Markethill Mart, County Armagh
Sheep sale, Monday 15 September 2025
- Lambs £134/head* mart average
- Store lambs £117/head* mart average
An entry of 1650 sheep at Markethill on Monday 15th September sold in a steady trade. Good quality heavy lambs sold from 540-563p/k for 24k at £135 for a Middletown producer and for a Tandragee farmer. A Ballynahinch farmer received 560p/k for 25k at £140. Several lots of overweight lambs sold from £140 to £148 per head.
Markethill Mart, sale report, 15 September 2025
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | All weightsderived from 17 lots | £6.05/kg | £5.52 to £6.63/kg | £134 | £127 to £140 | 17 |
| Store lambs | All weightsderived from 17 lots | £7.48/kg | £6.94 to £7.93/kg | £117 | £95 to £132 | 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
34 lots| Category | Head | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £135 | £5.63/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £135 | £5.63/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £140 | £5.60/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £136 | £5.60/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £137 | £5.59/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £137 | £5.59/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £138 | £5.54/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £138 | £5.52/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 20 | £133 | £6.63/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 20 | £132 | £6.60/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 20 | £132 | £6.60/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £134 | £6.48/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 20 | £129 | £6.43/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 20 | £130 | £6.37/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 20 | £127 | £6.35/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 20 | £127 | £6.33/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £134 | £6.30/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 14 | £111 | £7.93/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 12 | £95 | £7.92/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 15 | £116 | £7.91/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 14 | £112 | £7.89/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 16 | £123 | £7.83/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 13 | £101 | £7.83/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 13 | £100 | £7.81/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 14 | £108 | £7.77/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £132 | £7.74/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £124 | £7.25/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £122 | £7.09/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £122 | £7.09/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £123 | £7.07/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £120 | £7.06/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 19 | £131 | £7.05/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £129 | £7.05/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £118 | £6.94/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.