Markethill Mart, County Armagh

Sheep sale, Monday 20 April 2026

1,150 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 17, 2026

An entry of 1150 sheep at Markethill on Monday 20th April maintained an excellent trade for all classes. The quality of hoggets is starting to deteriorate, however, good quality pens were in very strong demand selling to a top of 797p/k for 24.4k at £194.50 for a Tandragee farmer, followed by 784p/k for 24.5k at £192 from a Tandragee producer. Main demand from 740-765p/k.

Markethill Mart, sale report, 20 April 2026

Prices

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per kgRange per kgAvg per headRange per headHead
LambsAll weightsderived from 16 lots£8.41/kg£7.60 to £8.95/kg£188£170 to £19516
HoggetsAll weightsderived from 14 lots£7.78/kg£7.39 to £8.25/kg£185£165 to £19714
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

30 lots
CategoryHeadWeight kgPricePer kg
Hoggets124£195£7.97/kg
Hoggets125£192£7.84/kg
Hoggets124£187£7.64/kg
Hoggets125£187£7.51/kg
Hoggets126£195£7.50/kg
Hoggets126£191£7.43/kg
Hoggets127£197£7.39/kg
Hoggets123£193£8.25/kg
Hoggets123£185£8.22/kg
Hoggets123£184£8.00/kg
Hoggets123£184£8.00/kg
Hoggets121£168£7.89/kg
Hoggets122£165£7.68/kg
Hoggets123£174£7.57/kg
Lambs119£170£8.95/kg
Lambs121£187£8.91/kg
Lambs120£179£8.86/kg
Lambs122£192£8.78/kg
Lambs122£195£8.71/kg
Lambs122£191£8.68/kg
Lambs121£182£8.67/kg
Lambs121£178£8.66/kg
Lambs121£185£8.65/kg
Lambs122£194£8.64/kg
Lambs124£195£8.13/kg
Lambs124£194£8.08/kg
Lambs125£195£7.91/kg
Lambs126£195£7.65/kg
Lambs126£195£7.65/kg
Lambs125£190£7.60/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.