Markethill Mart, County Armagh
Sheep sale, Monday 10 November 2025
- Lambs £138/head* mart average
- Store lambs £121/head* mart average
A smaller entry of 860 sheep at Markethill on Monday 10th November included 720 lambs and 140 cull ewes. Trade for lambs was firmer, particularly for heavy lambs with several pens of overweight lambs selling from £150 to £164 each. Good quality heavy lambs sold from 560-598p/k for 30 lambs weighing 24.4k at £146 for a Tynan producer. The same owner sold 30 lambs, 24.3k at £144.50 (595p/k).
Markethill Mart, sale report, 10 November 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 | £6.07/kg | £5.67 to £6.41/kg | £138 | £128 to £153 | 16 |
| Store lambs | All weightsderived from 13 lots | £7.16/kg | £6.76 to £8.75/kg | £121 | £102 to £134 | 13 |
| 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
29 lots| Category | Head | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £146 | £5.98/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £145 | £5.95/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £145 | £5.92/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £145 | £5.92/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 26 | £153 | £5.89/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £140 | £5.74/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £143 | £5.72/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £140 | £5.67/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 20 | £131 | £6.41/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 20 | £128 | £6.40/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £131 | £6.37/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £131 | £6.36/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £134 | £6.30/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £134 | £6.27/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 22 | £135 | £6.14/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £128 | £6.10/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 14 | £126 | £8.75/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 15 | £116 | £7.58/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 16 | £116 | £7.39/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £119 | £7.18/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 15 | £102 | £6.80/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 16 | £108 | £6.76/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £130 | £7.10/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £119 | £7.04/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £128 | £7.03/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 19 | £134 | £7.02/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 19 | £131 | £6.93/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £120 | £6.78/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 19 | £131 | £6.76/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.