Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 29 July 2026

2,349 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 31, 2026

• Lambs £150/head* mart average

An entry of 2349 sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in another easier trade. Fat lambs sold to 706p for 10 Texels 22Kg at £155.50 offered by Mark Finley, Ballyclare and to a top per head of £183 for 2 Texels 31Kg presented by A & J Currie, Ballyclare. Fat ewes sold to £234.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 29 July 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	£6.72/kg	£6.51 to £7.06/kg	£150	£125 to £183	220
Cull ewes	All weights				£100 to £234	746
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	10	TEX	22	£156	£7.06/kg
Lambs	6	SPO	18	£125	£6.94/kg
Lambs	18	TEX	22	£153	£6.93/kg
Lambs	14	TEX	23	£153	£6.82/kg
Lambs	5	TEX	19	£128	£6.73/kg
Lambs	10	TEX	22	£148	£6.72/kg
Lambs	6	TEX	22	£144	£6.69/kg
Lambs	2	SPO	20	£130	£6.66/kg
Lambs	25	CRO	20	£133	£6.62/kg
Lambs	14	TEX	21	£136	£6.61/kg
Lambs	2	TEX	23	£151	£6.54/kg
Lambs	16	TEX	23	£150	£6.52/kg
Lambs	13	SPO	20	£127	£6.51/kg
Lambs	2	TEX	31	£183
Lambs	3	TEX	28	£182
Lambs	1	BOR	31	£180
Lambs	2	TEX	28	£177
Lambs	5	TEX	27	£173
Lambs	11	TEX	27	£173
Lambs	1	TEX	27	£168
Lambs	1	TEX	25	£166
Lambs	6	CH	27	£166
Lambs	7	TEX	27	£164
Lambs	19	TEX	25	£162
Lambs	2	TEX	25	£160
Lambs	1	TEX	27	£160
Lambs	6	TEX	26	£160
Lambs	8	TEX	25	£160
Lambs	4	TEX	25	£159

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.