Markethill Mart, County Armagh
Sheep sale, Monday 29 December 2025
- Lambs £138/head* mart average
- Store lambs £107/head* mart average
An entry of 880 sheep at Markethill on Monday 29th December sold in a steady demand. Good quality heavy lambs sold from 560-600p/k for 24k at £144 for an Armagh farmer, followed by 279p/k for 24k at £139 from a Middletown producer and the same price was paid to a farmer.
Markethill Mart, sale report, 29 December 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 | £5.95/kg | £5.71 to £6.33/kg | £138 | £131 to £145 | 18 |
| Store lambs | All weightsderived from 8 lots | £6.04/kg | £5.53 to £6.59/kg | £107 | £89 to £125 | 8 |
| 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
26 lots| Category | Head | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £144 | £6.00/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £139 | £5.79/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £139 | £5.79/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £140 | £5.79/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £140 | £5.76/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £142 | £5.75/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £139 | £5.72/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £143 | £5.72/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £145 | £5.71/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £133 | £6.33/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 23 | £144 | £6.26/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £133 | £6.19/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £131 | £6.18/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 22 | £133 | £6.11/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 22 | £133 | £6.05/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 23 | £136 | £6.02/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 23 | £135 | £5.97/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 22 | £132 | £5.95/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 14 | £89 | £6.59/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 19 | £125 | £6.55/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 20 | £125 | £6.35/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £113 | £6.24/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £100 | £5.71/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 19 | £108 | £5.68/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 16 | £90 | £5.63/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 20 | £109 | £5.53/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.