Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 19 November 2025

1,947 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 47, 2025

• Lambs £129/head* mart average

1947 sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in a similar trade. Fat lambs sold to 663p for CB at 19Kg £126 for N Rea, Larne and a top per head of £169 for 2 Texels 31kg for Martin Warwick, Limavady. Fat ewes sold to £264.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 19 November 2025

Prices

Category	Weight or type	Avg per kg	Range per kg	Avg per head	Range per head	Head
Lambs	All weightsderived from 48 lots	£6.27/kg	£6.04 to £6.63/kg	£129	£23 to £169	440
Cull ewes	All weights				£78 to £264	207
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 48 lots, 440 head Show the table

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Lambs	2	TEX	31	£169
Lambs	2	TEX	38	£161
Lambs	6	CRO	34	£160
Lambs	3	TEX	29	£155
Lambs	2	TEX	29	£155
Lambs	17	TEX	25	£153	£6.12/kg
Lambs	4	TEX	29	£151
Lambs	2	TEX	28	£150
Lambs	8	EAS	28	£149
Lambs	1	TEX	27	£149
Lambs	1		31	£149
Lambs	1	TEX	29	£149
Lambs	5	TEX	28	£148
Lambs	16	TEX	25	£148
Lambs	2	ZWA	31	£147
Lambs	12	DOR	27	£147
Lambs	3	TEX	26	£147
Lambs	21	TEX		£27
Lambs	1			£146
Lambs	14	TEX		£23
Lambs	26	TEX	26	£146
Lambs	5	TEX	27	£145
Lambs	15	CH	26	£145
Lambs	4	SPO	26	£145
Lambs	13	CRO	27	£145
Lambs	3	CRO	19	£126	£6.63/kg
Lambs	21	SUF	21	£139	£6.61/kg
Lambs	1	CRO	21	£135	£6.58/kg
Lambs	26	TEX	19	£123	£6.47/kg
Lambs	20	TEX	20	£129	£6.45/kg
Lambs	14	TEX	23	£146	£6.34/kg
Lambs	20	TEX	22	£140	£6.34/kg
Lambs	9	CH	20	£123	£6.30/kg
Lambs	4	TEX		£129	£6.29/kg
Lambs	2	BLK	19	£119	£6.26/kg
Lambs	2	TEX		£125	£6.25/kg
Lambs	4	CH	23	£140	£6.22/kg
Lambs	41	TEX	21	£127	£6.19/kg
Lambs	7	TEX	23	£139	£6.17/kg
Lambs	9	MUL	23	£142	£6.17/kg
Lambs	5	TEX	23	£139	£6.15/kg
Lambs	6	TEX	22	£132	£6.14/kg
Lambs	5	TEX	23	£138	£6.13/kg
Lambs	3	SUF	23	£138	£6.13/kg
Lambs	3	TEX	20	£119	£6.10/kg
Lambs	13	TEX	22	£131	£6.09/kg
Lambs	12	TEX	23	£137	£6.08/kg
Lambs	24	TEX	21	£124	£6.04/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.