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Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Breeding sheep sale, Monday 3 August 2026

Prices in sterling per head. Week 32, 2026

The first of the Monday Night Store Lamb and Breeding Sheep Sales has started with a promising trade. Store Lambs topped at £128 for 8 Suffolks and Ewe Lambs to £180 for 6 Texels, Breeding Hoggets reached £325 for a single Dutch Spotted.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 3 August 2026

Prices

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per headRange per headHead
Store lambsAll weightsderived from 20 lots£121£115 to £128609
HoggetsAll weightsderived from 17 lots£297£275 to £325131
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

37 lots
CategoryHeadBreedPrice
Store lambs8SUF£128
Store lambs50SUF£127
Store lambs35SUF£126
Store lambs21TEX£125
Store lambs25SUF£125
Store lambs50SUF£125
Store lambs11CH£125
Store lambs45TEX£124
Store lambs29TEX£123
Store lambs57TEX£123
Store lambs20EAS£121
Store lambs24TEX£120
Store lambs34TEX£120
Store lambs19SUF£119
Store lambs14SUF£119
Store lambs18TEX£118
Store lambs15LLYN£118
Store lambs11SPD£117
Store lambs52CV£116
Store lambs71SUF£115
Hoggets1SPD£325
Hoggets10TEX£320
Hoggets10CB£310
Hoggets10TEX£305
Hoggets10SUF£305
Hoggets10TEX£300
Hoggets10SUF£300
Hoggets4SPD£300
Hoggets2SPD£300
Hoggets7SUF£295
Hoggets10TEX£295
Hoggets2DOR£295
Hoggets9TEX£295
Hoggets7SUF£285
Hoggets11TEX£280
Hoggets10TEX£280
Hoggets8SUF£275

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.