Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Sheep sale, Wednesday 8 April 2026
- Lambs £191/head* mart average
1732 sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in another steady trade. Fat hoggets sold to 854p for 5 Spo 22Kg £188 from a Forbes, Crumlin and atop per head of £206 for 1 Suff 37Kg from M Henderson-Neill, Mosside. Spring lambs sold to 919p for 4 Cha 21Kg £193 from Wm J Donaghy, Rasharkin. Fat ewes sold to £358.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 8 April 2026
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | All weightsderived from 15 lots | £8.95/kg | £8.55 to £9.45/kg | £191 | £167 to £205 | 97 |
| Hoggets | All weightsderived from 29 lots | £7.83/kg | £7.60 to £8.54/kg | £181 | £151 to £206 | 309 |
| Cull ewes | All weights | £110 to £358 | 466 | |||
| Bold figures are the mart's own. Anything lighter was worked out by farmprices.ie from the lots the mart listed, because the report did not give that figure. A line marked "part derived" carries both: the mart stated some of it and the rest comes from its lot list. | ||||||
Sample lots 44 lots, 406 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | 3 | SUF | 23 | £205 | £8.91/kg |
| Lambs | 7 | TEX | 23 | £202 | £8.78/kg |
| Lambs | 2 | DOR | 24 | £201 | £8.55/kg |
| Lambs | 2 | TEX | 22 | £200 | £9.09/kg |
| Lambs | 30 | SUF | 22 | £198 | £9.00/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | TEX | 23 | £197 | £8.75/kg |
| Lambs | 13 | DOR | 22 | £194 | £8.81/kg |
| Lambs | 4 | DOR | 23 | £193 | |
| Lambs | 4 | CH | 21 | £193 | £9.19/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | TEX | 22 | £190 | £8.83/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | SPO | 20 | £180 | £9.00/kg |
| Lambs | 9 | DOR | 25 | £178 | |
| Lambs | 15 | DOR | 21 | £176 | |
| Lambs | 3 | TEX | 19 | £174 | £9.45/kg |
| Lambs | 2 | DOR | 19 | £167 | £8.79/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | SUF | 37 | £206 | |
| Hoggets | 3 | SUF | 31 | £199 | |
| Hoggets | 1 | SPO | 33 | £198 | |
| Hoggets | 3 | BLE | 34 | £198 | |
| Hoggets | 1 | TEX | 35 | £197 | |
| Hoggets | 4 | CH | 25 | £197 | £7.88/kg |
| Hoggets | 7 | TEX | 29 | £196 | |
| Hoggets | 1 | SUF | 24 | £196 | £8.16/kg |
| Hoggets | 21 | TEX | 28 | £195 | |
| Hoggets | 2 | TEX | 28 | £195 | |
| Hoggets | 2 | TEX | 27 | £195 | |
| Hoggets | 1 | SUF | 34 | £194 | |
| Hoggets | 7 | TEX | 27 | £193 | |
| Hoggets | 2 | DOR | 29 | £193 | |
| Hoggets | 3 | TEX | 30 | £192 | |
| Hoggets | 25 | CH | 27 | £191 | |
| Hoggets | 5 | SPO | 22 | £188 | £8.54/kg |
| Hoggets | 8 | TEX | 22 | £182 | £8.27/kg |
| Hoggets | 40 | DOR | 20 | £161 | £8.05/kg |
| Hoggets | 27 | TEX | 22 | £176 | £8.02/kg |
| Hoggets | 20 | TEX | 23 | £180 | £7.82/kg |
| Hoggets | 9 | DOR | 20 | £151 | £7.74/kg |
| Hoggets | 17 | TEX | 25 | £189 | £7.71/kg |
| Hoggets | 9 | TEX | 22 | £165 | £7.67/kg |
| Hoggets | 29 | TEX | 24 | £180 | £7.66/kg |
| Hoggets | 27 | TEX | 25 | £188 | £7.65/kg |
| Hoggets | 10 | CRO | 23 | £176 | £7.65/kg |
| Hoggets | 2 | TEX | 24 | £183 | £7.62/kg |
| Hoggets | 22 | TEX | 24 | £183 | £7.60/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.