Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 25 March 2026

2,110 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 13, 2026

2110 sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in a sharp trade. Fat hoggets sold to 834p for 11 Texels 23Kg £192 from R Nicholson, Monkstown and a top per head of £211twice for 20 Texels 30Kgfrom J Thompson, Bushmills. Spring lambs sold to 890p for 4 Dorsets 21.5Kg £187 from WE McCroary, Broughshane. Fat ewes sold to £272.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 25 March 2026

Prices

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per kgRange per kgAvg per headRange per headHead
LambsAll weightsderived from 6 lots£7.95/kg£7.40 to £8.90/kg£189£182 to £20047
HoggetsAll weightsderived from 30 lots£8.05/kg£7.81 to £8.34/kg£193£164 to £211271
Cull ewesAll weights£110 to £272331
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

36 lots
CategoryHeadBreedWeight kgPricePer kg
Hoggets11TEX23£192£8.34/kg
Hoggets1COR23£191£8.30/kg
Hoggets5CH24£192£8.17/kg
Hoggets20TEX24£191£8.10/kg
Hoggets2TEX22£178£8.09/kg
Hoggets15TEX21£170£8.07/kg
Hoggets15TEX24£189£8.04/kg
Hoggets4ROM24£193£8.04/kg
Hoggets6TEX25£201£8.04/kg
Hoggets6CH24£193£8.02/kg
Hoggets6TEX22£176£8.00/kg
Hoggets19TEX21£168£8.00/kg
Hoggets124£189
Hoggets3MUL22£172£7.81/kg
Hoggets13CRO21£164£7.81/kg
Hoggets20TEX30£211
Hoggets1TEX46£211
Hoggets1MUL44£210
Hoggets1CRO37£209
Hoggets19TEX31£206
Hoggets28TEX29£204
Hoggets1TEX33£203
Hoggets19TEX31£202
Hoggets14MUL35£202
Hoggets129£202
Hoggets4BF35£201
Hoggets12SUF29£199
Hoggets3TEX29£199
Hoggets18SUF29£199
Hoggets2CH27£198
Lambs4DOR21£187£8.90/kg
Lambs7DOR22£187£8.50/kg
Lambs3DOR23£182
Lambs16SPO25£193£7.85/kg
Lambs11DOR24£182£7.72/kg
Lambs6DOR27£200£7.40/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.