Ennis Mart, County Clare
Sheep sale, Monday 22 September 2025
- Lambs €174/head* mart average
- Store lambs €131/head* mart average
Sheep sale similar to last week with 486 on offer. A better run of sheep available today as fleshed types were a better trade. A smaller entry of culls on offer and these held a pretty solid trade in general. There was a number of breeding sheep available and these made between €175 and €215 for 2nd & 3rd crop ewes , with hogget ewes making to €305. Culls averaged €2.05/kg as a 98kg ewe made €228 & a group of 4 ewes weighing 84kgs made €190, with rams making between €200-350.
Ennis Mart, sale report, 22 September 2025
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | All weightsderived from 9 lots | €3.44/kg | €2.98 to €3.83/kg | €174 | €158 to €189 | 87 |
| Store lambs | All weightsderived from 5 lots | €3.45/kg | €2.89 to €3.60/kg | €131 | €107 to €144 | 18 |
| Cull ewes | All weights | €2.05/kg | ||||
| A figure marked "derived" was worked out by farmprices.ie from the lots the mart listed, because the report gave no average for that line. Bold figures are the mart's own. | ||||||
Sample lots
14 lots| Category | Head | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | 7 | 64 | €189 | €2.98/kg |
| Lambs | 5 | 49 | €188 | €3.83/kg |
| Lambs | 16 | 52 | €180 | €3.46/kg |
| Lambs | 7 | 57 | €186 | €3.26/kg |
| Lambs | 10 | 55 | €180 | €3.30/kg |
| Lambs | 10 | 49 | €168 | €3.43/kg |
| Lambs | 12 | 47 | €168 | €3.57/kg |
| Lambs | 10 | 47 | €165 | €3.51/kg |
| Lambs | 10 | 44 | €158 | €3.59/kg |
| Store lambs | 5 | 39 | €140 | €3.59/kg |
| Store lambs | 6 | 37 | €129 | €3.48/kg |
| Store lambs | 2 | 36 | €120 | €3.38/kg |
| Store lambs | 2 | 37 | €107 | €2.89/kg |
| Store lambs | 3 | 40 | €144 | €3.60/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 claremarts.ie. Fetched 2 September 2026.