Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 12 August 2026

2,158 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 33, 2026

• Lambs £159/head* mart average

2158 sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in a slightly sharper trade. Fat lambs sold to 676p for 9 texels 19.5kg at £132 presented by Ivor Clarke, Cullybackey and to a top per head of £192 for a heavy Dorset for Richard McKeown, Templepatrick. Fat ewes sold to £274.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 12 August 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	£6.46/kg	£6.32 to £6.76/kg	£159	£124 to £641	159
Cull ewes	All weights				£90 to £274	748
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

29 lots

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Lambs	9	TEX	20	£132	£6.76/kg
Lambs	6	TEX	20	£134	£6.70/kg
Lambs	5	TEX	19	£125	£6.57/kg
Lambs	3	TEX	25	£161	£6.57/kg
Lambs	4	BEL	25	£164	£6.56/kg
Lambs	19	CH	19	£124	£6.52/kg
Lambs	2	TEX	25	£162	£6.48/kg
Lambs	12	TEX	21	£136	£6.47/kg
Lambs	5	TEX	23	£145	£6.46/kg
Lambs	5			£139	£6.46/kg
Lambs	5			£641
Lambs	11	TEX	21	£130	£6.34/kg
Lambs	11	CH	22	£136	£6.32/kg
Lambs	15	TEX	22	£136	£6.32/kg
Lambs	12	TEX	20	£127	£6.32/kg
Lambs	1	TEX	28	£177	£6.32/kg
Lambs	1	DOR	44	£192
Lambs	1	CRO	32	£188
Lambs	1	SUF	33	£182
Lambs	1	TEX	32	£181
Lambs	2	DOR	35	£180
Lambs	8	TEX	29	£178
Lambs	1	TEX	30	£176
Lambs	2	SUF	41	£170
Lambs	9	SUF	28	£168
Lambs	2	TEX	28	£166
Lambs	2	TEX	26	£163
Lambs	1	TEX	26	£163
Lambs	3	TEX	27	£161

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.