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Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Breeding sheep sale, Monday 10 August 2026

1,920 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 33, 2026

1920 store Lambs on Monday night sold with a steady trade with the top price reaching £140.50 for a pen of 29 Texels and Ewe Lambs to £189 for 11 Suffolks. 850 Hoggets in the breeding ring topped at £345 for a pen of 12 Suffolks.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 10 August 2026

Prices

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per headRange per headHead
Store lambsAll weightsderived from 16 lots£125£118 to £141590
HoggetsAll weightsderived from 16 lots£308£295 to £345133
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

32 lots
CategoryHeadBreedPrice
Store lambs29TEX£141
Store lambs63TEX£130
Store lambs32TEX£128
Store lambs50TEX£127
Store lambs50SUF£127
Store lambs50SUF£126
Store lambs47SUF£125
Store lambs41TEX£125
Store lambs30TEX£124
Store lambs12TEX£124
Store lambs13ROU£123
Store lambs40SUF£122
Store lambs69SUF£122
Store lambs23TEX£121
Store lambs14TEX£121
Store lambs27SUF£118
Hoggets12SUF£345
Hoggets3TEX£325
Hoggets10MUL£320
Hoggets12MUL£320
Hoggets10SUF£310
Hoggets3SUF£310
Hoggets12MUL£305
Hoggets2MUL£300
Hoggets7TEX£300
Hoggets10SUF£300
Hoggets10TEX£300
Hoggets12MUL£300
Hoggets7SUF£295
Hoggets10CB£295
Hoggets10TEX£295
Hoggets3TEX£295

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.