An entry of 340 beef cattle in Ballymena on Thursday resulted in a steady trade.  Beef cows sold to 217p for a Blue 860kg at £1866, Fr cows to 144p for a 560kg at £806, beef heifers to 216p for a Char 650kg at £1404, beef bullocks to 241p for a Lim 770kg at £1855 […]

2762 sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in a slower trade.  Fat lambs sold to 437p for a pen of Char 24kg at £105 from Graham Martin, Broughshane.  These were first prize pen of lambs from the show of Charollais lambs judged by Brendan Kelly, sponsored by Reas of Finvoy.  Fat ewes sold

210 store cattle presented in Ballymena on Tuesday resulted in a steady trade.  Bullocks sold to £730 over for a Lim 500kg at £1230 offered by A Abbott, Lisburn.  Heifers sold to £670 over for a Lim 540kg at £1210 presented by A Smyth, Randalstown.   Bulls/blks 0-500kgs A Abbott,

The annual show and sale of Mule ewe lambs at Ballymena Mart attracted an excellent entry of 2383 lambs and averages were up by £7 to level at £102.43 per head. Top price of £180per head was paid to William Adams which had earlier taken first place in the show judged by B Blaney. Indeed

Another super sale of almost 4000 sheep in Ballymena on Monday evening resulted in a great trade.  Hoggets sold to £200, ewe lambs to £120 store lambs to £71 and breeding rams to 900gns for a Suff. Leading prices for breeding stock:- W & S Mackey, Aldergrove 4 Tex £200, W Blackburn,