Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 7 October 2026

2,864 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 41, 2026

• Lambs £148/head* mart average

An entry of 2864 sheep in Ballymena resulted in another steady trade. Fat lambs sold to 698p for a single Texel at 29.5Kg £206 presented by A Kennedy, Ballymena, with the same lamb also topping the top her heads. Fat ewes sold to £222.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 7 October 2026

Prices

Category	Weight or type	Avg per kg	Range per kg	Avg per head	Range per head	Head
Lambs	All weightsderived from 29 lots	£6.44/kg	£6.34 to £6.98/kg	£148	£125 to £206	288
Cull ewes	All weights				£80 to £222	735
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

29 lots

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Lambs	1	TEX	30	£206	£6.98/kg
Lambs	1	TEX	30	£199	£6.74/kg
Lambs	24	TEX	21	£135	£6.58/kg
Lambs	35	TEX	19	£125	£6.57/kg
Lambs	1	TEX	24	£154	£6.55/kg
Lambs	32	TEX	23	£145	£6.42/kg
Lambs	15	TEX	22	£141	£6.40/kg
Lambs	7	TEX	23	£147	£6.39/kg
Lambs	6	TEX	22	£137	£6.37/kg
Lambs	16	TEX	23	£147	£6.37/kg
Lambs	1	SUF	22	£140	£6.36/kg
Lambs	24	TEX	22	£140	£6.36/kg
Lambs	32	TEX	24	£150	£6.36/kg
Lambs	1	TEX	23	£143	£6.35/kg
Lambs	6	TEX	23	£146	£6.34/kg
Lambs	5	TEX	23	£146	£6.34/kg
Lambs	7	TEX	35	£179
Lambs	4	TEX	29	£171
Lambs	5	SUF	29	£170
Lambs	1	TEX	29	£170
Lambs	5	DOR	28	£167
Lambs	2	TEX	35	£167
Lambs	2	TEX	29	£167
Lambs	2	SUF	27	£166
Lambs	30	TEX	30	£165
Lambs	1		32	£164
Lambs	3	TEX	28	£164
Lambs	14	TEX	27	£159
Lambs	5	TEX	26	£159

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 8 October 2026.