Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Thursday 6 August 2026
- Bullocks £3.43/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.60/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows £2.84/kg* mean of bands
An entry of 281 Beef Cattle on Thursday sold with another steady trade. Beef Cows sold to 362p for a Limousin 630kg at £2280, Fr Cows to 244p for 720kg at £1756 and Beef Heifers to 386p for a Lim 590kg at £2277. Beef Bullocks to 384p for a Lim 860kg at £3302 and to a top per head of £3395 for a Char 970kg, and Fr Bullocks to 324p for 730kg at £2365.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 6 August 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 1 lot | £2.68/kg | £2.68 to £2.68/kg | £1,313 | £1,313 to £1,313 | 1 |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 3 lots | £2.77/kg | £2.54 to £3.04/kg | £1,469 | £1,320 to £1,672 | 3 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 25 lots | £3.54/kg | £2.70 to £3.84/kg | £2,710 | £1,647 to £3,395 | 25 | |
| Heifers | 500 to 600 kgderived from 6 lots | £3.65/kg | £3.44 to £3.86/kg | £2,048 | £1,857 to £2,277 | 6 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 9 lots | £3.57/kg | £3.44 to £3.78/kg | £2,268 | £2,170 to £2,428 | 9 | |
| Cull cows | 500 to 600 kgderived from 7 lots | £2.83/kg | £2.26 to £3.56/kg | £1,556 | £1,197 to £1,993 | 7 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 24 lots | £2.84/kg | £2.22 to £3.62/kg | £2,001 | £1,487 to £2,772 | 24 | |
| 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 75 lots, 75 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 630 | £2,280 | £3.62/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 770 | £2,772 | £3.60/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 560 | £1,993 | £3.56/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | PT | 670 | £2,385 | £3.56/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 650 | £2,314 | £3.56/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 720 | £2,563 | £3.56/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 650 | £2,223 | £3.42/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 700 | £2,254 | £3.22/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 730 | £2,350 | £3.22/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 710 | £2,272 | £3.20/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 710 | £2,243 | £3.16/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 520 | £1,643 | £3.16/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 530 | £1,653 | £3.12/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | ST | 670 | £2,050 | £3.06/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | SHB | 580 | £1,774 | £3.06/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 650 | £1,989 | £3.06/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 720 | £1,756 | £2.44/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 820 | £1,968 | £2.40/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 700 | £1,666 | £2.38/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 630 | £1,499 | £2.38/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 850 | £1,989 | £2.34/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 550 | £1,276 | £2.32/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 710 | £1,647 | £2.32/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 750 | £1,725 | £2.30/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 690 | £1,587 | £2.30/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 660 | £1,518 | £2.30/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 790 | £1,817 | £2.30/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 590 | £1,357 | £2.30/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 530 | £1,197 | £2.26/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 750 | £1,680 | £2.24/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 670 | £1,487 | £2.22/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 590 | £2,277 | £3.86/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 570 | £2,166 | £3.80/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | 610 | £2,305 | £3.78/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | 520 | £1,965 | £3.78/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 660 | £2,428 | £3.68/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 600 | £2,184 | £3.64/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 610 | £2,196 | £3.60/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 580 | £2,053 | £3.54/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 680 | £2,380 | £3.50/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 620 | £2,170 | £3.50/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 630 | £2,198 | £3.49/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 680 | £2,352 | £3.46/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 570 | £1,972 | £3.46/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 640 | £2,201 | £3.44/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 540 | £1,857 | £3.44/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 970 | £3,395 | £3.50/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 860 | £3,302 | £3.84/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | AU | 850 | £3,043 | £3.58/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 840 | £3,024 | £3.60/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 880 | £3,000 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 860 | £2,992 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 910 | £2,984 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | PT | 800 | £2,928 | £3.66/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 900 | £2,844 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 860 | £2,838 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 800 | £2,816 | £3.52/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 770 | £2,802 | £3.64/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 810 | £2,770 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 790 | £2,749 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 750 | £2,745 | £3.66/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 750 | £2,745 | £3.66/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | PT | 680 | £2,529 | £3.72/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 600 | £2,220 | £3.70/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 640 | £2,291 | £3.58/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 740 | £2,649 | £3.58/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,499 | £3.52/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 600 | £2,100 | £3.50/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,485 | £3.50/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 730 | £2,365 | £3.24/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 550 | £1,672 | £3.04/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 520 | £1,414 | £2.72/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 610 | £1,647 | £2.70/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 490 | £1,313 | £2.68/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 520 | £1,320 | £2.54/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.