Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 9 September 2026

3,290 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 37, 2026

• Lambs £144/head* mart average

3290 sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in a sharper trade. Fat lambs sold to 675p for 21 texels 20Kg at £135 presented by J Cubitt, Clough and to a top per head of £174 for 2 texels at 33Kg offered by T McKillop, Glenarm. Fat ewes sold to £236.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 9 September 2026

Prices

Category	Weight or type	Avg per kg	Range per kg	Avg per head	Range per head	Head
Lambs	All weightsderived from 42 lots	£6.50/kg	£6.27 to £7.05/kg	£144	£120 to £174	539
Cull ewes	All weights				£84 to £236	808
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 42 lots, 539 head Show the table

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Lambs	32	TEX	18	£127	£7.05/kg
Lambs	5	TEX	19	£130	£6.84/kg
Lambs	6		19	£127	£6.68/kg
Lambs	3	BLU	19	£123	£6.64/kg
Lambs	6	TEX	20	£131	£6.55/kg
Lambs	15	TEX	21	£133	£6.48/kg
Lambs	17		19	£120	£6.48/kg
Lambs	16	TEX	21	£136	£6.47/kg
Lambs	17	TEX	22	£139	£6.46/kg
Lambs	10	TEX	21	£135	£6.42/kg
Lambs	3	SUF	20	£128	£6.40/kg
Lambs	14	TEX	21	£134	£6.38/kg
Lambs	24	TEX	21	£134	£6.38/kg
Lambs	19	TEX	20	£127	£6.35/kg
Lambs	4	TEX	20	£127	£6.35/kg
Lambs	14	CH	21	£133	£6.33/kg
Lambs	2	TEX	20	£123	£6.30/kg
Lambs	3	TEX	27	£170	£6.29/kg
Lambs	12	TEX	27	£170	£6.29/kg
Lambs	4	CH	21	£132	£6.28/kg
Lambs	13	TEX	22	£138	£6.27/kg
Lambs	2	TEX	33	£174
Lambs	12	CH	26	£163
Lambs	2	TEX	27	£162
Lambs	29	TEX	28	£160
Lambs	1	TEX	29	£160
Lambs	2	TEX	29	£158
Lambs	12	SUF	29	£155
Lambs	33	TEX	26	£155
Lambs	11	TEX	25	£152
Lambs	6	CRO	27	£152
Lambs	20	SUF	27	£152
Lambs	16	SUF	27	£152
Lambs	23	TEX	26	£152
Lambs	28	TEX	26	£151
Lambs	14	SUF	27	£151
Lambs	14	TEX	24	£150
Lambs	30	TEX	25	£150
Lambs	10	CRO	27	£150
Lambs	12	CH	26	£150
Lambs	2	TEX	24	£150
Lambs	21	EAS	25	£149

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 10 September 2026.