Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 17 June 2026

1,395 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 25, 2026

• Lambs £187/head* mart average

1395 sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in another steady trade. Fat lambs sold to 910p for a texel 23.5Kg at £214 presented by M Magill, Glenarm. Fat ewes sold to £248.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 17 June 2026

Prices

Category	Weight or type	Avg per kg	Range per kg	Avg per head	Range per head	Head
Lambs	All weightsderived from 29 lots	£8.58/kg	£8.36 to £9.10/kg	£187	£173 to £214	176
Cull ewes	All weights				£108 to £248	294
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

29 lots

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Lambs	1	TEX	24	£214	£9.10/kg
Lambs	2	SUF	32	£210
Lambs	2	DUT	29	£206
Lambs	1	DUT	29	£206
Lambs	2	TEX	26	£204
Lambs	3	TEX	28	£201
Lambs	1	DUT	27	£200
Lambs	5	TEX	25	£200
Lambs	1	DOR	30	£200
Lambs	2	TEX	25	£200
Lambs	23	TEX	24	£200
Lambs	5	TEX	26	£199
Lambs	4	TEX	24	£198	£8.42/kg
Lambs	7	CRO	23	£198	£8.60/kg
Lambs	4	TEX	26	£197
Lambs	4	CRO	30	£197
Lambs	10	CRO	20	£173	£8.87/kg
Lambs	9	TEX	20	£176	£8.80/kg
Lambs	5	TEX	21	£183	£8.71/kg
Lambs	7	TEX	20	£174	£8.70/kg
Lambs	8	TEX	20	£174	£8.67/kg
Lambs	15	TEX	21	£182	£8.66/kg
Lambs	6	TEX	21	£180	£8.57/kg
Lambs	1		24	£200	£8.48/kg
Lambs	10	TEX	21	£174	£8.48/kg
Lambs	10	TEX	21	£177	£8.42/kg
Lambs	5	TEX	23	£193	£8.39/kg
Lambs	20	TEX	21	£179	£8.38/kg
Lambs	3	TEX	22	£184	£8.36/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.