Downpatrick Mart

30/05/2026

Market Report:
Sheep sale Saturday 30th May 2026. On the day fat lambs sold to £203, fat hogget’s to £160, fat ewes to £220 and ewes with lambs to £380. Leading prices are as follows.

Fat Lambs: Castlewellan farmer 34kg £203. Clough farmer 27kg £195. Downpatrick farmer 25kg £192. Ballynahinch farmer 30kg £190. Downpatrick farmer 23.6kg £186. Downpatrick farmer 23.7kg £185. Castlewellan farmer 27kg £185. Castlewellan farmer 23.4kg £185. Downpatrick farmer 23kg £185 and Newtownards farmer 23.2kg £183

Fat Hogget’s: Downpatrick farmer 34kg £160. Castlewellan farmer 19kg £98 and 14.5kg £90.

Fat Ewes: Downpatrick farmer £220. Downpatrick farmer £210. Ballynahinch farmer £200. Downpatrick farmer £195. Downpatrick farmer £190. Castlewellan farmer £190. Downpatrick farmer £190. Ballynahinch farmer £185. Clough farmer £182 and Clough farmer £182.

Ewe & Lamb(s): Ballynahinch farmer £380, £375, £355, £350, £340 and Comber farmer £290.

23/05/2026

Market Report:
Calf sale Saturday 23rd May 2026. On the day heifer calves sold to £870 and bull calves to £630. Leading prices are as follows.

Heifer calf 100kg - 300kg:
Daragh Cross farmer BB 6m £192kg £870 and Lim 2m 256kg £760.

Bull calf 100 - 300kg:
Crossgar farmer Fr 5m 200kg £630, Fr 6m 208kg £620, Fr 5m 196kg £580, Fr 6m 214kg £550, Fr 4m 168kg £490 and Fr 6m 168kg £480

23/05/2026

Market Report:
Sheep sale Saturday 23rd May 2026. On the day fat lambs sold to £202.50, fat hogget’s to £192, fat ewes to £256, fat rams to £204 and ewes with lambs to £290. Leading prices are as follows.

Fat Lambs: Saintfield farmer 23kg £202.50. Downpatrick farmer 23.2kg £200. Downpatrick farmer 24.8kg £199.50. Annalong farmer 25.3kg £199.50 and Downpatrick farmer 24.9kg £199.50

Fat Hogget’s: Downpatrick farmer 34kg £192, 38kg £185. Downpatrick farmer 31kg £185. Ballee farmer 36kg £174 and Ardglass farmer 23.8kg £170.

Fat Ewes: Ballee farmer £256. Loughinisland farmer £240. Ardglass farmer £238. Downpatrick farmer £228 and Clough farmer £226.

Fat Rams: Clough farmer £204

Ewe & Lamb(s): Downpatrick farmer £290. Ballynahinch farmer £280. Saintfield farmer £270, £270 and £270.

23/05/2026

Calf Sale Entry:
Sat 23rd May at 11am
6 Reared Fr bulls Av 6mths old.
2 Reared Lim and BB heifer calves.

22/05/2026

Sheep Sale Entry:
Sat 23rd May at 10.30 am

4 ewes aged two years old with 7 Charolia lambs at foot.

21/05/2026

16/05/2026

Market Report:
Sheep sale Saturday 16th May 2026. On the day fat lambs sold to £215, fat hogget’s to £185, fat ewes to £332, fat rams to £210 and ewes with lambs to £410. Leading prices are as follows.

Fat Lambs: Dundrum farmer 28.10kg £215. Dowpatrick farmer 25kg £211. Downpatrick farmer 25.6kg £210. Strangford farmer 27kg £209 and Downpatrick farmer 26.kg £209.

Fat Hogget’s: Drumnaquoile farmer 31.3kg £185. Downpatrick farmer 25kg £184. Ballynahinch farmer 30kg £183. Kircubin farmer 27kg £178 and 24kg £169.

Fat Ewes: Ballynahinch farmer £332. Castlewellan farmer £270. Portaferry farmer £264. Ballynahinch farmer £248 and Downpatrick farmer £240.

Fat Rams: Kilclief farmer £210. Portaferry farmer £195. Kilclief farmer £185. Downpatrick farmer £162 and Castlewellan farmer £160.

Ewe & Lamb(s): Ballynahinch farmer £410, £410, £400, £390. Ballynahinch farmer £345 and Seaford farmer £325.

15/05/2026

Market Report:
Cattle sale Monday 11th May 2026. On the night cows and calves sold to £2,800, heavy bullocks to £2,220 and heavy heifers to £1,560 per head. Light weight bullocks sold to 488p and light weight heifers to 429p per kilo. Leading prices are as follows.

Cows & Calves: Downpatrick farmer AA 28m & AA bull 1m £2,800, AA 27m & AA hfr 1m £2,700, AA 25m & AA bull 1m £2,600, AA 27m & AA bull 1m £2,350 and AA 26m & AA bull 1m £2,320.

Bullocks Per Head: Ardglass farmer Her 21m 746kg £2220 (297p). Ballynahinch farmer Her 26m 718kg £2000 (279p). Ardglass farmer Lim 16m 666kg £1930 (290p). Ballyhornan farmer Sim 19m 626kg £1850 (296p) and Ardglass farmer Lim 15m 514kg £1820 (354p)

Heifers Per Head: Ardglass farmer Ch 18m 438kg £1560 (356p). Hillsborough farmer Ch 17m 418kg £1560 (373p), Sim 2m 442kg £1480 (335p). Ardglass farmer Ch 15m 340kg £1460 (429p) and Hillsborough farmer Lim 18m 398kg £1390 (349p)

Bullocks Per Kilo: Ardglass farmer Ch 13m 320kg £1560 (487p). Banbridge farmer Lim 10m 220kg £1000 (454p), Lim 10m 304kg £1320 (434p), Lim 9m 346kg £1480 (428p) and Ardglass farmer Ch 15m 404kg £1660 (411p)

Heifers Per Kilo: Ardglass farmer Ch 15m 340kg £1460 (429p). Banbridge farmer Lim 10m 276kg £1080 (391p). Ardglass farmer Ch 15m 344kg £1290 (375p). Hillsborough farmer Ch 17m 418kg £1560 (373p) and Lim 10m 270kg £970 (359p)

09/05/2026

Machinery Auction:
Saturday 20th June 2026 at 1.30 pm

Open Auction:
Entries invited.

Lot Pre-Entry:
Lot details and photos plus contact information. Must be emailed to the mart office on or before Wednesday 17th June at 1.30 pm.

Live Auction:
This will be a live auction held in the sale ring to accommodate ringside and online customers.

Online Viewing:
Via the mart website.

Online Bidding:
Via LSL Auctions website.

Site Intake:
On the day of the auction from 8.00 am to 10.00 am.

Site Viewing:
On the day of the auction from 11.00 am.

Office Email plus Terms and Conditions:
Via the mart website.

Contact Us:
W: www.dcml.info
T: 028 446 155 22 (Sale Hrs)
M: 079 769 748 14 (7pm - 9pm)

09/05/2026

Market Report:
Sheep sale Saturday 9th May 2026. On the day fat lambs sold to £215, hogget’s to £197.50, fat ewes to £250 and ewes with lambs to £280. Leading prices are as follows.

Fat Lambs:
Ballynahinch farmer 30kg £215, 25kg £195. Downpatrick farmer 26.20kg £195. Crossgar farmer 23.50kg £194.50. Ballynahinch farmer 24.70kg £194. Ballynahinch farmer 22kg £192. Ballynahinch farmer 28kg £187, 23kg £184.50. Crossgar farmer 22.60kg £184 and Downpatrick farmer 21kg £180.

Fat Hogget’s:
Ardglass farmer 24kg £197.50. Saintfield farmer 23kg £194. Ardglass farmer 27.90kg £185. Ardglass farmer 25kg £185. Saintfield farmer 28kg £184. Ardglass farmer 25kg £183. Ardglass farmer 23kg £162, 24kg £160. Portaferry farmer 25kg £159 and Downpatrick farmer 21.20kg £153.

Fat Ewes:
Downpatrick farmer £250. Downpatrick farmer £250. Downpatrick farmer £250. Clough farmer £248. Ballynahinch farmer £246. Downpatrick farmer £246. Downpatrick farmer £246. Downpatrick farmer £246. Clough farmer £242 and Downpatrick farmer £240.

Ewe & Lamb(s):
Saintfield farmer ewe and two lambs £280 and ewe with one lamb £190.