Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Thursday 15 October 2026
- Bullocks £3.41/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.53/kg* mean of bands
- Cull cows £3.07/kg* mean of bands
A good entry of 396 Beef Cattle on Thursday sold with a slightly lesser trade. Beef Cows to 394p for a Limousin 700kg at £2758, Fr Cows to 264p for 660kg at £1742 and Beef Heifers to 370p for a Belgian Blue 650kg at £2405. Beef Bullocks to 396p for a Belgian Blue 930kg at £3682 which was also the top per head, Fr Bullocks to 310p for 570kg at £1767.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 15 October 2026
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullocks | 500 to 600 kgderived from 9 lots | £3.04/kg | £2.88 to £3.70/kg | £1,749 | £1,624 to £2,146 | 9 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 32 lots | £3.51/kg | £2.86 to £3.96/kg | £2,688 | £1,716 to £3,682 | 32 | |
| Heifers | 500 to 600 kgderived from 6 lots | £3.54/kg | £3.44 to £3.64/kg | £1,974 | £1,892 to £2,041 | 6 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 10 lots | £3.53/kg | £3.40 to £3.70/kg | £2,473 | £2,249 to £2,723 | 10 | |
| Cull cows | 500 to 600 kgderived from 1 lot | £2.34/kg | £2.34 to £2.34/kg | £1,263 | £1,263 to £1,263 | 1 |
| 600 kg and overderived from 26 lots | £3.10/kg | £2.18 to £3.94/kg | £2,286 | £1,329 to £3,515 | 26 | |
| 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 84 lots, 84 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 700 | £2,758 | £3.94/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 770 | £3,018 | £3.92/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 870 | £3,375 | £3.88/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 850 | £3,264 | £3.84/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | CH | 930 | £3,515 | £3.78/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,669 | £3.76/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 740 | £2,678 | £3.62/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 660 | £2,389 | £3.62/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | BB | 790 | £2,828 | £3.58/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 750 | £2,685 | £3.58/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 610 | £2,171 | £3.56/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 640 | £2,265 | £3.54/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 900 | £3,186 | £3.54/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | LM | 750 | £2,655 | £3.54/kg |
| Cull cows | 1 | 660 | £1,742 | £2.64/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 640 | £1,676 | £2.62/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 680 | £1,781 | £2.62/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 650 | £1,625 | £2.50/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 760 | £1,884 | £2.48/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 660 | £1,584 | £2.40/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 540 | £1,263 | £2.34/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 800 | £1,872 | £2.34/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 780 | £1,809 | £2.32/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 660 | £1,531 | £2.32/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 690 | £1,504 | £2.18/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 760 | £1,656 | £2.18/kg | |
| Cull cows | 1 | 610 | £1,329 | £2.18/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | BB | 650 | £2,405 | £3.70/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 740 | £2,723 | £3.68/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 550 | £2,002 | £3.64/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 550 | £1,980 | £3.60/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 730 | £2,628 | £3.60/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 530 | £1,897 | £3.58/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 730 | £2,613 | £3.58/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 700 | £2,478 | £3.54/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 580 | £2,030 | £3.50/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 710 | £2,470 | £3.48/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 650 | £2,249 | £3.46/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | SI | 590 | £2,041 | £3.46/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 550 | £1,892 | £3.44/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 740 | £2,530 | £3.42/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 670 | £2,291 | £3.42/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | 690 | £2,346 | £3.40/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 930 | £3,682 | £3.96/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 840 | £3,192 | £3.80/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 860 | £3,164 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 850 | £3,128 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 890 | £3,115 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 810 | £3,078 | £3.80/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 880 | £3,062 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 900 | £3,060 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 850 | £3,060 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 770 | £3,049 | £3.96/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 870 | £3,045 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 790 | £3,002 | £3.80/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 760 | £2,964 | £3.90/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 880 | £2,956 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 760 | £2,948 | £3.88/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 810 | £2,940 | |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 630 | £2,444 | £3.88/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 760 | £2,933 | £3.86/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 730 | £2,803 | £3.84/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 710 | £2,698 | £3.80/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 730 | £2,774 | £3.80/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 620 | £2,343 | £3.78/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 650 | £2,418 | £3.72/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 720 | £2,664 | £3.70/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 580 | £2,146 | £3.70/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 570 | £1,767 | £3.10/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 620 | £1,847 | £2.98/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 590 | £1,758 | £2.98/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 670 | £1,983 | £2.96/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 570 | £1,687 | £2.96/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 580 | £1,716 | £2.96/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 580 | £1,705 | £2.94/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 740 | £2,160 | £2.92/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 560 | £1,635 | £2.92/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 630 | £1,827 | £2.90/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 560 | £1,624 | £2.90/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 590 | £1,699 | £2.88/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 640 | £1,843 | £2.88/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 710 | £2,044 | £2.88/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 600 | £1,716 | £2.86/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | 720 | £2,059 | £2.86/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 16 October 2026.