Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Breeding sheep sale, Monday 7 September 2026
- Store lambs £123/head* mart average
Over 4000 sheep for sale on Monday night sold with a great trade overall. Store Lambs topped at £130.50 for 27 Texels from S P Fitzgerald, Crumlin and Ewe Lambs to £340 for 12 Cheviots from A Douglas, Limavady which were entered in the annual sale of Suffolk Cheviot & Cheviot Ewe Lambs. Breeding sheep reached £500 for a single Suffolk Hogget from Jalex Livestock, Randalstown.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 7 September 2026
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Store lambs | All weightsderived from 14 lots | £123 | £116 to £131 | 360 |
| Bold figures are the mart's own. Anything lighter was worked out by farmprices.ie from the lots the mart listed, because the report did not give that figure. A line marked "part derived" carries both: the mart stated some of it and the rest comes from its lot list. | ||||
Sample lots
14 lots| Category | Head | Breed | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Store lambs | 27 | TEX | £131 |
| Store lambs | 50 | TEX | £128 |
| Store lambs | 50 | TEX | £127 |
| Store lambs | 26 | SUF | £126 |
| Store lambs | 2 | SUF | £124 |
| Store lambs | 35 | SUF | £123 |
| Store lambs | 28 | CH | £122 |
| Store lambs | 10 | SUF | £120 |
| Store lambs | 8 | TEX | £120 |
| Store lambs | 64 | SUF | £119 |
| Store lambs | 25 | TEX | £119 |
| Store lambs | 12 | CH | £118 |
| Store lambs | 4 | SPD | £117 |
| Store lambs | 19 | TEX | £116 |
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 9 September 2026.