Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Breeding sheep sale, Monday 24 August 2026

3,762 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 35, 2026

• Store lambs £113/head* mart average

An entry of 3762 sheep in Ballymena on Monday night sold well overall. Breeding Sheep topped at £355 twice for 2 pens of 12 Mule Hoggets from N Brown, Ballycastle. 2400 lambs in the store ring reached £127.50 for 36 Suffolks from O Duffin, Cargan and Ewe Lambs to £250 for a pen of 15 Suffolk Cheviots from A V Magill, Carnlough.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 24 August 2026

Prices

Category	Weight or type	Avg per head	Range per head	Head
Store lambs	All weightsderived from 19 lots	£113	£105 to £128	361
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

19 lots

Category	Head	Breed	Price
Store lambs	36	SUF	£128
Store lambs	9	TEX	£118
Store lambs	30	TEX	£117
Store lambs	53	MUL	£117
Store lambs	21	TEX	£116
Store lambs	5	TEX	£114
Store lambs	9	ROM	£114
Store lambs	15	TEX	£110
Store lambs	12	SUF	£110
Store lambs	5	TEX	£109
Store lambs	12	TEX	£109
Store lambs	38	GRE	£109
Store lambs	38	MUL	£109
Store lambs	16	TEX	£109
Store lambs	23	MUL	£108
Store lambs	4	TEX	£107
Store lambs	14	CRO	£106
Store lambs	14	GRE	£105
Store lambs	7	DOR	£105

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.