Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Sheep sale, Wednesday 18 March 2026
A super entry of 3097 sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in another very sharp trade. Fat hoggets sold to 854p for 2 pens of 22Kg at £188 from G Martin, Broughshane & E Gillan, Ballymena. Fat hoggets sold to a top per head of £208 for 31Kg presented by B & C McIlroy, Raloo. Fat ewes sold to £348.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 18 March 2026
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoggets | All weightsderived from 45 lots | £8.08/kg | £7.73 to £8.54/kg | £192 | £165 to £208 | 400 |
| Cull ewes | All weights | £94 to £348 | 477 | |||
| 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 45 lots, 400 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoggets | 1 | TEX | 31 | £208 | |
| Hoggets | 22 | TEX | 29 | £207 | |
| Hoggets | 6 | BEL | 25 | £204 | £8.32/kg |
| Hoggets | 35 | TEX | 26 | £203 | £7.80/kg |
| Hoggets | 3 | ROU | 32 | £203 | |
| Hoggets | 20 | TEX | 27 | £202 | |
| Hoggets | 1 | BEL | 25 | £202 | £8.24/kg |
| Hoggets | 8 | TEX | 28 | £201 | |
| Hoggets | 16 | TEX | 29 | £201 | |
| Hoggets | 3 | CRO | 31 | £200 | |
| Hoggets | 1 | MUL | 41 | £200 | |
| Hoggets | 17 | TEX | 29 | £200 | |
| Hoggets | 1 | SPO | 39 | £200 | |
| Hoggets | 5 | TEX | 28 | £199 | |
| Hoggets | 14 | TEX | 34 | £198 | |
| Hoggets | 20 | TEX | 24 | £199 | |
| Hoggets | 3 | TEX | 34 | £198 | |
| Hoggets | 2 | CH | 35 | £198 | |
| Hoggets | 2 | CH | 30 | £197 | |
| Hoggets | 15 | TEX | 28 | £196 | |
| Hoggets | 7 | TEX | 28 | £196 | |
| Hoggets | 8 | SUF | 30 | £196 | |
| Hoggets | 2 | TEX | 33 | £195 | |
| Hoggets | 12 | TEX | 30 | £195 | |
| Hoggets | 1 | TEX | 33 | £195 | |
| Hoggets | 1 | MUL | 22 | £188 | £8.54/kg |
| Hoggets | 2 | TEX | 22 | £188 | £8.54/kg |
| Hoggets | 20 | TEX | 24 | £198 | £8.42/kg |
| Hoggets | 2 | DOR | 22 | £185 | £8.40/kg |
| Hoggets | 19 | TEX | 23 | £186 | £8.26/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | TEX | 20 | £165 | £8.25/kg |
| Hoggets | 13 | CRO | 23 | £185 | £8.22/kg |
| Hoggets | 4 | TEX | 22 | £180 | £8.18/kg |
| Hoggets | 12 | TEX | 23 | £188 | £8.15/kg |
| Hoggets | 50 | TEX | 22 | £179 | £8.13/kg |
| Hoggets | 2 | TEX | 24 | £195 | £8.12/kg |
| Hoggets | 6 | TEX | 24 | £189 | £8.04/kg |
| Hoggets | 4 | DOR | 24 | £188 | £8.00/kg |
| Hoggets | 6 | TEX | 21 | £168 | £8.00/kg |
| Hoggets | 13 | TEX | 21 | £166 | £7.90/kg |
| Hoggets | 5 | £169 | £7.86/kg | ||
| Hoggets | 1 | DOR | 25 | £192 | £7.83/kg |
| Hoggets | 2 | TEX | 23 | £176 | £7.82/kg |
| Hoggets | 3 | TEX | 22 | £167 | £7.76/kg |
| Hoggets | 9 | TEX | 23 | £178 | £7.73/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.