Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 26 August 2026

2,558 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 35, 2026

• Lambs £139/head* mart average

An entry of 2558 sheep in Ballymena resulted in another steady trade. Fat lambs sold to 686p for 22 Texels 18.5Kg £127 presented by R J McWhinney, Portaferry and to a top per head of £178 for a 32.5Kg Suf offered by Paul Butler, Rathkenny. Fat ewes sold to £312.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 26 August 2026

Prices

Category	Weight or type	Avg per kg	Range per kg	Avg per head	Range per head	Head
Lambs	All weightsderived from 31 lots	£6.33/kg	£6.14 to £6.86/kg	£139	£123 to £178	406
Cull ewes	All weights				£58 to £312	625
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

31 lots

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Lambs	22	TEX	19	£127	£6.86/kg
Lambs	21	TEX	20	£127	£6.48/kg
Lambs	4	TEX	20	£127	£6.35/kg
Lambs	3	TEX	22	£136	£6.32/kg
Lambs	36	TEX	21	£132	£6.28/kg
Lambs	2	TEX	21	£132	£6.28/kg
Lambs	2	TEX	22	£135	£6.27/kg
Lambs	7	CH	21	£131	£6.23/kg
Lambs	13	TEX	21	£128	£6.22/kg
Lambs	17	TEX	21	£128	£6.22/kg
Lambs	15	TEX	21	£127	£6.19/kg
Lambs	10	TEX	21	£130	£6.19/kg
Lambs	2	TEX	21	£130	£6.19/kg
Lambs	3	SPO	20	£123	£6.15/kg
Lambs	9	TEX	21	£126	£6.14/kg
Lambs	15	TEX	22	£132	£6.14/kg
Lambs	1	SUF	33	£178
Lambs	1	TEX	28	£159
Lambs	1	TEX	27	£157
Lambs	14	TEX	26	£157
Lambs	21	TEX	28	£152
Lambs	9	TEX	26	£148
Lambs	31	SUF	27	£148
Lambs	17	CH	25	£147
Lambs	31	CH	25	£146
Lambs	4	TEX	25	£146
Lambs	14	SUF	28	£145
Lambs	25	TEX	26	£145
Lambs	25	TEX		£145
Lambs	22	TEX	26	£145
Lambs	9	TEX	25	£145

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.