Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 21 January 2026

1,469 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 4, 2026

• Lambs £138/head* mart average

1469 sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in a slightly easier trade. Fat lambs sold to 587p for 6 Char at 24Kg £141 offered by J Wilson, Banbridge and a top per head of £149 for a heavy Char also presented by J Wilson. Fat ewes sold to £212.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 21 January 2026

Prices

Category	Weight or type	Avg per kg	Range per kg	Avg per head	Range per head	Head
Lambs	All weightsderived from 31 lots	£5.73/kg	£5.58 to £6.48/kg	£138	£100 to £149	292
Cull ewes	All weights				£88 to £212	460
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

31 lots

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Lambs	1	CH	33	£149
Lambs	5	TEX	31	£148
Lambs	20	TEX	31	£147
Lambs	2	CRO	32	£146
Lambs	3	CH	29	£145
Lambs	11	TEX	30	£145
Lambs	32	TEX	28	£144
Lambs	14	TEX	30	£144
Lambs	1	CRO	29	£143
Lambs	24	TEX	27	£142
Lambs	6	CH	24	£141	£5.87/kg
Lambs	12	TEX		£141
Lambs	4	TEX	27	£141
Lambs	5	CH	30	£140
Lambs	17	TEX	27	£140
Lambs	4	CH	27	£140
Lambs	2	DUT	17	£107	£6.48/kg
Lambs	10	CH	22	£128	£5.81/kg
Lambs	9	SUF	19	£110	£5.79/kg
Lambs	2	CH	23	£133	£5.78/kg
Lambs	2	TEX	23	£130	£5.77/kg
Lambs	31	CRO	24	£139	£5.77/kg
Lambs	2	SUF	18	£100	£5.71/kg
Lambs	5	TEX	22	£126	£5.70/kg
Lambs	1	TEX	22	£126	£5.70/kg
Lambs	7	BF	24	£134	£5.70/kg
Lambs	30	TEX	25	£140	£5.69/kg
Lambs	5	TEX	22	£125	£5.68/kg
Lambs	1	CH	22	£124	£5.63/kg
Lambs	18	CRO	24	£132	£5.61/kg
Lambs	6	TEX	24	£134	£5.58/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.