Markethill Mart, County Armagh

Sheep sale, Monday 26 January 2026

Prices in sterling per head. Week 5, 2026

A smaller entry of 720 hoggets at Markethill on Monday 26th January sold in a slightly firmer trade to previous weeks. Good quality midweight hoggets sold steadily to 570-622p/k for 21.7k at £135, followed by 618p/k for 22k at £136. Good quality heavy hoggets sold from 540-562p/k for 24.1k at £135.50, followed by 552p/k for 24k at £132.50.

Markethill Mart, sale report, 26 January 2026

Prices

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per kgRange per kgAvg per headRange per headHead
Store lambsAll weightsderived from 8 lots£5.73/kg£5.44 to £5.98/kg£106£80 to £1168
HoggetsAll weightsderived from 18 lots£5.76/kg£5.44 to £6.22/kg£131£118 to £13718
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£136£5.62/kg
Hoggets124£133£5.52/kg
Hoggets124£133£5.50/kg
Hoggets125£137£5.48/kg
Hoggets125£134£5.47/kg
Hoggets125£136£5.46/kg
Hoggets125£135£5.44/kg
Hoggets125£136£5.44/kg
Hoggets122£135£6.22/kg
Hoggets122£136£6.18/kg
Hoggets121£126£6.03/kg
Hoggets120£120£5.97/kg
Hoggets121£125£5.95/kg
Hoggets122£127£5.91/kg
Hoggets120£118£5.90/kg
Hoggets122£128£5.87/kg
Hoggets122£130£5.86/kg
Hoggets123£132£5.84/kg
Store lambs119£116£5.98/kg
Store lambs120£116£5.92/kg
Store lambs114£80£5.80/kg
Store lambs120£114£5.76/kg
Store lambs119£107£5.69/kg
Store lambs118£100£5.65/kg
Store lambs120£110£5.59/kg
Store lambs119£105£5.44/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.