Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Cattle sale, Tuesday 20 October 2026
- Bullocks £4.32/kg* mean of bands
- Heifers £3.84/kg* mean of bands
A good show of 268 Store Cattle on Tuesday sold with a steady trade. Bullocks to £2240 over for a Charolais 680kg at £2920 presented by G Mackey, Lisburn and Heifers to £1510 over for a Charolais 610kg at £2120 from I Stewart, Ballymena.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 20 October 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 | £4.38/kg | £4.14 to £4.76/kg | £2,046 | £1,940 to £2,190 | 12 |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 14 lots | £4.26/kg | £4.06 to £4.54/kg | £2,274 | £2,130 to £2,400 | 14 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 2 lots | £4.42/kg | £4.29 to £4.54/kg | £2,870 | £2,820 to £2,920 | 2 | |
| Heifers | 300 to 400 kgderived from 6 lots | £4.08/kg | £3.80 to £4.57/kg | £1,481 | £1,330 to £1,670 | 7 |
| 400 to 500 kgderived from 8 lots | £3.95/kg | £3.83 to £4.22/kg | £1,800 | £1,670 to £1,920 | 8 | |
| 500 to 600 kgderived from 9 lots | £3.67/kg | £3.52 to £3.80/kg | £1,955 | £1,810 to £2,090 | 11 | |
| 600 kg and overderived from 2 lots | £3.46/kg | £3.45 to £3.47/kg | £2,095 | £2,070 to £2,120 | 2 | |
| 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 53 lots, 56 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 350 | £1,600 | £4.57/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 380 | £1,670 | £4.39/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 370 | £1,580 | £4.27/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 400 | £1,690 | £4.22/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 430 | £1,760 | £4.09/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 460 | £1,810 | £3.93/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 490 | £1,920 | £3.91/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | BB | 350 | £1,360 | £3.88/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | BB | 430 | £1,670 | £3.88/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 480 | £1,860 | £3.87/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 490 | £1,890 | £3.85/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 390 | £1,500 | £3.84/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 470 | £1,800 | £3.83/kg |
| Heifers | 2 | HE | 350 | £1,330 | £3.80/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 510 | £1,940 | £3.80/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 550 | £2,090 | £3.80/kg |
| Heifers | 2 | BB | 510 | £1,910 | £3.74/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | LM | 540 | £2,020 | £3.74/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 550 | £2,040 | £3.70/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 530 | £1,960 | £3.69/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | HE | 580 | £2,070 | £3.56/kg |
| Heifers | 2 | SI | 510 | £1,810 | £3.54/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | CH | 550 | £1,940 | £3.52/kg |
| Heifers | 1 | 610 | £2,120 | £3.47/kg | |
| Heifers | 1 | AA | 600 | £2,070 | £3.45/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 460 | £2,190 | £4.76/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 440 | £2,010 | £4.56/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 460 | £2,080 | £4.52/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 480 | £2,160 | £4.50/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 480 | £2,130 | £4.43/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 450 | £1,980 | £4.40/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 500 | £2,180 | £4.36/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 470 | £2,040 | £4.34/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 480 | £2,050 | £4.27/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 500 | £2,130 | £4.26/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | SI | 460 | £1,940 | £4.21/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 480 | £2,020 | £4.20/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | BEL | 470 | £1,960 | £4.17/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 480 | £1,990 | £4.14/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | 510 | £2,320 | £4.54/kg | |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 620 | £2,820 | £4.54/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 510 | £2,300 | £4.51/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 540 | £2,390 | £4.42/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 520 | £2,300 | £4.42/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 680 | £2,920 | £4.29/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 540 | £2,300 | £4.25/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | CH | 510 | £2,140 | £4.19/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 570 | £2,380 | £4.17/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 530 | £2,200 | £4.15/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 530 | £2,190 | £4.13/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 560 | £2,280 | £4.07/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 570 | £2,320 | £4.07/kg |
| Bullocks | 1 | LM | 590 | £2,400 | £4.06/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 21 October 2026.