Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 1 October 2025

2,253 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 40, 2025

• Lambs £138/head* mart average

An entry of 2253 sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday met a steadier trade. Fat lambs sold to 663p for a pen of 11 texels 19Kg at £126 from R Hoy, Doagh and a top her head of £156 for a pen of 12 Texels at 29Kg from J Heron, Broughshane. Fat ewes sold to £198

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 1 October 2025

Prices

Category	Weight or type	Avg per kg	Range per kg	Avg per head	Range per head	Head
Lambs	All weightsderived from 32 lots	£6.13/kg	£6.00 to £6.63/kg	£138	£107 to £156	430
Cull ewes	All weights				£82 to £156	385
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

32 lots

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Lambs	11	TEX	19	£126	£6.63/kg
Lambs	1	TEX	17	£107	£6.48/kg
Lambs	3	TEX	20	£125	£6.41/kg
Lambs	19	TEX	20	£128	£6.40/kg
Lambs	4	TEX	21	£131	£6.23/kg
Lambs	16	TEX	21	£130	£6.19/kg
Lambs	23	CH	22	£135	£6.13/kg
Lambs	14	TEX	20	£123	£6.12/kg
Lambs	14	SUF	20	£122	£6.07/kg
Lambs	17	SUF	20	£122	£6.07/kg
Lambs	8	TEX	23	£137	£6.06/kg
Lambs	9	TEX	21	£124	£6.04/kg
Lambs	10	CRO	22	£130	£6.04/kg
Lambs	29	TEX	22	£133	£6.04/kg
Lambs	11	TEX		£132	£6.00/kg
Lambs	42	SUF	25	£147	£6.00/kg
Lambs	12	TEX	29	£156
Lambs	2	TEX	27	£153
Lambs	3	TEX	30	£151
Lambs	2	TEX	29	£150
Lambs	1	MUL	30	£150
Lambs	2	SUF	28	£149
Lambs	1		25	£147
Lambs	13	TEX	28	£147
Lambs	17	TEX	26	£146
Lambs	21	TEX	28	£145
Lambs	11	TEX	28	£144
Lambs	38	TEX	26	£144
Lambs	23	TEX	27	£144
Lambs	12	SUF	30	£144
Lambs	17	CH	27	£144
Lambs	24	TEX	26	£144

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.