Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 29 October 2025

1,750 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 44, 2025

• Lambs £115/head* mart average

1750 sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in a slightly harper trade. Fat lambs sold to 689p for 22 Texels at 18.5kg £127.50 for Hugh McNeill, Ballygally and a top per head of £153 for a 38Kg Suff for J Anderson, Broughshane. Fat ewes sold to £210.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 29 October 2025

Prices

Category	Weight or type	Avg per kg	Range per kg	Avg per head	Range per head	Head
Lambs	All weightsderived from 54 lots	£6.09/kg	£5.79 to £6.89/kg	£115	£21.50 to £147	657
Cull ewes	All weights				£110 to £158	252
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 54 lots, 657 head Show the table

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Lambs	22	TEX	19	£128	£6.89/kg
Lambs	10	CH	19	£124	£6.50/kg
Lambs	12	TEX	19	£123	£6.47/kg
Lambs	13	CH		£127	£6.35/kg
Lambs	10	CH	19	£116	£6.27/kg
Lambs	18	CHE	22	£136	£6.15/kg
Lambs	24	TEX		£22
Lambs	1			£135	£6.13/kg
Lambs	10	TEX		£21.50
Lambs	1			£131	£6.09/kg
Lambs	4	TEX	15	£88	£6.06/kg
Lambs	12	TEX	21	£124	£6.04/kg
Lambs	8	TEX	22	£129	£6.00/kg
Lambs	2	TEX	22	£132	£6.00/kg
Lambs	19	TEX	21	£126	£6.00/kg
Lambs	26	CRO	21	£126	£6.00/kg
Lambs	14	SUF	23	£134	£5.95/kg
Lambs	9	TEX	21	£124	£5.90/kg
Lambs	3	SUF	23	£135	£5.87/kg
Lambs	25	TEX		£135	£5.87/kg
Lambs	6	TEX		£129	£5.86/kg
Lambs	5	DOR	22	£126	£5.86/kg
Lambs	22	DOR	20	£117	£5.85/kg
Lambs	23	TEX		£131	£5.82/kg
Lambs	14	TEX		£22
Lambs	1			£128	£5.81/kg
Lambs	13	TEX	22	£128	£5.79/kg
Lambs	1	SUF	38	£135
Lambs	4	CRO	31	£147
Lambs	1	SPO	36	£146
Lambs	2	TEX		£146
Lambs	9	CRO	32	£146
Lambs	20	TEX	28	£143
Lambs	17	TEX		£27.50
Lambs	1			£142
Lambs	1	CH	27	£140
Lambs	2	TEX	28	£140
Lambs	1	SUF	32	£140
Lambs	7	CH	30	£140
Lambs	22	TEX	27	£140
Lambs	4	TEX		£25.50
Lambs	1			£139
Lambs	30	SUF	27	£139
Lambs	43	EAS	25	£139
Lambs	41	TEX		£26.50
Lambs	1			£138
Lambs	3	SUF	28	£138
Lambs	7	DOR	30	£138
Lambs	6	TEX	26	£138
Lambs	42	MUL	27	£138
Lambs	14	TEX	26	£138
Lambs	7	TEX		£137
Lambs	35	TEX	25	£137
Lambs	8		27	£137

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.