,896£3.16/kg
Bullocks1820£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.