Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 21 October 2026

2,180 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 43, 2026

• Lambs £146/head* mart average

An entry of 2180 sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in a similar trade. Fat lambs sold to 653p for 2 Texels 24.5Kg £160 presented by David Jones, Nutts Corner and to a top per head of £176 for a Spotted Dutch 31.5Kg offered by Victor Anderson, Cloughmills. Light Lambs sold to 702p for 16 Texels 19.5Kg £137 for 16 Texels 19.5Kg £137 from W Craig Larne. Fat ewes sold to £222.

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 21 October 2026

Prices

Category	Weight or type	Avg per kg	Range per kg	Avg per head	Range per head	Head
Lambs	All weightsderived from 41 lots	£6.53/kg	£6.19 to £7.02/kg	£146	£123 to £176	373
Cull ewes	All weights				£82 to £222	500
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 41 lots, 373 head Show the table

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Lambs	2	TEX	25	£160	£6.53/kg
Lambs	8	TEX	23	£147	£6.51/kg
Lambs	1	TEX	21	£136	£6.47/kg
Lambs	3	TEX	22	£138	£6.41/kg
Lambs	7	TEX	22	£140	£6.36/kg
Lambs	7	TEX	23	£143	£6.35/kg
Lambs	37	CH	23	£143	£6.33/kg
Lambs	2	TEX	22	£139	£6.31/kg
Lambs	10	SUF	23	£145	£6.30/kg
Lambs	6	EAS	23	£145	£6.30/kg
Lambs	4	TEX	22	£136	£6.30/kg
Lambs	2	TEX	22	£136	£6.30/kg
Lambs	12	TEX	22	£135	£6.27/kg
Lambs	1	SPO	32	£176
Lambs	1	TEX	34	£173
Lambs	1	CRO	32	£172
Lambs	3	TEX	31	£169
Lambs	30	TEX	29	£165
Lambs	38	TEX	28	£160
Lambs	8	TEX	28	£159
Lambs	15	TEX	26	£159
Lambs	14	SUF	28	£158
Lambs	4	TEX	26	£157
Lambs	2	TEX	26	£157
Lambs	2	TEX	28	£157
Lambs	1	TEX	28	£157
Lambs	15	CH	27	£156
Lambs	9	SUF	30	£156
Lambs	16	TEX	20	£137	£7.02/kg
Lambs	20	TEX	20	£135	£6.94/kg
Lambs	10	TEX	20	£133	£6.79/kg
Lambs	14	TEX	19	£128	£6.73/kg
Lambs	3	CH	21	£137	£6.68/kg
Lambs	7	DOR	19	£123	£6.64/kg
Lambs	9	TEX	20	£133	£6.62/kg
Lambs	6	TEX	20	£132	£6.60/kg
Lambs	4	TEX	20	£132	£6.60/kg
Lambs	8	CH	21	£135	£6.56/kg
Lambs	19	CH	21	£134	£6.51/kg
Lambs	2	TEX	21	£129	£6.29/kg
Lambs	10	EAS	21	£127	£6.19/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 22 October 2026.