Markethill Mart, County Armagh
Sheep sale, Monday 5 January 2026
- Store lambs £116/head* mart average
Adverse weather conditions resulted in a smaller entry of sheep in Markethill on Monday 5th January 2026. Trade was similar to previous weeks. The heaviest hoggets sold from £150 to £162.50 per head for 30.9k from a Ballykinlar farmer, followed by £157.50 for 40 hoggets (29.8k) from an Armagh producer.
Markethill Mart, sale report, 5 January 2026
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Store lambs | All weightsderived from 6 lots | £6.73/kg | £6.54 to £6.95/kg | £116 | £100 to £128 | 6 |
| Hoggets | All weightsderived from 18 lots | £5.84/kg | £5.36 to £6.24/kg | £141 | £127 to £156 | 18 |
| Bold figures are the mart's own. Anything lighter was worked out by farmprices.ie from the lots the mart listed, because the report did not give that figure. A line marked "part derived" carries both: the mart stated some of it and the rest comes from its lot list. | ||||||
Sample lots
24 lots| Category | Head | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoggets | 1 | 26 | £148 | £5.80/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 25 | £142 | £5.80/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 26 | £147 | £5.71/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 24 | £137 | £5.71/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 26 | £145 | £5.69/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 26 | £148 | £5.67/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 27 | £148 | £5.59/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 27 | £148 | £5.57/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 28 | £150 | £5.36/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 29 | £156 | £5.36/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 21 | £128 | £6.24/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 22 | £134 | £6.20/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 23 | £144 | £6.12/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 21 | £127 | £6.11/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 22 | £132 | £6.08/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 22 | £131 | £6.04/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 22 | £135 | £6.03/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 22 | £134 | £6.01/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £121 | £6.95/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £116 | £6.95/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £117 | £6.69/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 15 | £100 | £6.67/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 19 | £128 | £6.57/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £117 | £6.54/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.