Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 26 November 2025

1,859 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 48, 2025

• Lambs £139/head* mart average

1859 sheep in Ballymena resulted in a sharper trade. Fat Lambs sold to 675p for a Texel at 22.5Kg £152 for D Kyle, Toomebridge and a top per head of £163.50 for R Gingles, Kilwaughter. Fat ewes sold to £266.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 26 November 2025

Prices

Category	Weight or type	Avg per kg	Range per kg	Avg per head	Range per head	Head
Lambs	All weightsderived from 30 lots	£6.24/kg	£6.14 to £6.75/kg	£139	£20.50 to £164	300
Cull ewes	All weights				£72 to £266	327
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

30 lots

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Lambs	8	TEX	34	£164
Lambs	1	SUF	42	£159
Lambs	3	TEX	31	£158
Lambs	3	TEX	28	£156
Lambs	4	CRO	29	£154
Lambs	19	TEX	25	£153	£6.24/kg
Lambs	7	SUF	31	£153
Lambs	24	TEX	27	£153
Lambs	2	CRO	32	£153
Lambs	13	TEX		£28
Lambs	1			£152
Lambs	1	TEX	23	£152	£6.75/kg
Lambs	28	TEX	28	£152
Lambs	24	CH	28	£152
Lambs	4	SUF	28	£151
Lambs	7		32	£150
Lambs	1	TEX	21	£137	£6.52/kg
Lambs	4	TEX	21	£132	£6.43/kg
Lambs	9	TEX	22	£137	£6.37/kg
Lambs	12	TEX	24	£148	£6.29/kg
Lambs	9	TEX		£129	£6.26/kg
Lambs	18	TEX	21	£132	£6.26/kg
Lambs	19	TEX		£150	£6.22/kg
Lambs	11	TEX	22	£137	£6.22/kg
Lambs	14	TEX	21	£131	£6.21/kg
Lambs	38	CH	22	£136	£6.18/kg
Lambs	4	CH	22	£136	£6.18/kg
Lambs	10	TEX	23	£139	£6.15/kg
Lambs	1	TEX		£20.50
Lambs	1			£126	£6.14/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.