Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 4 February 2026

1,977 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 6, 2026

• Lambs £148/head* mart average

1977 sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in a much-improved trade. Fat hoggets sold to 674p for 4 Texels 21.5Kg £145 presented by G Martin, Broughshane and a top per head of £169 for a texel 31Kg from Harry Park, Ballymena. Fat ewes told to £238.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 4 February 2026

Prices

Category	Weight or type	Avg per kg	Range per kg	Avg per head	Range per head	Head
Lambs	All weightsderived from 29 lots	£6.36/kg	£6.20 to £6.74/kg	£148	£94 to £169	395
Cull ewes	All weights				£90 to £238	452
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

29 lots

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Lambs	4	TEX	22	£145	£6.74/kg
Lambs	14	TEX	23	£151	£6.58/kg
Lambs	15	TEX	24	£154	£6.53/kg
Lambs	24	TEX	24	£157	£6.52/kg
Lambs	9	TEX	24	£154	£6.41/kg
Lambs	2	CRO	22	£141	£6.40/kg
Lambs	1	TEX	22	£141	£6.38/kg
Lambs	10	TEX	24	£150	£6.38/kg
Lambs	19	TEX	23	£146	£6.34/kg
Lambs	3	DOR	24	£149	£6.34/kg
Lambs	40	CRO	23	£143	£6.33/kg
Lambs	11		20	£126	£6.27/kg
Lambs	4	TEX	15	£94	£6.26/kg
Lambs	25	TEX	23	£144	£6.23/kg
Lambs	8	TEX	20	£121	£6.20/kg
Lambs	20	TEX	20	£121	£6.20/kg
Lambs	1	TEX	31	£169
Lambs	38	TEX	27	£158
Lambs	7	TEX	29	£158
Lambs	29	TEX	26	£156
Lambs	7	TEX	30	£155
Lambs	15	TEX	31	£155
Lambs	10	CRO	30	£155
Lambs	17	TEX	31	£155
Lambs	20	TEX	26	£154
Lambs	20	TEX	26	£153
Lambs	5	TEX	25	£153
Lambs	6	SUF	30	£152
Lambs	11	TEX	25	£152

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.