Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 17 September 2025

2,292 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 38, 2025

• Lambs £139/head* mart average

2292 sheep in Ballymena results in a very steady trade. Fat lambs sold to 676p for 6 Texels 26Kg at £176 presented by M Millen, Coleraine. Fat ewes sold to £240.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 17 September 2025

Prices

Category	Weight or type	Avg per kg	Range per kg	Avg per head	Range per head	Head
Lambs	All weightsderived from 29 lots	£6.38/kg	£6.14 to £6.76/kg	£139	£106 to £176	314
Cull ewes	All weights				£82 to £240	687
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

29 lots

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Lambs	6	TEX	26	£176	£6.76/kg
Lambs	4	SPO	31	£160
Lambs	5	TEX	29	£158
Lambs	4	TEX	29	£154
Lambs	10	TEX	27	£151
Lambs	1	TEX	27	£151
Lambs	3	CH	29	£149
Lambs	1	TEX	27	£149
Lambs	8	TEX	25	£148
Lambs	115	CRO		£147
Lambs	11	TEX	25	£147
Lambs	4	TEX	26	£147
Lambs	9	TEX	23	£146	£6.34/kg
Lambs	13	TEX	25	£145
Lambs	4	TEX	24	£145
Lambs	3	DOR	26	£145
Lambs	4	CRO	20	£134	£6.70/kg
Lambs	1		20	£131	£6.69/kg
Lambs	12	CH	20	£131	£6.55/kg
Lambs	13	SUF	19	£123	£6.47/kg
Lambs	3	TEX	19	£123	£6.47/kg
Lambs	2	TEX	17	£109	£6.41/kg
Lambs	10	TEX	21	£131	£6.39/kg
Lambs	18			£114	£6.33/kg
Lambs	19			£120	£6.31/kg
Lambs	6	TEX	21	£129
Lambs	7	CRO	17	£106	£6.23/kg
Lambs	9	LLE	21	£126	£6.14/kg
Lambs	9	CRO	21	£129	£6.14/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 2 September 2026.