Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 8 April 2026

1,732 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 15, 2026

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

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per kgRange per kgAvg per headRange per headHead
LambsAll weightsderived from 15 lots£8.95/kg£8.55 to £9.45/kg£191£167 to £20597
HoggetsAll weightsderived from 29 lots£7.83/kg£7.60 to £8.54/kg£181£151 to £206309
Cull ewesAll weights£110 to £358466
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 44 lots, 406 head Show the table
CategoryHeadBreedWeight kgPricePer kg
Lambs3SUF23£205£8.91/kg
Lambs7TEX23£202£8.78/kg
Lambs2DOR24£201£8.55/kg
Lambs2TEX22£200£9.09/kg
Lambs30SUF22£198£9.00/kg
Lambs1TEX23£197£8.75/kg
Lambs13DOR22£194£8.81/kg
Lambs4DOR23£193
Lambs4CH21£193£9.19/kg
Lambs1TEX22£190£8.83/kg
Lambs1SPO20£180£9.00/kg
Lambs9DOR25£178
Lambs15DOR21£176
Lambs3TEX19£174£9.45/kg
Lambs2DOR19£167£8.79/kg
Hoggets1SUF37£206
Hoggets3SUF31£199
Hoggets1SPO33£198
Hoggets3BLE34£198
Hoggets1TEX35£197
Hoggets4CH25£197£7.88/kg
Hoggets7TEX29£196
Hoggets1SUF24£196£8.16/kg
Hoggets21TEX28£195
Hoggets2TEX28£195
Hoggets2TEX27£195
Hoggets1SUF34£194
Hoggets7TEX27£193
Hoggets2DOR29£193
Hoggets3TEX30£192
Hoggets25CH27£191
Hoggets5SPO22£188£8.54/kg
Hoggets8TEX22£182£8.27/kg
Hoggets40DOR20£161£8.05/kg
Hoggets27TEX22£176£8.02/kg
Hoggets20TEX23£180£7.82/kg
Hoggets9DOR20£151£7.74/kg
Hoggets17TEX25£189£7.71/kg
Hoggets9TEX22£165£7.67/kg
Hoggets29TEX24£180£7.66/kg
Hoggets27TEX25£188£7.65/kg
Hoggets10CRO23£176£7.65/kg
Hoggets2TEX24£183£7.62/kg
Hoggets22TEX24£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.