Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Sheep sale, Wednesday 20 May 2026
- Lambs £194/head* mart average
2191 sheep in Ballymena resulted in another super trade. Lambs sold to 963p for 5 texels 19Kg £183offered by J Maxwell, Maghera and a top per head of £210 for a heavy dorset from G Quinn. Hoggets sold to £264 for a tremendous pen of 11 hoggets presented by J Gilliland, Muckamore. Fat ewes sold to £290
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 20 May 2026
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | All weightsderived from 43 lots | £9.17/kg | £8.97 to £9.63/kg | £194 | £166 to £210 | 471 |
| Hoggets | All weightsderived from 24 lots | £8.00/kg | £7.22 to £9.42/kg | £198 | £142 to £264 | 134 |
| Cull ewes | All weights | £110 to £290 | 658 | |||
| 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 67 lots, 605 head Show the table
| Category | Head | Breed | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | 5 | TEX | 19 | £183 | £9.63/kg |
| Lambs | 30 | TEX | 21 | £195 | £9.51/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | TEX | 21 | £198 | £9.42/kg |
| Lambs | 10 | TEX | 21 | £195 | £9.28/kg |
| Lambs | 7 | TEX | 20 | £181 | £9.25/kg |
| Lambs | 6 | TEX | 21 | £194 | £9.23/kg |
| Lambs | 4 | TEX | 21 | £194 | £9.23/kg |
| Lambs | 6 | CRO | 20 | £180 | £9.23/kg |
| Lambs | 3 | CRO | 20 | £180 | £9.23/kg |
| Lambs | 5 | TEX | 18 | £166 | £9.22/kg |
| Lambs | 5 | TEX | 20 | £184 | £9.20/kg |
| Lambs | 21 | SUF | 21 | £193 | £9.19/kg |
| Lambs | 15 | TEX | 20 | £184 | £9.17/kg |
| Lambs | 51 | TEX | £192 | £9.14/kg | |
| Lambs | 12 | TEX | 20 | £178 | £9.12/kg |
| Lambs | 4 | SUF | 20 | £178 | £9.12/kg |
| Lambs | 5 | TEX | 21 | £187 | £9.12/kg |
| Lambs | 15 | TEX | 21 | £192 | £9.11/kg |
| Lambs | 24 | TEX | 22 | £195 | £9.07/kg |
| Lambs | 13 | TEX | 22 | £195 | £9.07/kg |
| Lambs | 13 | TEX | 21 | £190 | £9.04/kg |
| Lambs | 19 | TEX | 22 | £199 | £9.04/kg |
| Lambs | 13 | TEX | 22 | £194 | £9.02/kg |
| Lambs | 13 | TEX | 22 | £198 | £8.97/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | DOR | 33 | £210 | |
| Lambs | 1 | CH | 28 | £207 | |
| Lambs | 4 | DOR | 38 | £203 | |
| Lambs | 22 | TEX | 23 | £202 | |
| Lambs | 14 | TEX | 23 | £201 | |
| Lambs | 9 | TEX | 26 | £200 | |
| Lambs | 17 | CH | 24 | £200 | |
| Lambs | 2 | CH | 23 | £200 | |
| Lambs | 4 | TEX | 24 | £200 | |
| Lambs | 30 | TEX | 24 | £199 | |
| Lambs | 6 | SUF | 25 | £198 | |
| Lambs | 6 | TEX | 23 | £198 | |
| Lambs | 1 | TEX | 30 | £198 | |
| Lambs | 5 | TEX | 23 | £198 | |
| Lambs | 6 | TEX | 24 | £197 | |
| Lambs | 14 | TEX | 24 | £197 | |
| Lambs | 2 | TEX | 24 | £197 | |
| Lambs | 17 | TEX | 24 | £197 | |
| Lambs | 10 | TEX | 25 | £197 | |
| Hoggets | 11 | SUF | 28 | £264 | £9.42/kg |
| Hoggets | 7 | TEX | 24 | £195 | £8.12/kg |
| Hoggets | 12 | TEX | 23 | £185 | £8.04/kg |
| Hoggets | 2 | MUL | 23 | £179 | £7.95/kg |
| Hoggets | 13 | BF | 23 | £182 | £7.91/kg |
| Hoggets | 5 | SUF | 24 | £180 | £7.66/kg |
| Hoggets | 6 | SUF | 27 | £198 | £7.47/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | MUL | 25 | £181 | £7.38/kg |
| Hoggets | 3 | LLE | 26 | £186 | £7.29/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | DUT | 27 | £193 | £7.28/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | BF | 20 | £142 | £7.28/kg |
| Hoggets | 8 | DOR | 27 | £193 | £7.26/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | TEX | 25 | £177 | £7.22/kg |
| Hoggets | 10 | TEX | 29 | £201 | |
| Hoggets | 10 | TEX | 31 | £200 | |
| Hoggets | 1 | CRO | 32 | £199 | |
| Hoggets | 8 | CRO | 29 | £197 | |
| Hoggets | 2 | SUF | 31 | £197 | |
| Hoggets | 2 | SUF | 29 | £196 | |
| Hoggets | 1 | TEX | 31 | £196 | |
| Hoggets | 2 | BF | 36 | £196 | |
| Hoggets | 16 | CHE | 32 | £196 | |
| Hoggets | 10 | CRO | 33 | £195 | |
| Hoggets | 1 | DOR | 41 | £195 |
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.