Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 5 August 2026

2,422 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 32, 2026

• Lambs £142/head* mart average

2422 sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in a slightly easier trade. Fat lambs sold to 740p for 4 Texels 22Kg at £163 form M Moffett, Broughshane and a top per head of £168 for 3 Texels 28.5kg presented by D Jones, Nutts Corner. Fat ewes sold to £296.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 5 August 2026

Prices

Category	Weight or type	Avg per kg	Range per kg	Avg per head	Range per head	Head
Lambs	All weightsderived from 28 lots	£6.47/kg	£6.26 to £7.40/kg	£142	£21 to £168	155
Cull ewes	All weights				£88 to £296	911
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

28 lots

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Lambs	3	TEX	27	£168	£6.34/kg
Lambs	4	TEX	22	£163	£7.40/kg
Lambs	2	SUF	36	£160
Lambs	11	TEX	23	£158	£7.00/kg
Lambs	1	TEX	27	£157
Lambs	1	CRO	28	£157
Lambs	14	CH	25	£157	£6.26/kg
Lambs	2	SPO	30	£156
Lambs	4	TEX	23	£156	£6.78/kg
Lambs	1	TEX	30	£154
Lambs	1	TEX	26	£150
Lambs	3	TEX	25	£150
Lambs	7	TEX	27	£148
Lambs	2	SUF	28	£148
Lambs	12	SUF	28	£148
Lambs	14	TEX	24	£147
Lambs	1	TEX	21	£21
Lambs	1			£140	£6.66/kg
Lambs	9	TEX	21	£137	£6.50/kg
Lambs	8	TEX	20	£130	£6.47/kg
Lambs	15	TEX	21	£131	£6.39/kg
Lambs	7	CRO	21	£130	£6.34/kg
Lambs	4	TEX	21	£133	£6.33/kg
Lambs	1	SPO	16	£98	£6.32/kg
Lambs	5	SUF	21	£129	£6.29/kg
Lambs	17	TEX	21	£132	£6.28/kg
Lambs	1	TEX	21	£132	£6.28/kg
Lambs	4	TEX	21	£132	£6.28/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.