Ballymena Mart, County Antrim
Breeding sheep sale, Monday 26 October 2026
- Store lambs £129/head* mart average
1762 Sheep on Monday night sold with a steady trade. Ewe lambs to £265 for 2 Dutch Spotted and Store Lambs to £134 for 18 Texels. Breeding Sheep sold to £600 for 8 Blackface hoggets. The 2 nd Annual Multibreed Ram Fair topped at 1500gns for a Texel Ram.
Ballymena Mart, sale report, 26 October 2026
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Store lambs | All weightsderived from 15 lots | £129 | £120 to £134 | 266 |
| 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 | 18 | TEX | £134 |
| Store lambs | 20 | TEX | £134 |
| Store lambs | 30 | TEX | £134 |
| Store lambs | 11 | TEX | £132 |
| Store lambs | 52 | TEX | £131 |
| Store lambs | 17 | TEX | £130 |
| Store lambs | 20 | TEX | £130 |
| Store lambs | 2 | CH | £129 |
| Store lambs | 17 | TEX | £128 |
| Store lambs | 13 | TEX | £128 |
| Store lambs | 16 | TEX | £127 |
| Store lambs | 14 | TEX | £125 |
| Store lambs | 15 | TEX | £124 |
| Store lambs | 12 | TEX | £122 |
| Store lambs | 9 | 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 28 October 2026.