Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Breeding sheep sale, Monday 12 October 2026
- Store lambs £126/head* mart average
1565 lambs through the store ring on Monday night continued to sell with a very good trade. Stores topped at £130 twice for 50 Texels from Dundarave Properties, Bushmills and again for 34 Suffolks from M McKillop, Cushendall. Ewe lambs reached £200 for a pen of 10 Mules. 730 Breeding Sheep also sold with a good trade with a top price of £300 for 6 Dorsets from L Bowden, Stewartstown.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 12 October 2026
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Store lambs | All weightsderived from 15 lots | £126 | £120 to £130 | 303 |
| 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
15 lots| Category | Head | Breed | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Store lambs | 34 | SUF | £130 |
| Store lambs | 50 | TEX | £130 |
| Store lambs | 9 | SPD | £129 |
| Store lambs | 19 | MUL | £129 |
| Store lambs | 5 | TEX | £129 |
| Store lambs | 6 | TEX | £126 |
| Store lambs | 15 | CV | £126 |
| Store lambs | 17 | TEX | £126 |
| Store lambs | 40 | TEX | £126 |
| Store lambs | 19 | TEX | £125 |
| Store lambs | 12 | TEX | £124 |
| Store lambs | 20 | CB | £121 |
| Store lambs | 8 | CV | £120 |
| Store lambs | 6 | SUF | £120 |
| Store lambs | 43 | TEX | £120 |
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 16 October 2026.