Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Breeding sheep sale, Monday 19 January 2026
- Store lambs £105/head* mart average
795 sheep in Ballymena on Monday night resulted in a sharper trade with in lamb ewes topping at £350 for 8 Che offered by P McAuley, Derrykeighan. Ewes with lambs at foot to £340 for a Suff ewe with 2 lambs from J Jamison, Ballymena, ewe lambs topped at £154 and stores to £110.50.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 19 January 2026
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Store lambs | All weightsderived from 7 lots | £105 | £78 to £111 | 91 |
| 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
7 lots| Category | Head | Breed | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Store lambs | 40 | TEX | £111 |
| Store lambs | 17 | TEX | £109 |
| Store lambs | 3 | TEX | £102 |
| Store lambs | 4 | TEX | £100 |
| Store lambs | 12 | TEX | £97 |
| Store lambs | 14 | TEX | £94 |
| Store lambs | 1 | MUL | £78 |
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.