Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Breeding sheep sale, Monday 22 September 2025
- Store lambs £128/head* mart average
A great entry of 3785 sheep in Ballymena on Monday night. Store lambs to £133 for 8 Suffolks, Ewe Lambs to £230 for 12 Suffolk Cheviots and Breeding Sheep to £320 for 7 Suffolks. The annual Border Leicester sale held last night sale topped at 2800gns for a ram lamb and 1800gns for a female. The Texel sale topped at 3000gns for a ram lamb.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 22 September 2025
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Store lambs | All weightsderived from 15 lots | £128 | £124 to £133 | 231 |
| A figure marked "derived" was worked out by farmprices.ie from the lots the mart listed, because the report gave no average for that line. Bold figures are the mart's own. | ||||
Sample lots
15 lots| Category | Head | Breed | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Store lambs | 8 | SUF | £133 |
| Store lambs | 12 | TEX | £132 |
| Store lambs | 25 | TEX | £132 |
| Store lambs | 25 | TEX | £130 |
| Store lambs | 6 | CB | £130 |
| Store lambs | 9 | SPO | £129 |
| Store lambs | 14 | TEX | £128 |
| Store lambs | 33 | TEX | £128 |
| Store lambs | 11 | TEX | £127 |
| Store lambs | 8 | TEX | £126 |
| Store lambs | 41 | TEX | £125 |
| Store lambs | 4 | SUF | £124 |
| Store lambs | 20 | TEX | £124 |
| Store lambs | 12 | CB | £124 |
| Store lambs | 3 | DOR | £124 |
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.