Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 22 July 2026

2,884 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 30, 2026

• Lambs £162/head* mart average

2884 sheep presented in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in an easier trade. Fat lambs sold to 743p for a pen of 5 Texels 22Kg at £163.50 from S McConnon, Randalstown and a top per head of £244 for a heavy Texel at 32.5Kg presented by R Mulligan, Banbridge. Fat ewes sold to £288.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 22 July 2026

Prices

Category	Weight or type	Avg per kg	Range per kg	Avg per head	Range per head	Head
Lambs	All weightsderived from 31 lots	£7.10/kg	£6.93 to £7.43/kg	£162	£149 to £224	259
Cull ewes	All weights				£96 to £288	717
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

31 lots

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Lambs	1	TEX	33	£224
Lambs	2	TEX	27	£185
Lambs	1	TEX	32	£185
Lambs	16	TEX	26	£178
Lambs	1	SUF	29	£178
Lambs	1	TEX	27	£178
Lambs	3	TEX	28	£178
Lambs	2	TEX	27	£178
Lambs	2	TEX	28	£178
Lambs	2	CH	27	£175
Lambs	1	TEX	27	£175
Lambs	1	TEX	27	£175
Lambs	9	TEX	26	£175
Lambs	1	SUF	30	£174
Lambs	1	TEX	24	£173	£7.36/kg
Lambs	2	SUF	27	£172
Lambs	5	TEX	22	£164	£7.43/kg
Lambs	29	CRO	22	£159	£7.25/kg
Lambs	6	TEX	22	£155	£7.20/kg
Lambs	32	TEX	22	£157	£7.13/kg
Lambs	32	TEX	23	£164	£7.13/kg
Lambs	10	TEX	22	£156	£7.11/kg
Lambs	9	TEX	23	£164	£7.10/kg
Lambs	8	BEL	21	£149	£7.09/kg
Lambs	16	TEX	23	£159	£7.06/kg
Lambs	15	CH	24	£166	£7.04/kg
Lambs	1		22	£155	£7.02/kg
Lambs	20	EAS	22	£150	£6.97/kg
Lambs	5	TEX	24	£167	£6.95/kg
Lambs	22			£153	£6.95/kg
Lambs	3	TEX	25	£170	£6.93/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.