Markethill Mart, County Armagh
Sheep sale, Monday 1 September 2025
- Lambs £132/head* mart average
- Store lambs £114/head* mart average
An entry of 1800 sheep in Markethill on Monday 1st September sold in an easier trade for midweight and heavy lambs. Store lamb trade remained firm. Cull ewe trade was steady.
Markethill Mart, sale report, 1 September 2025
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | All weightsderived from 18 lots | £5.82/kg | £5.33 to £6.34/kg | £132 | £121 to £147 | 18 |
| Store lambs | All weightsderived from 14 lots | £7.45/kg | £6.82 to £8.33/kg | £114 | £94 to £127 | 14 |
| 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
32 lots| Category | Head | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £143 | £5.81/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £140 | £5.77/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £133 | £5.47/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £135 | £5.47/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 26 | £142 | £5.44/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £135 | £5.38/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 27 | £142 | £5.34/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 26 | £137 | £5.33/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 28 | £147 | £5.33/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 20 | £128 | £6.34/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 20 | £126 | £6.30/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 20 | £124 | £6.20/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £126 | £6.15/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £129 | £6.11/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 20 | £124 | £6.11/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £128 | £6.07/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 20 | £121 | £6.05/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £126 | £6.00/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 12 | £100 | £8.33/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 13 | £107 | £8.23/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 13 | £102 | £7.85/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 15 | £116 | £7.84/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 12 | £94 | £7.83/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 14 | £112 | £7.78/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £127 | £7.67/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £120 | £7.06/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £120 | £7.06/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £120 | £7.03/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £121 | £6.97/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £119 | £6.96/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £120 | £6.90/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £120 | £6.82/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 markethilllivestocksales.co.uk. Fetched 2 September 2026.