Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 28 January 2026

1,060 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 5, 2026

• Lambs £142/head* mart average

1060 sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in a more improved trade. Fat lambs sold to 645p for 3 texels 22Kg £142 offered by Norman McAuley, Ballyclare and a top her head of £154 for a Texel 32Kg from B McLaughlin, Glenariffe. Fat ewes sold to £222.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 28 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	£6.01/kg	£5.76 to £6.45/kg	£142	£86 to £154	426
Cull ewes	All weights				£80 to £222	324
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	TEX	32	£154
Lambs	1	TEX	32	£152
Lambs	20	TEX	31	£148
Lambs	29	TEX	30	£148
Lambs	1	TEX	26	£148
Lambs	19	TEX	27	£148
Lambs	14	TEX	23	£147	£6.37/kg
Lambs	22	SUF	27	£146
Lambs	16	CRO	27	£146
Lambs	5	TEX	27	£145
Lambs	1	SPO	30	£144
Lambs	22	TEX	27	£144
Lambs	27	TEX	26	£144
Lambs	42	CH	25	£143
Lambs	10	CHE	27	£143
Lambs	3	TEX	28	£143
Lambs	3	TEX		£142	£6.45/kg
Lambs	20	DOR	22	£141	£6.40/kg
Lambs	3	CH	14	£86	£6.37/kg
Lambs	18	TEX	22	£139	£6.31/kg
Lambs	7	TEX	22	£133	£6.04/kg
Lambs	5	TEX		£132	£6.00/kg
Lambs	18	CH	23	£138	£5.97/kg
Lambs	5	DOR	23	£137	£5.93/kg
Lambs	9	TEX	24	£142	£5.91/kg
Lambs	9	TEX	23	£136	£5.91/kg
Lambs	27	TEX	24	£138	£5.87/kg
Lambs	25	TEX		£140	£5.83/kg
Lambs	21	CH	24	£140	£5.83/kg
Lambs	14	TEX	25	£143	£5.81/kg
Lambs	9	TEX	22	£124	£5.76/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.