Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 15 April 2026

1,598 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 16, 2026

• Lambs £208/head* mart average

1598 sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in another super trade. Campbell & Jason Watson topped the spring lambs with their champion Suffolk lambs 23.5Kg at £340. Hoggets sold to 862p for 10 Texels 21.5Kg £185.5o from Jack Adams, Ballymena and a top per head of £208 for 6 heavy Texels from A Stewart, Ballyclare. Fat ewes sold to £364.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 15 April 2026

Prices

Category	Weight or type	Avg per kg	Range per kg	Avg per head	Range per head	Head
Lambs	All weightsderived from 38 lots	£9.31/kg	£8.90 to £14.16/kg	£208	£172 to £924	229
Hoggets	All weightsderived from 30 lots	£8.24/kg	£7.91 to £9.71/kg	£190	£136 to £208	206
Cull ewes	All weights				£128 to £364	518
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 68 lots, 435 head Show the table

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Hoggets	6	TEX	36	£208
Hoggets	3	TEX	37	£206
Hoggets	17	TEX	31	£204
Hoggets	8	TEX	31	£204
Hoggets	5	TEX	22	£204
Hoggets	2	TEX	30	£204
Hoggets	1	TEX	27	£203
Hoggets	11	TEX	32	£203
Hoggets	1	TEX	37	£202
Hoggets	1	TEX	34	£200
Hoggets	23	SUF	29	£200
Hoggets	3	TEX	29	£200
Hoggets	1	SUF	32	£200
Hoggets	4	TEX	33	£200
Hoggets	1	VEN	27	£199
Hoggets	2	TEX	31	£199
Hoggets	5	TEX	21	£204	£9.71/kg
Hoggets	10	TEX	22	£185	£8.62/kg
Hoggets	9	DOR	23	£192	£8.53/kg
Hoggets	7	TEX	22	£187	£8.50/kg
Hoggets	11	TEX	18	£150	£8.33/kg
Hoggets	4	TEX	17	£136	£8.24/kg
Hoggets	9	TEX	24	£195	£8.12/kg
Hoggets	4	DOR	20	£158	£8.10/kg
Hoggets	1	SUF	20	£162	£8.10/kg
Hoggets	7	CRO	23	£186	£8.08/kg
Hoggets	7	TEX	24	£193	£8.04/kg
Hoggets	21	ROU	23	£180	£8.00/kg
Hoggets	10	SUF	21	£167	£7.95/kg
Hoggets	12	TEX	24	£190	£7.91/kg
Lambs	2	SUF	24	£340	£14.16/kg
Lambs	2	SUF	24	£218	£9.27/kg
Lambs	8	SUF	25	£213
Lambs	3	TEX	24	£212	£9.02/kg
Lambs	2	SUF	31	£212
Lambs	7	TEX	32	£211
Lambs	1	CH	30	£211
Lambs	1	TEX	27	£211
Lambs	8	TEX	24	£211
Lambs	5	TEX	25	£210
Lambs	2	SUF	25	£210
Lambs	2	SUF	26	£210
Lambs	20	CH	23	£209	£9.08/kg
Lambs	1	SUF	27	£209
Lambs	8	TEX	24	£208
Lambs	2	SUF	29	£208
Lambs	2	SUF	24	£208
Lambs	2	SUF	23	£208
Lambs	3	SUF	28	£207
Lambs	2	SUF	22	£207	£9.40/kg
Lambs	4	SUF	22	£204	£9.27/kg
Lambs	37	CH	21	£203
Lambs	3	CH	23	£202
Lambs	36	CH	21	£201	£9.57/kg
Lambs	2	SUF	20	£185	£9.48/kg
Lambs	1	TEX	19	£180	£9.47/kg
Lambs	3	TEX	20	£187	£9.35/kg
Lambs	2	SUF	23	£924
Lambs	3	TEX	21	£194	£9.23/kg
Lambs	9	TEX	21	£193	£9.19/kg
Lambs	4	SUF	21	£188	£9.17/kg
Lambs	4	TEX	22	£197	£9.16/kg
Lambs	2	SPO	22	£200	£9.09/kg
Lambs	3	SUF	19	£172	£9.05/kg
Lambs	14	DOR	21	£190	£9.04/kg
Lambs	4	CH	21	£185	£9.02/kg
Lambs	13	DOR	20	£180	£9.00/kg
Lambs	2	SUF	22	£196	£8.90/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.