Markethill Mart, County Armagh

Sheep sale, Monday 19 January 2026

1,150 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 4, 2026

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

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per kgRange per kgAvg per headRange per headHead
Store lambsAll weightsderived from 7 lots£5.67/kg£5.52 to £5.99/kg£102£80 to £1157
HoggetsAll weightsderived from 19 lots£5.54/kg£5.30 to £5.80/kg£128£115 to £13519
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
CategoryHeadWeight kgPricePer kg
Hoggets124£132£5.50/kg
Hoggets124£133£5.48/kg
Hoggets124£132£5.46/kg
Hoggets125£134£5.45/kg
Hoggets125£133£5.43/kg
Hoggets124£130£5.42/kg
Hoggets125£135£5.40/kg
Hoggets125£131£5.35/kg
Hoggets125£132£5.35/kg
Hoggets125£132£5.30/kg
Hoggets121£123£5.80/kg
Hoggets122£124£5.77/kg
Hoggets120£115£5.75/kg
Hoggets122£129£5.74/kg
Hoggets123£130£5.63/kg
Hoggets121£117£5.63/kg
Hoggets122£122£5.62/kg
Hoggets123£129£5.61/kg
Hoggets122£124£5.59/kg
Store lambs119£115£5.99/kg
Store lambs118£107£5.85/kg
Store lambs119£109£5.65/kg
Store lambs119£103£5.57/kg
Store lambs114£80£5.56/kg
Store lambs117£95£5.56/kg
Store lambs119£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.