Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 23 September 2026

2,650 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 39, 2026

• Lambs £156/head* mart average

2650 sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in a slightly better trade. Fat lambs sold to 690p for 15 Texels 21kg at £145 offered by Ivor Clarke, Cullybackey and to a top per head of £184 for a 34kg Texel from G Martin, B’shane. Fat ewes sold to: £256

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 23 September 2026

Prices

Category	Weight or type	Avg per kg	Range per kg	Avg per head	Range per head	Head
Lambs	All weightsderived from 30 lots	£6.55/kg	£6.45 to £6.90/kg	£156	£141 to £184	389
Cull ewes	All weights				£135 to £204	524
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

30 lots

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Lambs	1	TEX	34	£184
Lambs	1	CH	29	£183
Lambs	2	SUF	31	£177
Lambs	3	TEX	31	£177
Lambs	5	TEX	29	£176
Lambs	11	TEX	28	£175
Lambs	1	CH	30	£172
Lambs	10		28	£170
Lambs	30	TEX	29	£170
Lambs	26	CH	28	£168
Lambs	1	SUF	28	£167
Lambs	19	CH	27	£167
Lambs	5	SUF	27	£166
Lambs	12	CH	28	£165
Lambs	16	TEX	25	£164
Lambs	2	TEX	25	£164
Lambs	15	TEX	21	£145	£6.90/kg
Lambs	6	TEX	23	£154	£6.69/kg
Lambs	9	TEX	23	£150	£6.66/kg
Lambs	16	BEL	23	£151	£6.58/kg
Lambs	44	TEX	22	£142	£6.58/kg
Lambs	11	TEX	23	£148	£6.57/kg
Lambs	5	TEX	23	£148	£6.57/kg
Lambs	25			£164	£6.56/kg
Lambs	12	CH	22	£141	£6.55/kg
Lambs	17	TEX	23	£147	£6.53/kg
Lambs	7	TEX	22	£143	£6.47/kg
Lambs	13	TEX	24	£155	£6.45/kg
Lambs	25	TEX	24	£155	£6.45/kg
Lambs	39	EAS	22	£142	£6.45/kg

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 24 September 2026.