Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Breeding sheep sale, Monday 12 January 2026
- Store lambs £112/head* mart average
618 sheep on Monday in Ballymena topped at £500 for 2 Spotted Dutch ewe lambs. Store lambs to £137 for 5 Texels and in lamb ewes to £300 for 8 Suffolks. A special entry of Belext ewes from S Graham, Omagh topped at £580. The NI Texel branch ewe sale also held on Monday night topped at 3700gns for a Shearling ewe offered by A Gault, Newtownabbey.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 12 January 2026
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Store lambs | All weightsderived from 9 lots | £112 | £94 to £137 | 138 |
| Bold figures are the mart's own. Anything lighter was worked out by farmprices.ie from the lots the mart listed, because the report did not give that figure. A line marked "part derived" carries both: the mart stated some of it and the rest comes from its lot list. | ||||
Sample lots
9 lots| Category | Head | Breed | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Store lambs | 5 | TEX | £137 |
| Store lambs | 38 | TEX | £124 |
| Store lambs | 3 | TEX | £120 |
| Store lambs | 4 | TEX | £119 |
| Store lambs | 5 | MUL | £110 |
| Store lambs | 53 | TEX | £110 |
| Store lambs | 2 | BF | £108 |
| Store lambs | 9 | CRO | £98 |
| Store lambs | 19 | TEX | £94 |
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.