Ballymena Mart, County Antrim

Sheep sale, Wednesday 28 October 2026

2,186 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 44, 2026

• Lambs £143/head* mart average

2186 sheep in Ballymena on Wednesday resulted in a similar trade. Fat lambs sold to 641p for 9 Texels 23Kg at £1475 from D Hume, Randalstown at to a top per head of £182 for 2 Cha 33.5Kg presented by R Quee, Carrick. Light lambs sold to 661p for 2 18kg Texels at £119 offered by C Stewart, Belfast. Fat ewes sold to £302

Ballymena Mart, sale report, 28 October 2026

Prices

Category	Weight or type	Avg per kg	Range per kg	Avg per head	Range per head	Head
Lambs	All weightsderived from 44 lots	£6.33/kg	£5.95 to £6.61/kg	£143	£116 to £182	388
Cull ewes	All weights				£78 to £302	380
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 44 lots, 388 head Show the table

Category	Head	Breed	Weight kg	Price	Per kg
Lambs	9	TEX	23	£148	£6.41/kg
Lambs	8	SUF	24	£150	£6.38/kg
Lambs	9	TEX	21	£133	£6.33/kg
Lambs	10	MUL	24	£152	£6.33/kg
Lambs	21	TEX	22	£139	£6.29/kg
Lambs	16	TEX	23	£144	£6.26/kg
Lambs	6	TEX	24	£147	£6.25/kg
Lambs	1	TEX	24	£147	£6.23/kg
Lambs	11	TEX	22	£137	£6.22/kg
Lambs	32	TEX	22	£137	£6.22/kg
Lambs	24	CH	23	£143	£6.21/kg
Lambs	7	TEX	22	£136	£6.18/kg
Lambs	6	TEX	24	£145	£6.17/kg
Lambs	20	TEX	24	£145	£6.17/kg
Lambs	14	TEX	25	£151	£6.16/kg
Lambs	2	CH	34	£182
Lambs	3	SUF	35	£174
Lambs	1	EAS	35	£174
Lambs	2	CH	34	£172
Lambs	1	SUF	32	£171
Lambs	6	TEX	30	£168
Lambs	1	TEX	29	£168
Lambs	4	SUF	30	£164
Lambs	20	TEX	29	£164
Lambs	6	TEX	29	£162
Lambs	6	TEX	29	£162
Lambs	4	TEX	31	£160
Lambs	1	TEX	29	£160
Lambs	23	TEX	30	£160
Lambs	1	BOR	36	£160
Lambs	12	TEX	18	£119	£6.61/kg
Lambs	12	TEX	20	£132	£6.60/kg
Lambs	9	CH	20	£128	£6.56/kg
Lambs	10	CH	21	£134	£6.53/kg
Lambs	16	TEX	21	£134	£6.53/kg
Lambs	6	TEX	20	£130	£6.50/kg
Lambs	7	TEX	21	£133	£6.48/kg
Lambs	10	TEX	18	£116	£6.44/kg
Lambs	1	CH	21	£132	£6.43/kg
Lambs	7	TEX	21	£132	£6.43/kg
Lambs	10	TEX	21	£131	£6.39/kg
Lambs	7	TEX	19	£121	£6.36/kg
Lambs	4	TEX	21	£129	£6.29/kg
Lambs	2	CH	20	£119	£5.95/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 29 October 2026.