Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 14 January 2026

Prices in sterling per head. Week 3, 2026

• Lambs £139/head* mart average

327 6sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in a steady trade. Fat lambs sold to 636p for 2 Texels at 22Kg £140 for R McMullan, Ballygally and a top per head of £151 for a pen of 12 Texels 31Kg presented by R McIlwaine, Cushendall. Fat ewes sold to £276.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 14 January 2026

Prices

Category	Weight or type	Avg per kg	Range per kg	Avg per head	Range per head	Head
Lambs	All weightsderived from 34 lots	£5.99/kg	£5.89 to £6.36/kg	£139	£86 to £151	466
Cull ewes	All weights				£90 to £276	526
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

34 lots

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Lambs	12	TEX	31	£151
Lambs	1	SUF	47	£150
Lambs	1	DOR	35	£148
Lambs	11	DOR	31	£147
Lambs	46	TEX	29	£147
Lambs	41	TEX	28	£147
Lambs	20	TEX	33	£147
Lambs	10	DOR	30	£146
Lambs	15	TEX	29	£146
Lambs	23	TEX	31	£146
Lambs	15	TEX	30	£146
Lambs	16	SUF	29	£146
Lambs	13	TEX	24	£146	£6.21/kg
Lambs	1	BEL	25	£146	£5.95/kg
Lambs	3	TEX	30	£145
Lambs	24	CH	26	£145
Lambs	20	CRO	30	£145
Lambs	20	CRO	29	£145
Lambs	2	TEX	22	£140	£6.36/kg
Lambs	3	TEX	14	£86	£6.14/kg
Lambs	6	CH	18	£107	£6.11/kg
Lambs	1	CH	20	£118	£6.05/kg
Lambs	32	TEX	20	£121	£6.05/kg
Lambs	14	TEX	19	£114	£6.00/kg
Lambs	24	CHE	23	£135	£5.97/kg
Lambs	16	TEX	24	£140	£5.95/kg
Lambs	3	CH	17	£101	£5.94/kg
Lambs	18	SUF	24	£142	£5.93/kg
Lambs	24	CH	23	£133	£5.91/kg
Lambs	8	CH	23	£133	£5.91/kg
Lambs	7	DOR	22	£130	£5.90/kg
Lambs	11	DOR	20	£118	£5.90/kg
Lambs	1	DOR	20	£115	£5.89/kg
Lambs	4	SUF	19	£112	£5.89/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.