Markethill Mart, County Armagh
Sheep sale, Monday 12 January 2026
- Store lambs £119/head* mart average
An entry of 1760 sheep in Markethill on Monday 12th January sold in a slightly better trade for fat hoggets and cull ewes. Good quality heavy hoggets sold from 570-607p/k for 27k at £164 from a Warrenpoint farmer, followed by 588p/k for 24k at £141 from a Cullyhanna producer. A Ballinderry farmer sold 19 hoggets, 24.2k at £141.50 (585p/k).
Markethill Mart, sale report, 12 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 9 lots | £6.53/kg | £6.31 to £7.13/kg | £119 | £112 to £125 | 9 |
| Hoggets | All weightsderived from 17 lots | £6.02/kg | £5.75 to £6.42/kg | £138 | £125 to £164 | 17 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoggets | 1 | 27 | £164 | £6.07/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 24 | £141 | £5.88/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 24 | £142 | £5.85/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 24 | £141 | £5.80/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 25 | £143 | £5.79/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 24 | £140 | £5.79/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 25 | £142 | £5.77/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 25 | £141 | £5.76/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 25 | £142 | £5.75/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 21 | £132 | £6.42/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 20 | £128 | £6.34/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 20 | £125 | £6.25/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 21 | £130 | £6.23/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 21 | £132 | £6.20/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 22 | £136 | £6.18/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 21 | £132 | £6.17/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 21 | £132 | £6.17/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £124 | £7.13/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £115 | £6.70/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £118 | £6.59/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £114 | £6.52/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 19 | £120 | £6.43/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 19 | £123 | £6.37/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 19 | £124 | £6.37/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £112 | £6.33/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 20 | £125 | £6.31/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.