Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 17 December 2025

2,000 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 51, 2025

• Lambs £173/head* mart average

A great entry of 2000 sheep in Ballymena for our final fat lamb sale of 2025 resulted in an improved trade. Fat lambs sold to 626p for 4 Beltex 23Kg £144 from M Moffett, Broughshane and a top per head of £155 for 4 Crossbred lambs at 34.5Kg presented by R Gingles, Kilwaughter. Fat ewes to £224.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 17 December 2025

Prices

Category	Weight or type	Avg per kg	Range per kg	Avg per head	Range per head	Head
Lambs	All weightsderived from 41 lots	£5.96/kg	£5.86 to £6.26/kg	£173	£28.50 to £600	565
Cull ewes	All weights				£72 to £284	199
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 41 lots, 565 head Show the table

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Lambs	4	BEL	23	£144	£6.26/kg
Lambs	18	TEX	25	£150	£6.10/kg
Lambs	12	TEX		£133	£6.04/kg
Lambs	13	CH	24	£142	£6.04/kg
Lambs	24	TEX	23	£138	£6.00/kg
Lambs	14	TEX	23	£600
Lambs	17	TEX	21	£126	£6.00/kg
Lambs	15	TEX		£144	£6.00/kg
Lambs	5	TEX	23	£138	£5.97/kg
Lambs	29	TEX	20	£597
Lambs	11	TEX	22	£128	£5.95/kg
Lambs	1	TEX	22	£128	£5.95/kg
Lambs	12	TEX	23	£137	£5.93/kg
Lambs	2	TEX	24	£139	£5.91/kg
Lambs	7	TEX	22	£130	£5.90/kg
Lambs	17	TEX	24	£142	£5.89/kg
Lambs	26	SUF	23	£135	£5.87/kg
Lambs	5	TEX	23	£132	£5.86/kg
Lambs	6	CH	22	£129	£5.86/kg
Lambs	30	TEX	22	£126	£5.86/kg
Lambs	4	CRO	35	£155
Lambs	2	CRO	30	£151
Lambs	11	SUF	28	£151
Lambs	23	TEX	29	£150
Lambs	9	TEX	33	£150
Lambs	29	TEX		£150
Lambs	18	TEX		£150
Lambs	18	TEX	29	£149
Lambs	8	TEX	28	£149
Lambs	28	CRO	31	£148
Lambs	26	TEX	29	£148
Lambs	22	MUL	29	£146
Lambs	4	TEX	32	£146
Lambs	13	TEX	28	£146
Lambs	2	MUL	30	£145
Lambs	25	TEX	27	£145
Lambs	9	TEX	27	£145
Lambs	13	CH	27	£145
Lambs	22	TEX		£28.50
Lambs	1			£145
Lambs	10	TEX	26	£144

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.