Markethill Mart, County Armagh
Sheep sale, Monday 27 October 2025
- Lambs £136/head* mart average
- Store lambs £121/head* mart average
An entry of 1500 sheep at Markethill on Monday 27th October returned a very firm trade for store lambs with heavy lambs and midweight lambs seeing a slight improvement on the week. Good quality heavy lambs sold to a top of 636p/k for 12 exceptional lambs at 25.8k at £164 from a Ballinderry farmer. Main demand from 540-575p for 15 lambs, 24k at £138 from a Tynan producer.
Markethill Mart, sale report, 27 October 2025
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | All weightsderived from 20 lots | £5.97/kg | £5.53 to £6.44/kg | £136 | £123 to £168 | 20 |
| Store lambs | All weightsderived from 16 lots | £7.29/kg | £6.91 to £8.20/kg | £121 | £103 to £130 | 16 |
| 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
36 lots| Category | Head | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | 1 | 26 | £164 | £6.36/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £138 | £5.75/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £139 | £5.67/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £136 | £5.67/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £143 | £5.63/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £138 | £5.61/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 30 | £168 | £5.60/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £138 | £5.54/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £137 | £5.53/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 20 | £130 | £6.44/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 20 | £128 | £6.40/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 20 | £128 | £6.25/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £129 | £6.21/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £129 | £6.20/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 20 | £125 | £6.19/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 22 | £136 | £6.10/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £129 | £6.06/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £124 | £6.05/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 20 | £123 | £6.03/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 22 | £133 | £6.02/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 15 | £123 | £8.20/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 13 | £103 | £7.75/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 16 | £118 | £7.61/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 16 | £119 | £7.53/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 14 | £108 | £7.50/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 16 | £120 | £7.32/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 16 | £117 | £7.31/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 16 | £114 | £7.13/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £123 | £7.12/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £130 | £7.12/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £130 | £7.07/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £123 | £7.03/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £126 | £7.00/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £121 | £6.99/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £127 | £6.97/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 19 | £129 | £6.91/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.