Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Sheep sale, Wednesday 5 November 2025
- Lambs £123/head* mart average
2363 sheep in Ballymena resulted in a sharper trade. Fat lambs sold to 690p for 16 Texels 20Kg £138 offered by B Gardiner, Ballymena and for a top per head of £161 for a 29.5Kg Texel presented by J Wilson, Banbridge. Fat ewes sold to £246.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 5 November 2025
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | All weightsderived from 47 lots | £6.42/kg | £6.09 to £7.12/kg | £123 | £20.50 to £161 | 507 |
| Cull ewes | All weights | £88 to £246 | 459 | |||
| 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 47 lots, 507 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | 16 | TEX | 20 | £138 | £6.90/kg |
| Lambs | 5 | TEX | 21 | £136 | £6.47/kg |
| Lambs | 42 | TEX | £21.50 | ||
| Lambs | 1 | £138 | £6.39/kg | ||
| Lambs | 11 | CH | 21 | £131 | £6.39/kg |
| Lambs | 8 | SUF | 21 | £134 | £6.35/kg |
| Lambs | 12 | TEX | 20 | £127 | £6.35/kg |
| Lambs | 16 | TEX | 25 | £156 | |
| Lambs | 30 | DOR | 21 | £129 | £6.29/kg |
| Lambs | 7 | TEX | £20.50 | ||
| Lambs | 1 | £129 | £6.26/kg | ||
| Lambs | 3 | TEX | 22 | £137 | £6.22/kg |
| Lambs | 5 | CH | 24 | £146 | £6.21/kg |
| Lambs | 17 | TEX | 22 | £134 | £6.20/kg |
| Lambs | 16 | TEX | 23 | £142 | £6.17/kg |
| Lambs | 49 | EAS | 22 | £136 | £6.15/kg |
| Lambs | 5 | TEX | 24 | £144 | £6.12/kg |
| Lambs | 5 | TEX | 22 | £135 | £6.11/kg |
| Lambs | 15 | MUL | 21 | £125 | £6.09/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | TEX | 30 | £161 | |
| Lambs | 4 | TEX | £31.50 | ||
| Lambs | 1 | £158 | |||
| Lambs | 3 | TEX | 31 | £155 | |
| Lambs | 10 | TEX | £24.50 | ||
| Lambs | 1 | £148 | |||
| Lambs | 7 | TEX | 25 | £148 | |
| Lambs | 7 | SUF | 28 | £147 | |
| Lambs | 11 | SPO | 25 | £147 | |
| Lambs | 52 | TEX | 28 | £147 | |
| Lambs | 23 | TEX | 30 | £147 | |
| Lambs | 1 | SUF | 29 | £147 | |
| Lambs | 18 | TEX | 27 | £146 | |
| Lambs | 9 | TEX | 29 | £146 | |
| Lambs | 7 | TEX | 27 | £146 | |
| Lambs | 11 | TEX | 16 | £114 | £7.12/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | CH | 18 | £121 | £6.91/kg |
| Lambs | 6 | TEX | 18 | £120 | £6.82/kg |
| Lambs | 10 | TEX | 20 | £133 | £6.79/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | £125 | £6.78/kg | ||
| Lambs | 11 | TEX | 18 | £122 | £6.77/kg |
| Lambs | 4 | TEX | 18 | £122 | £6.77/kg |
| Lambs | 14 | TEX | 19 | £125 | £6.73/kg |
| Lambs | 3 | TEX | 19 | £124 | £6.70/kg |
| Lambs | 3 | SPO | 19 | £125 | £6.60/kg |
| Lambs | 8 | CH | 19 | £122 | £6.59/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | £128 | £6.53/kg | ||
| Lambs | 15 | CH | 19 | £123 | £6.47/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.