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Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 7 January 2026

2,230 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 2, 2026

Prices

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per kgRange per kgAvg per headRange per headHead
HoggetsAll weightsderived from 30 lots£6.23/kg£6.08 to £6.66/kg£151£130 to £274233
Cull ewesAll weights£85 to £274208
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
CategoryHeadBreedWeight kgPricePer kg
Hoggets1TEX24£160£6.66/kg
Hoggets1£166
Hoggets1£274
Hoggets15TEX£153£6.53/kg
Hoggets2TEX24£153£6.51/kg
Hoggets5BLU20£130£6.50/kg
Hoggets2SUF21£136£6.47/kg
Hoggets11CRO22£140£6.36/kg
Hoggets16TEX25£157£6.28/kg
Hoggets20TEX24£147£6.23/kg
Hoggets124£150£6.22/kg
Hoggets7BLU25£152£6.20/kg
Hoggets35TEX26£157£6.13/kg
Hoggets11SUF23£138£6.13/kg
Hoggets7CRO24£147£6.12/kg
Hoggets7SUF24£144£6.10/kg
Hoggets18CRO23£137£6.08/kg
Hoggets5CRO23£140£6.08/kg
Hoggets1SPO32£166
Hoggets1SUF33£166
Hoggets1DOR37£161
Hoggets2CRO33£161
Hoggets14TEX29£160
Hoggets1TEX31£160
Hoggets9TEX28£159
Hoggets8TEX28£159
Hoggets4SUF29£157
Hoggets2SUF28£156
Hoggets17TEX27£156
Hoggets8CHE31£155

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.