Markethill Mart, County Armagh

Sheep sale, Monday 23 March 2026

1,450 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 13, 2026

An entry of 1450 sheep at Markethill on Monday 23rd March continued to sell in a very strong demand. An entry of 920 hoggets saw good quality heavy hoggets sell steadily from 700-757p/k for 24.3k at £184 from a Ballinderry farmer, followed by 736p/k for 25.8k at £190 from a Jerrettspass farmer.

Markethill Mart, sale report, 23 March 2026

Prices

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per kgRange per kgAvg per headRange per headHead
Store lambsAll weightsderived from 7 lots£7.65/kg£7.06 to £8.17/kg£142£128 to £1507
HoggetsAll weightsderived from 20 lots£7.38/kg£7.17 to £7.70/kg£173£147 to £19020
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

27 lots
CategoryHeadWeight kgPricePer kg
Hoggets124£184£7.57/kg
Hoggets126£190£7.36/kg
Hoggets125£183£7.32/kg
Hoggets125£179£7.31/kg
Hoggets124£178£7.30/kg
Hoggets126£185£7.26/kg
Hoggets125£178£7.21/kg
Hoggets124£175£7.18/kg
Hoggets124£172£7.17/kg
Hoggets120£154£7.70/kg
Hoggets123£176£7.65/kg
Hoggets122£167£7.59/kg
Hoggets124£177£7.53/kg
Hoggets123£167£7.42/kg
Hoggets123£172£7.39/kg
Hoggets123£170£7.37/kg
Hoggets124£174£7.35/kg
Hoggets120£147£7.35/kg
Hoggets123£168£7.31/kg
Hoggets122£159£7.30/kg
Store lambs118£147£8.17/kg
Store lambs119£145£7.84/kg
Store lambs119£147£7.82/kg
Store lambs117£128£7.76/kg
Store lambs119£150£7.73/kg
Store lambs120£143£7.16/kg
Store lambs119£137£7.06/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.