Markethill Mart, County Armagh

Sheep sale, Monday 4 May 2026

1,200 head on offer. Prices in sterling per head. Week 19, 2026

An entry of 1200 sheep at Markethill on Monday 4th May continued to sell in a very firm trade. Lambs returned a firm demand with good quality light lambs to 895p/k for 21.8k at £195 for a Waringstown farmer, followed by 859p/k for 21.9k at £188 for a Silverbridge producer. All good quality lots sold from 820-857p/k and generally from £170-£190 each.

Markethill Mart, sale report, 4 May 2026

Prices

CategoryWeight or typeAvg per kgRange per kgAvg per headRange per headHead
LambsAll weightsderived from 16 lots£8.13/kg£7.15 to £8.95/kg£190£178 to £19816
HoggetsAll weightsderived from 14 lots£7.15/kg£6.75 to £7.61/kg£170£150 to £18414
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
Lambs122£195£8.95/kg
Lambs122£188£8.59/kg
Lambs121£179£8.57/kg
Lambs121£180£8.49/kg
Lambs123£193£8.43/kg
Lambs121£178£8.40/kg
Lambs124£198£8.39/kg
Lambs122£187£8.39/kg
Lambs124£198£8.25/kg
Lambs124£195£8.13/kg
Lambs124£191£7.84/kg
Lambs125£195£7.83/kg
Lambs125£195£7.68/kg
Lambs124£182£7.58/kg
Lambs126£191£7.35/kg
Lambs127£193£7.15/kg
Hoggets121£162£7.61/kg
Hoggets122£160£7.41/kg
Hoggets123£170£7.39/kg
Hoggets124£174£7.37/kg
Hoggets123£168£7.30/kg
Hoggets122£152£6.98/kg
Hoggets122£150£6.91/kg
Hoggets124£178£7.40/kg
Hoggets124£172£7.15/kg
Hoggets126£184£7.08/kg
Hoggets126£184£7.02/kg
Hoggets125£174£6.99/kg
Hoggets125£170£6.80/kg
Hoggets127£184£6.75/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.