Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 14 October 2026

2,688 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 42, 2026

• Lambs £144/head* mart average

2688 sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in an easier trade. Fat lambs sold to 634p for 14 texels 21.5Kg at &136.50 offered by J McColum, Carnlough and to a top per head of £170 for 2 29Kg from S McNeilly, Ballyclare. Fat ewes sold to £226.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 14 October 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	£6.25/kg	£6.13 to £6.34/kg	£144	£131 to £170	345
Cull ewes	All weights				£70 to £226	628
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	14	TEX	22	£137	£6.34/kg
Lambs	6	TEX	21	£133	£6.33/kg
Lambs	42	EAS	21	£133	£6.33/kg
Lambs	1	DOR	22	£136	£6.32/kg
Lambs	20	TEX	22	£136	£6.32/kg
Lambs	18	TEX	25	£158	£6.30/kg
Lambs	2	BEL	25	£157	£6.28/kg
Lambs	33	TEX	22	£134	£6.23/kg
Lambs	29	TEX	21	£131	£6.21/kg
Lambs	3	TEX	22	£133	£6.18/kg
Lambs	9	TEX	23	£139	£6.15/kg
Lambs	25	TEX	22	£135	£6.13/kg
Lambs	10	TEX	22	£135	£6.13/kg
Lambs	6	TEX	23	£141	£6.13/kg
Lambs	1	SPO	23	£141	£6.13/kg
Lambs	13	TEX	22	£131
Lambs	2	TEX	30	£170
Lambs	1	TEX	35	£166
Lambs	1	SPO	31	£164
Lambs	18	TEX	29	£163
Lambs	2	TEX	34	£162
Lambs	11	CH	27	£162
Lambs	4	TEX	30	£161
Lambs	8	SUF	29	£161
Lambs	6	SPO	29	£159
Lambs	15	SUF	27	£159
Lambs	1	TEX	29	£157
Lambs	7	CH	28	£157
Lambs	36	TEX	29	£157
Lambs	1	TEX	29	£156

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.