Ennis Mart, County Clare
Sheep sale, Monday 17 August 2026
- Lambs €174/head* mart average
- Store lambs €131/head* mart average
Smaller sheep sale today with 560 on offer. A lot of lambs in today’s sale were short of flesh and this reflected in the trade as lambs were back 10c/kg on the week. €200 is very hard got now for heavy butcher sheep. A good entry of cull ewes and these averaged €2.05/kg, with a top price of €236 for 98kgs. Other standout prices in this section included: 4 ewes weighing 92kgs making €220, 7 ewes weighing 74kgs making €174. There was a handful of breeding hoggets and these made to €315, with rams making to €220.
Ennis Mart, sale report, 17 August 2026
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | All weightsderived from 7 lots | €3.65/kg | €3.46 to €3.96/kg | €174 | €154 to €202 | 92 |
| Store lambs | All weightsderived from 3 lots | €3.41/kg | €3.28 to €3.47/kg | €131 | €125 to €134 | 15 |
| 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
10 lots| Category | Head | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | 11 | 51 | €202 | €3.96/kg |
| Lambs | 10 | 54 | €190 | €3.51/kg |
| Lambs | 17 | 48 | €184 | €3.83/kg |
| Lambs | 14 | 49 | €170 | €3.46/kg |
| Lambs | 20 | 45 | €162 | €3.60/kg |
| Lambs | 10 | 45 | €156 | €3.46/kg |
| Lambs | 10 | 42 | €154 | €3.66/kg |
| Store lambs | 4 | 39 | €134 | €3.43/kg |
| Store lambs | 7 | 38 | €132 | €3.47/kg |
| Store lambs | 4 | 38 | €125 | €3.28/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.