Markethill Mart, County Armagh
Sheep sale, Monday 8 September 2025
- Lambs £134/head* mart average
- Store lambs £123/head* mart average
An entry of 1980 sheep at Markethill on Monday 8th September returned an exceptionally strong trade for store lambs with prices in this section increased from £6 to £10 per head on the week. Fat lamb prices were eased further from last week.
Markethill Mart, sale report, 8 September 2025
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | All weightsderived from 16 lots | £5.89/kg | £5.26 to £6.55/kg | £134 | £125 to £144 | 16 |
| Store lambs | All weightsderived from 17 lots | £7.83/kg | £7.00 to £9.83/kg | £123 | £111 to £134 | 17 |
| 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
33 lots| Category | Head | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £142 | £5.85/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £135 | £5.63/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £132 | £5.43/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 26 | £140 | £5.39/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 27 | £144 | £5.33/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 26 | £137 | £5.31/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 26 | £134 | £5.26/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 20 | £131 | £6.55/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £135 | £6.37/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 20 | £127 | £6.29/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 22 | £138 | £6.27/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £129 | £6.18/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 22 | £135 | £6.14/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 22 | £136 | £6.10/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £130 | £6.08/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £125 | £6.07/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 12 | £117 | £9.83/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 12 | £111 | £8.95/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 14 | £118 | £8.49/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 16 | £131 | £8.31/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 15 | £120 | £8.28/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 15 | £124 | £8.27/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 14 | £119 | £8.26/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 16 | £130 | £8.23/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £134 | £7.67/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £124 | £7.21/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £128 | £7.15/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £122 | £7.14/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £123 | £7.11/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £125 | £7.10/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £125 | £7.02/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £124 | £7.01/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £119 | £7.00/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.