Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Thursday 30 July 2026
- Bullocks £3.40/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.74/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows £3.08/kg* mean of bands
A great show of 454 Beef Cattle on Thursday continued to sell with a steady trade. Beef Cows to 398p for a Lim 860kg at £3422, Fr Cows to 290p for 630kg at £1827 and Beef Heifers to 392p for a Char 600kg at £2352.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 30 July 2026
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 400 to 500 kgderived from 3 lots | £2.41/kg | £2.28 to £2.52/kg | £1,119 | £1,026 to £1,209 | 3 |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 4 lots | £3.18/kg | £2.90 to £3.78/kg | £1,798 | £1,566 to £2,154 | 4 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 31 lots | £3.53/kg | £2.72 to £3.88/kg | £2,771 | £1,632 to £3,382 | 31 | |
| Heifers | 400 to 500 kgderived from 1 lot | £3.62/kg | £3.62 to £3.62/kg | £1,773 | £1,773 to £1,773 | 1 |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 3 lots | £3.70/kg | £3.60 to £3.84/kg | £2,060 | £2,013 to £2,150 | 3 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 12 lots | £3.76/kg | £3.60 to £3.92/kg | £2,424 | £2,184 to £2,692 | 12 | |
| Cull cows | 500 to 600 kgderived from 2 lots | £3.25/kg | £2.82 to £3.68/kg | £1,866 | £1,635 to £2,097 | 2 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 25 lots | £3.07/kg | £2.20 to £3.98/kg | £2,314 | £1,415 to £3,422 | 25 | |
| Bold figures are the mart's own. Anything lighter was worked out by farmprices.ie from the lots the mart listed, because the report did not give that figure. A line marked "part derived" carries both: the mart stated some of it and the rest comes from its lot list. | ||||||
Sample lots 81 lots, 81 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 860 | £3,422 | £3.98/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 880 | £3,414 | £3.88/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 850 | £3,281 | £3.86/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 780 | £2,948 | £3.78/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | SHB | 860 | £3,250 | £3.78/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 720 | £2,678 | £3.72/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 660 | £2,442 | £3.70/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 760 | £2,812 | £3.70/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 760 | £2,796 | £3.68/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 570 | £2,097 | £3.68/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 840 | £3,074 | £3.66/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 650 | £2,366 | £3.64/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 700 | £2,506 | £3.58/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 630 | £1,827 | £2.90/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 620 | £1,773 | £2.86/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 580 | £1,635 | £2.82/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 620 | £1,686 | £2.72/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 960 | £2,361 | £2.46/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 680 | £1,645 | £2.42/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 740 | £1,761 | £2.38/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 630 | £1,486 | £2.36/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 660 | £1,544 | £2.34/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 610 | £1,415 | £2.32/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 840 | £1,898 | £2.26/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 680 | £1,536 | £2.26/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 770 | £1,709 | £2.22/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 1,010 | £2,222 | £2.20/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 600 | £2,352 | £3.92/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | BA | 630 | £2,457 | £3.90/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | BB | 610 | £2,366 | £3.88/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | BA | 630 | £2,431 | £3.86/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 560 | £2,150 | £3.84/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 650 | £2,470 | £3.80/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 700 | £2,660 | £3.80/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | 720 | £2,692 | £3.74/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | 640 | £2,368 | £3.70/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | BB | 660 | £2,428 | £3.68/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | BA | 550 | £2,013 | £3.66/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 600 | £2,184 | £3.64/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 490 | £1,773 | £3.62/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 630 | £2,268 | £3.60/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 670 | £2,412 | £3.60/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 560 | £2,016 | £3.60/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 890 | £3,382 | £3.80/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 890 | £3,275 | £3.68/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 850 | £3,213 | £3.78/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 830 | £3,120 | £3.76/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 850 | £3,043 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 870 | £3,027 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 890 | £3,026 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 920 | £3,017 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 820 | £2,993 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 890 | £2,990 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 830 | £2,988 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 860 | £2,975 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 880 | £2,956 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 760 | £2,948 | £3.88/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 820 | £2,935 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 790 | £2,923 | £3.70/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 750 | £2,895 | £3.86/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 570 | £2,154 | £3.78/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 740 | £2,767 | £3.74/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,655 | £3.74/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 780 | £2,901 | £3.72/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 750 | £2,790 | £3.72/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 750 | £2,775 | £3.70/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 730 | £2,701 | £3.70/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 730 | £2,686 | £3.68/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 760 | £2,796 | £3.68/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 680 | £2,216 | £3.26/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 760 | £2,371 | £3.12/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 600 | £1,860 | £3.10/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 580 | £1,763 | £3.04/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 570 | £1,710 | £3.00/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 540 | £1,566 | £2.90/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 680 | £1,972 | £2.90/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 710 | £2,059 | £2.90/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 600 | £1,632 | £2.72/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 480 | £1,209 | £2.52/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 460 | £1,122 | £2.44/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 450 | £1,026 | £2.28/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.