Calf Trading Booms at Pabna Cattle Markets After Eid
Pabna's cattle markets are busy with calf sales after Eid-ul-Azha, but buyers say high feed and medicine costs leave little profit.
Pabna's cattle markets are busy with calf sales after Eid-ul-Azha, but buyers say high feed and medicine costs leave little profit.
Sacrificial animal markets in Jashore have got busy, with small and medium cattle most in demand and more than 30,000 animals surplus in the district.
Sacrificial animals have arrived at Dhaka's Gabtali market ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, but trading has not yet picked up and traders are waiting for buyers.
Eleven livestock markets in Chuadanga are filling up before Eid-ul-Azha, and traders and farmers say prices for sacrificial animals are good.
Cattle have begun arriving at Dhaka's Shahjahanpur and Meradia markets, but buyers are still only sizing up animals and prices.
A Hatibandha farmer couple who raised their bull Rajababu for three years hope to sell it for Tk 8-9 lakh and redeem their mortgaged land.
A 1,000kg Holstein Friesian bull called Kala Pahar has become the talk of Mirsharai this Eid season, with a Tk 7 lakh price tag.
Bilkis and Faruk, a couple in Shariatpur, have raised a bull of about 20 maunds named 'Bagha' for Qurbani and are asking Tk 10 lakh for him.
Sacrificial animals have started arriving at markets in Jhenaidah ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, but trade has yet to pick up, and the livestock department is urging care with feed in the heat.
Farmers in Noakhali have prepared 1,67,378 animals for Qurbani against demand for 1,36,983, leaving a surplus of 30,395.
A 950kg red Sahiwal bull named 'Jayed Khan' is on offer at Tk 12 lakh at Nirob Agro Farm in Mirsarai, Chattogram, with a free goat and free home delivery on Chand Raat.
A 25-maund Holstein Friesian bull named Badsha, raised by Gausia Dairy Farm in Rupganj, Narayanganj, is being offered for Tk 10 lakh ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
Buyers should choose a healthy, injury-free sacrificial animal of the right age, avoiding artificially fattened and pregnant animals.