Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 3 December 2025

2,151 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 49, 2025

• Lambs £128/head* mart average

2151 sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in a steady trade. Fat lambs sold to a top per head of £154 for 23 Texels at 25kg from G Martin, Broughshane and a top per kg of 645p for 3 Texels at 20Kg £129 offered by S Davidson, Broughshane. Fat ewes sold to £198.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 3 December 2025

Prices

Category	Weight or type	Avg per kg	Range per kg	Avg per head	Range per head	Head
Lambs	All weightsderived from 33 lots	£6.05/kg	£5.90 to £6.45/kg	£128	£22.50 to £154	373
Cull ewes	All weights				£90 to £192	249
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

33 lots

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Lambs	23	TEX	25	£154
Lambs	4	TEX	30	£153
Lambs	2	TEX	30	£151
Lambs	2	SUF	34	£149
Lambs	20	CRO	30	£148
Lambs	2	SUF	28	£148
Lambs	5	TEX	24	£148	£6.16/kg
Lambs	1	CRO	32	£148
Lambs	2	TEX	24	£147
Lambs	9	CRO	29	£147
Lambs	8	TEX	29	£145
Lambs	5	TEX	25	£144
Lambs	70	CRO	28	£144
Lambs	6	TEX	27	£144
Lambs	12	TEX	28	£143
Lambs	36	TEX	28	£143
Lambs	3	TEX	20	£129	£6.45/kg
Lambs	3	TEX	20	£128	£6.40/kg
Lambs	4	TEX	22	£134	£6.23/kg
Lambs	23	TEX		£25
Lambs	1			£154	£6.16/kg
Lambs	2	TEX		£147	£6.12/kg
Lambs	17	CH	20	£119	£6.10/kg
Lambs	26	TEX	21	£128	£6.09/kg
Lambs	2	TEX	22	£131	£6.09/kg
Lambs	14	TEX	23	£135
Lambs	22	TEX	22	£132	£6.00/kg
Lambs	3	MUL	22	£128	£5.95/kg
Lambs	9	TEX	23	£134	£5.93/kg
Lambs	15	TEX		£22.50
Lambs	1			£134	£5.93/kg
Lambs	8	TEX	24	£139	£5.91/kg
Lambs	13	DOR	20	£118	£5.90/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.