Ennis Mart, County Clare
Sheep sale, Monday 19 January 2026
- Lambs €173/head* mart average
- Store lambs €130/head* mart average
- Cull ewes €181/head* mart average
Big sheep sale again today with 668 on offer. Again quite a number of heavy hoggets but some nice quality fleshed lambs available. There was also a large entry of culls today too. Overall trade was similar to last week, with a cut off in prices at €185 and many lots selling in the €175-€180 bracket. In the culls section there was some fine prices for ewes as these made over €2/kg.
Ennis Mart, sale report, 19 January 2026
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | All weightsderived from 9 lots | €3.49/kg | €3.24 to €3.70/kg | €173 | €156 to €185 | 140 |
| Store lambs | All weightsderived from 6 lots | €3.54/kg | €3.29 to €3.81/kg | €130 | €107 to €145 | 71 |
| Cull ewes | All weightsderived from 4 lots | €2.27/kg | €2.15 to €2.40/kg | €181 | €155 to €204 | 27 |
| 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
19 lots| Category | Head | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | 11 | 54 | €185 | €3.42/kg |
| Lambs | 10 | 57 | €183 | €3.24/kg |
| Lambs | 10 | 54 | €179 | €3.31/kg |
| Lambs | 22 | 50 | €175 | €3.50/kg |
| Lambs | 16 | 52 | €178 | €3.42/kg |
| Lambs | 17 | 44 | €161 | €3.66/kg |
| Lambs | 24 | 46 | €156 | €3.43/kg |
| Lambs | 6 | 47 | €163 | €3.50/kg |
| Lambs | 24 | 50 | €185 | €3.70/kg |
| Store lambs | 2 | 39 | €144 | €3.69/kg |
| Store lambs | 13 | 36 | €129 | €3.58/kg |
| Store lambs | 12 | 33 | €107 | €3.29/kg |
| Store lambs | 10 | 39 | €140 | €3.59/kg |
| Store lambs | 23 | 37 | €129 | €3.49/kg |
| Store lambs | 11 | 38 | €145 | €3.81/kg |
| Cull ewes | 4 | 85 | €204 | €2.40/kg |
| Cull ewes | 5 | 77 | €178 | €2.31/kg |
| Cull ewes | 7 | 72 | €155 | €2.15/kg |
| Cull ewes | 11 | 84 | €191 | €2.27/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.