Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Sheep sale, Wednesday 24 September 2025
- Lambs £137/head* mart average
2404 sheep in Ballymena resulted in a very similar trade. Fat lambs sold to 680p for 3 Texels at 20Kg £136 for L Finlay, Broughshane and a top per head of £167 for 7 Texels 33Kg offered by J Thompson, Bushmills. Fat ewes sold to £242.00
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 24 September 2025
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | All weightsderived from 42 lots | £6.18/kg | £6.00 to £6.80/kg | £137 | £92 to £167 | 389 |
| Cull ewes | All weights | £126 to £134 | 582 | |||
| 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 42 lots, 389 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | 3 | TEX | 20 | £136 | £6.80/kg |
| Lambs | 13 | TEX | 21 | £132 | £6.41/kg |
| Lambs | 15 | TEX | 21 | £131 | £6.39/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | TEX | 20 | £124 | £6.35/kg |
| Lambs | 9 | 21 | £130 | £6.34/kg | |
| Lambs | 5 | SUF | 19 | £120 | £6.31/kg |
| Lambs | 15 | TEX | 23 | £142 | £6.31/kg |
| Lambs | 10 | CHE | 21 | £128 | £6.22/kg |
| Lambs | 25 | CH | 21 | £130 | £6.19/kg |
| Lambs | 4 | TEX | 21 | £130 | £6.19/kg |
| Lambs | 17 | TEX | 22 | £133 | £6.18/kg |
| Lambs | 16 | TEX | 22 | £135 | £6.13/kg |
| Lambs | 23 | DUT | 15 | £92 | £6.13/kg |
| Lambs | 6 | ZWA | 18 | £110 | £6.11/kg |
| Lambs | 12 | CH | 22 | £134 | £6.09/kg |
| Lambs | 3 | CRO | 22 | £130 | £6.04/kg |
| Lambs | 5 | TEX | 22 | £132 | £6.00/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | TEX | 22 | £132 | £6.00/kg |
| Lambs | 18 | TEX | 22 | £132 | £6.00/kg |
| Lambs | 6 | TEX | 23 | £135 | £6.00/kg |
| Lambs | 15 | TEX | 23 | £135 | £6.00/kg |
| Lambs | 7 | TEX | 34 | £167 | |
| Lambs | 15 | TEX | 29 | £161 | |
| Lambs | 2 | CH | 31 | £160 | |
| Lambs | 6 | SUF | 32 | £158 | |
| Lambs | 1 | SUF | 32 | £158 | |
| Lambs | 5 | CRO | 31 | £156 | |
| Lambs | 8 | TEX | 30 | £156 | |
| Lambs | 10 | TEX | 29 | £154 | |
| Lambs | 1 | SPO | 29 | £151 | |
| Lambs | 33 | SUF | 25 | £148 | |
| Lambs | 11 | TEX | 26 | £145 | |
| Lambs | 17 | TEX | 27 | £144 | |
| Lambs | 5 | CRO | 27 | £144 | |
| Lambs | 7 | TEX | 26 | £144 | |
| Lambs | 11 | TEX | 28 | £144 | |
| Lambs | 4 | MUL | 31 | £144 | |
| Lambs | 2 | TEX | 26 | £144 | |
| Lambs | 2 | TEX | 25 | £143 | |
| Lambs | 8 | TEX | 27 | £143 | |
| Lambs | 11 | TEX | 28 | £143 | |
| Lambs | 1 | SUF | 30 | £143 |
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.