Markethill Mart, County Armagh
Sheep sale, Monday 19 January 2026
- Store lambs £102/head* mart average
An entry of 1150 sheep at Markethill on Monday 19th January sold in a significantly easier trade for hoggets. Cull ewe trade remained firm. Heavy hoggets sold from £130 to £140 per head with good quality heavy hoggets from 520-550p/k for 24k at £132 from a Portadown farmer, followed by 548p/k for 24.2k at £132.50 from a Cullyhanna producer.
Markethill Mart, sale report, 19 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 7 lots | £5.67/kg | £5.52 to £5.99/kg | £102 | £80 to £115 | 7 |
| Hoggets | All weightsderived from 19 lots | £5.54/kg | £5.30 to £5.80/kg | £128 | £115 to £135 | 19 |
| 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 | 24 | £132 | £5.50/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 24 | £133 | £5.48/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 24 | £132 | £5.46/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 25 | £134 | £5.45/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 25 | £133 | £5.43/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 24 | £130 | £5.42/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 25 | £135 | £5.40/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 25 | £131 | £5.35/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 25 | £132 | £5.35/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 25 | £132 | £5.30/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 21 | £123 | £5.80/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 22 | £124 | £5.77/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 20 | £115 | £5.75/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 22 | £129 | £5.74/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 23 | £130 | £5.63/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 21 | £117 | £5.63/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 22 | £122 | £5.62/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 23 | £129 | £5.61/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 22 | £124 | £5.59/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 19 | £115 | £5.99/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £107 | £5.85/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 19 | £109 | £5.65/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 19 | £103 | £5.57/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 14 | £80 | £5.56/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £95 | £5.56/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 19 | £106 | £5.52/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.