Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Sheep sale, Wednesday 13 May 2026
- Lambs £191/head* mart average
2010 sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in another steady trade. Spring lambs sold to 984p for 2 Texels 19Kg at £187 from R Nicholson, Monkstown and a top per head of £210 for a heavy Texel offered by W & G Hanna, Ballymoney. Fat hoggets sold to 752p for 15 23Kg from I McDonnell, Portaferry. Fat ewes sold to £268.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 13 May 2026
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | All weightsderived from 41 lots | £8.80/kg | £8.63 to £9.84/kg | £191 | £160 to £210 | 323 |
| Hoggets | All weightsderived from 16 lots | £7.28/kg | £6.96 to £7.52/kg | £172 | £158 to £186 | 134 |
| Cull ewes | All weights | £106 to £268 | 499 | |||
| 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 57 lots, 457 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | 1 | TEX | 32 | £210 | |
| Lambs | 3 | TEX | 27 | £205 | |
| Lambs | 28 | SUF | 24 | £203 | |
| Lambs | 21 | TEX | 24 | £203 | £8.63/kg |
| Lambs | 9 | TEX | 23 | £203 | £8.82/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | TEX | 24 | £202 | |
| Lambs | 8 | TEX | 22 | £202 | £9.18/kg |
| Lambs | 4 | TEX | 26 | £201 | |
| Lambs | 7 | TEX | 233 | £201 | |
| Lambs | 2 | TEX | 26 | £200 | |
| Lambs | 7 | TEX | 24 | £200 | |
| Lambs | 3 | TEX | 24 | £200 | |
| Lambs | 1 | CRO | 29 | £200 | |
| Lambs | 5 | SUF | 22 | £200 | £9.09/kg |
| Lambs | 2 | CH | 25 | £200 | |
| Lambs | 9 | TEX | 27 | £200 | |
| Lambs | 2 | CH | 27 | £200 | |
| Lambs | 1 | TEX | 27 | £200 | |
| Lambs | 2 | TEX | 22 | £199 | £9.25/kg |
| Lambs | 3 | CH | 25 | £199 | |
| Lambs | 6 | CH | 22 | £199 | £9.04/kg |
| Lambs | 3 | TEX | 22 | £199 | £9.25/kg |
| Lambs | 4 | TEX | 25 | £198 | |
| Lambs | 24 | TEX | 23 | £198 | |
| Lambs | 2 | TEX | 19 | £187 | £9.84/kg |
| Lambs | 11 | TEX | 21 | £193 | £9.19/kg |
| Lambs | 9 | TEX | 22 | £197 | £8.95/kg |
| Lambs | 8 | TEX | 22 | £192 | £8.93/kg |
| Lambs | 9 | DOR | 20 | £174 | £8.92/kg |
| Lambs | 11 | TEX | 22 | £194 | £8.81/kg |
| Lambs | 9 | TEX | 23 | £198 | £8.77/kg |
| Lambs | 5 | TEX | 22 | £193 | £8.77/kg |
| Lambs | 7 | TEX | 23 | £201 | £8.73/kg |
| Lambs | 7 | TEX | 21 | £179 | £8.73/kg |
| Lambs | 16 | TEX | 22 | £187 | £8.69/kg |
| Lambs | 14 | SUF | 22 | £191 | £8.68/kg |
| Lambs | 4 | TEX | 22 | £191 | £8.68/kg |
| Lambs | 7 | TEX | 22 | £186 | £8.65/kg |
| Lambs | 6 | TEX | 22 | £186 | £8.65/kg |
| Lambs | 28 | SUF | 19 | £160 | £8.64/kg |
| Lambs | 14 | CRO | 19 | £160 | £8.64/kg |
| Hoggets | 8 | TEX | 30 | £186 | |
| Hoggets | 5 | TEX | 27 | £184 | |
| Hoggets | 4 | TEX | 27 | £184 | |
| Hoggets | 4 | CRO | 25 | £183 | £7.32/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | TEX | 27 | £180 | |
| Hoggets | 4 | SUF | 30 | £180 | |
| Hoggets | 7 | TEX | 30 | £180 | |
| Hoggets | 15 | TEX | 23 | £173 | £7.52/kg |
| Hoggets | 17 | CRO | 22 | £161 | £7.48/kg |
| Hoggets | 7 | CRO | 22 | £164 | £7.45/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | CH | 22 | £158 | £7.34/kg |
| Hoggets | 11 | SUF | 24 | £175 | £7.29/kg |
| Hoggets | 18 | TEX | 22 | £160 | £7.27/kg |
| Hoggets | 11 | TEX | 25 | £175 | £7.12/kg |
| Hoggets | 7 | TEX | 24 | £165 | £7.02/kg |
| Hoggets | 14 | EAS | 25 | £174 | £6.96/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.