Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Breeding sheep sale, Monday 15 December 2025
- Store lambs £98/head* mart average
A Smaller entry of 240 sheep in Ballymena met a steady trade. Store lambs topped at £115 for a pen of 33 Texels, ewe lambs to £192 for 8 BF, 4 Dorsets topped the ewes at £300 and ewes with lambs at foot topped at £290. The annual Festive Belles sales topped at £2300 gns for a black Border Leicester ewe lamb.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 15 December 2025
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Store lambs | All weightsderived from 7 lots | £98 | £75 to £115 | 103 |
| 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
7 lots| Category | Head | Breed | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Store lambs | 33 | TEX | £115 |
| Store lambs | 17 | TEX | £109 |
| Store lambs | 12 | CH | £96 |
| Store lambs | 14 | TEX | £90.50 |
| Store lambs | 12 | TEX | £77.50 |
| Store lambs | 12 | EAS | £76.50 |
| Store lambs | 3 | CH | £75 |
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.