Markethill Mart, County Armagh
Sheep sale, Monday 24 November 2025
- Lambs £137/head* mart average
- Store lambs £118/head* mart average
An entry of 1280 sheep at Markethill on Monday 24th November sold in a steady demand. Good quality heavy lambs sold from 560-600p/k for 24.5k at £147 for a Dungannon farmer and for 24k at £144 for a Cullyhanna producer. Overweight lambs sold to £159 per head paid 3 times with others at £154, £151 and £149.50.
Markethill Mart, sale report, 24 November 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 | £6.04/kg | £5.75 to £6.39/kg | £137 | £124 to £147 | 18 |
| Store lambs | All weightsderived from 14 lots | £7.09/kg | £6.53 to £7.79/kg | £118 | £101 to £137 | 14 |
| 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
32 lots| Category | Head | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £147 | £6.00/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £144 | £6.00/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £145 | £5.97/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £142 | £5.87/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £141 | £5.85/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £140 | £5.83/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £143 | £5.79/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £141 | £5.76/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £142 | £5.75/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 20 | £129 | £6.39/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £134 | £6.30/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 22 | £137 | £6.21/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 20 | £124 | £6.20/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £130 | £6.19/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £128 | £6.19/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £127 | £6.17/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 22 | £135 | £6.14/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 22 | £134 | £6.09/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 15 | £120 | £7.79/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 16 | £120 | £7.69/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 14 | £107 | £7.54/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 14 | £101 | £7.44/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 15 | £112 | £7.42/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 15 | £110 | £7.19/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 16 | £115 | £7.11/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £130 | £7.04/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 20 | £137 | £6.89/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 19 | £130 | £6.77/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £115 | £6.65/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 19 | £124 | £6.60/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £116 | £6.59/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £115 | £6.53/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.