Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Tuesday 29 September 2026
- Bullocks £4.48/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £4.14/kg* mean of bands
Another great entry of 340 Stores on Tuesday sold with a dearer trade. Bullocks to £1970 over for a Simmental 650kg at £2620 from J McMurran, Ballycarry and Heifers to £2060 over for a Charolais 520kg at £2580 from I McCaughern, Rasharkin.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 29 September 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 12 lots | £4.57/kg | £4.46 to £4.68/kg | £2,113 | £1,910 to £2,240 | 12 |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 14 lots | £4.41/kg | £4.28 to £4.61/kg | £2,304 | £2,200 to £2,460 | 14 | |
| Heifers | 300 to 400 kgderived from 3 lots | £4.23/kg | £4.05 to £4.36/kg | £1,610 | £1,540 to £1,660 | 4 |
| 400 to 500 kgderived from 10 lots | £4.28/kg | £4.08 to £4.95/kg | £1,886 | £1,650 to £2,090 | 10 | |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 9 lots | £4.01/kg | £3.82 to £4.96/kg | £2,199 | £2,040 to £2,580 | 9 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 3 lots | £3.93/kg | £3.88 to £3.96/kg | £2,443 | £2,370 to £2,580 | 3 | |
| 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 51 lots, 52 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 470 | £2,200 | £4.68/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 480 | £2,240 | £4.66/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 440 | £2,050 | £4.65/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 500 | £2,300 | £4.60/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 450 | £2,070 | £4.60/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 480 | £2,200 | £4.58/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 480 | £2,190 | £4.56/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 500 | £2,280 | £4.56/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 430 | £1,960 | £4.55/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 420 | £1,910 | £4.54/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 450 | £2,040 | £4.53/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 490 | £2,210 | £4.51/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 500 | £2,240 | £4.48/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 490 | £2,190 | £4.46/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 470 | £2,100 | £4.46/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 520 | £2,400 | £4.61/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 520 | £2,320 | £4.46/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 510 | £2,250 | £4.41/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 520 | £2,280 | £4.38/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 510 | £2,230 | £4.37/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 540 | £2,360 | £4.37/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 520 | £2,260 | £4.34/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 570 | £2,460 | £4.31/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 510 | £2,200 | £4.31/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 560 | £2,400 | £4.28/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 530 | £2,270 | £4.28/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 400 | £1,980 | £4.95/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 420 | £1,860 | £4.42/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 460 | £2,010 | £4.37/kg |
| Heifers | 2 | CH | 380 | £1,660 | £4.36/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 490 | £2,090 | £4.26/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 450 | £1,910 | £4.24/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 450 | £1,880 | £4.17/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 380 | £1,580 | £4.15/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 400 | £1,650 | £4.12/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 410 | £1,680 | £4.09/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 450 | £1,840 | £4.08/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 480 | £1,960 | £4.08/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | SHB | 380 | £1,540 | £4.05/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 520 | £2,580 | £4.96/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 520 | £2,080 | £4.00/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 650 | £2,580 | £3.96/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 600 | £2,380 | £3.96/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 590 | £2,340 | £3.96/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 540 | £2,110 | £3.90/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 550 | £2,140 | £3.89/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 610 | £2,370 | £3.88/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 530 | £2,050 | £3.86/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 530 | £2,040 | £3.84/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | 590 | £2,270 | £3.84/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | 570 | £2,180 | £3.82/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 30 September 2026.