Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Thursday 20 August 2026
- Bullocks £3.51/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.62/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows £2.90/kg* mean of bands
A good entry of 336 Beef Cattle on Thursday sold with a slightly lesser trade. Beef Cows to 355p for a Lim 760kg at £2701, Fr Cows to 304p for 610kg at £1854 and Beef Heifers to 386p for a Char 660kg at £2547. Bullocks to 402p for a Lim 700kg at £2814 and to a top per head of £3478 for a Lim 940kg, Fr Bullocks to 284p for 630kg at £1789.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 20 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 | £1,267 | £1,267 to £1,267 | 1 | ||
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot | £2.62/kg | £2.62 to £2.62/kg | £1,310 | £1,310 to £1,310 | 1 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 26 lots | £3.54/kg | £2.54 to £4.02/kg | £2,691 | £1,524 to £3,478 | 26 | |
| Heifers | 500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot | £3.54/kg | £3.54 to £3.54/kg | £2,017 | £2,017 to £2,017 | 1 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 12 lots | £3.63/kg | £3.50 to £3.86/kg | £2,464 | £2,135 to £2,948 | 12 | |
| Cull cows | 400 to 500 kgderived from 2 lots | £2.66/kg | £2.50 to £2.82/kg | £1,188 | £1,050 to £1,325 | 2 |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 4 lots | £2.47/kg | £2.30 to £2.86/kg | £1,341 | £1,206 to £1,430 | 4 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 21 lots | £3.01/kg | £2.32 to £3.55/kg | £2,138 | £1,452 to £2,701 | 21 | |
| 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 | 760 | £2,701 | £3.55/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BA | 680 | £2,257 | £3.32/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 650 | £2,132 | £3.28/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 750 | £2,460 | £3.28/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 740 | £2,412 | £3.26/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 790 | £2,543 | £3.22/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 820 | £2,624 | £3.20/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | SI | 710 | £2,272 | £3.20/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,257 | £3.18/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 790 | £2,496 | £3.16/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 730 | £2,277 | £3.12/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 660 | £2,046 | £3.10/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 700 | £2,170 | £3.10/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | AA | 710 | £2,201 | £3.10/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 640 | £1,984 | £3.10/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 610 | £1,854 | £3.04/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 500 | £1,430 | £2.86/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 470 | £1,325 | £2.82/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 420 | £1,050 | £2.50/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 770 | £1,894 | £2.46/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 600 | £1,452 | £2.42/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 670 | £1,621 | £2.42/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 590 | £1,416 | £2.40/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 760 | £1,763 | £2.32/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 640 | £1,484 | £2.32/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 520 | £1,206 | £2.32/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 570 | £1,311 | £2.30/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 660 | £2,547 | £3.86/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 780 | £2,948 | £3.78/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 680 | £2,529 | £3.72/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 680 | £2,516 | £3.70/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 650 | £2,392 | £3.68/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 630 | £2,280 | £3.62/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 700 | £2,520 | £3.60/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 740 | £2,664 | £3.60/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 610 | £2,171 | £3.56/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 570 | £2,017 | £3.54/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | 730 | £2,555 | £3.50/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | 610 | £2,135 | £3.50/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 660 | £2,310 | £3.50/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 940 | £3,478 | £3.70/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 890 | £3,257 | £3.66/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 840 | £3,225 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 840 | £3,124 | £3.72/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 810 | £2,883 | £3.56/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | SA | 820 | £2,837 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 860 | £2,820 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 700 | £2,814 | £4.02/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 840 | £2,805 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 840 | £2,788 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 840 | £2,772 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 770 | £2,772 | £3.60/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 780 | £2,761 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 780 | £2,745 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 770 | £2,741 | £3.56/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 810 | £2,737 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 670 | £2,492 | £3.72/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 720 | £2,664 | £3.70/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 640 | £2,342 | £3.66/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 680 | £2,448 | £3.60/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 700 | £2,520 | £3.60/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 700 | £2,492 | £3.56/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 760 | £2,705 | £3.56/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 680 | £2,420 | £3.56/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 630 | £1,789 | £2.84/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 480 | £1,267 | ||
| Bullocks | 1 | 500 | £1,310 | £2.62/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 600 | £1,524 | £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.