Markethill Mart, County Armagh
Sheep sale, Monday 2 March 2026
- Store lambs £125/head* mart average
An entry of 1120 sheep at Markethill on Monday 2nd March included 800 hoggets which sold in a noticeably firmer trade for all weights. Good quality heavy hoggets sold to 600-626p/k for 25.5k at £159.50 for a Newry farmer, followed by 623p/k for 24.5k at £152.50 from a Keady producer. Overweight hoggets sold up to £166, with several more pens from £159 to £165 each.
Markethill Mart, sale report, 2 March 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 | £6.83/kg | £6.46 to £7.19/kg | £125 | £105 to £135 | 9 |
| Hoggets | All weightsderived from 18 lots | £6.32/kg | £6.12 to £6.70/kg | £149 | £129 to £161 | 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
27 lots| Category | Head | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoggets | 1 | 26 | £160 | £6.26/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 25 | £153 | £6.23/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 24 | £150 | £6.20/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 24 | £150 | £6.20/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 25 | £155 | £6.18/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 25 | £155 | £6.18/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 26 | £160 | £6.15/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 26 | £161 | £6.15/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 26 | £156 | £6.12/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 22 | £146 | £6.70/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 21 | £137 | £6.56/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 24 | £152 | £6.44/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 22 | £143 | £6.42/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 23 | £145 | £6.42/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 23 | £148 | £6.41/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 23 | £143 | £6.36/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 20 | £129 | £6.36/kg |
| Hoggets | 1 | 23 | £144 | £6.34/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 19 | £133 | £7.19/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 19 | £135 | £7.11/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 15 | £105 | £7.00/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 18 | £125 | £6.94/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 19 | £131 | £6.76/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 19 | £127 | £6.76/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £112 | £6.64/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 20 | £129 | £6.62/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 20 | £126 | £6.46/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.