Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Thursday 3 September 2026
- Bullocks £3.72/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.79/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows £3.02/kg* mean of bands
A smaller show of 235 Beef Cattle on Thursday sold with a slightly improved trade. Beef Cows to 376p for a BB 680kg at £2556, Fr Cow to 274p for 620kg at £1698 and Beef Heifers to 388p for a Lim 670kg at £2599. Beef Bullocks to £394p for a Lim 780kg at £3073 and to a top per head of £3332 for a BB 850kg and Fr Bullocks to 282p for 520kg at £1466.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 3 September 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 | £3.72/kg | £3.62 to £3.94/kg | £2,822 | £2,305 to £3,332 | 26 |
| Heifers | 500 to 600 kgderived from 3 lots | £3.74/kg | £3.72 to £3.76/kg | £2,056 | £1,955 to £2,194 | 3 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 10 lots | £3.81/kg | £3.70 to £3.88/kg | £2,553 | £2,330 to £2,820 | 10 | |
| Cull cows | 500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot | £2.40/kg | £2.40 to £2.40/kg | £1,272 | £1,272 to £1,272 | 1 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 24 lots | £3.05/kg | £2.20 to £3.76/kg | £2,100 | £1,512 to £2,705 | 24 | |
| 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 64 lots, 64 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 680 | £2,556 | £3.76/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 700 | £2,562 | £3.66/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 690 | £2,497 | £3.62/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 660 | £2,362 | £3.58/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 650 | £2,327 | £3.58/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 740 | £2,634 | £3.56/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 680 | £2,284 | £3.36/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 810 | £2,705 | £3.34/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 770 | £2,541 | £3.30/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 660 | £2,178 | £3.30/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 780 | £2,574 | £3.30/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 620 | £1,996 | £3.22/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | AA | 690 | £2,194 | £3.18/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | AA | 700 | £2,226 | £3.18/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 640 | £2,035 | £3.18/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 610 | £1,903 | £3.12/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 620 | £1,698 | £2.74/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 630 | £1,512 | £2.40/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 530 | £1,272 | £2.40/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 660 | £1,557 | £2.36/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 760 | £1,778 | £2.34/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 700 | £1,624 | £2.32/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 670 | £1,527 | £2.28/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 700 | £1,582 | £2.26/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 700 | £1,540 | £2.20/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 670 | £2,599 | £3.88/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,740 | £3.86/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 640 | £2,457 | £3.84/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 640 | £2,444 | £3.82/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | BB | 610 | £2,330 | £3.82/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 660 | £2,508 | £3.80/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 720 | £2,736 | £3.80/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 630 | £2,381 | £3.78/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 750 | £2,820 | £3.76/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 520 | £1,955 | £3.76/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 540 | £2,019 | £3.74/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 590 | £2,194 | £3.72/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | 680 | £2,516 | £3.70/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 780 | £3,073 | £3.94/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 850 | £3,332 | £3.92/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 810 | £3,118 | £3.85/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 680 | £2,563 | £3.77/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 670 | £2,492 | £3.72/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 760 | £2,812 | £3.70/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 660 | £2,442 | £3.70/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 740 | £2,723 | £3.68/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 770 | £2,833 | £3.68/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 740 | £2,708 | £3.66/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 630 | £2,305 | £3.66/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 820 | £2,984 | £3.64/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 730 | £2,657 | £3.64/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,584 | £3.64/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 700 | £2,548 | £3.64/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 690 | £2,497 | £3.62/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 900 | £3,150 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 810 | £3,119 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 860 | £3,010 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 840 | £3,007 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 860 | £2,958 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 840 | £2,956 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 830 | £2,946 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 880 | £2,904 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | SHB | 850 | £2,890 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | AA | 790 | £2,749 |
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 8 September 2026.