More than 100 mm fell over a large part of Queensland, closing the Landsborough Highway and cutting saleyard numbers, while restocker cattle prices rose on the promise of feed.
LivestockFeedlots have kept inventories steady by feeding cattle longer, pushing August slaughter weights to 1,438 pounds, but record-low placements and dearer feed mean that buffer is running out, Pro Farmer reports.
AgribusinessAbout 92 lakh of the 1.23 crore animals prepared for Eid-ul-Azha on 28 May 2026 were sacrificed. According to the Department of Livestock Services and traders, some 31 lakh animals were left unsold, leaving farmers facing losses and the extra cost of feed and care.
EnvironmentWaste, dung and mud from a removed cattle market were still lying beside Uttara North metro station on 29 May 2026, the day after Eid-ul-Adha, Jagonews24 reported; residents alleged influential people were behind the market, while the city corporation had said the site was never leased.
LivestockMohammad Selim, a trader from Natore who brought ten cows to Dhaka's Shanir Akhra market before Eid-ul-Azha 2026, told Jago News one of them was stolen late on 26 May; he had sold four.
LivestockOn Eid-ul-Adha, 28 May 2026, traders from Dinajpur, Bhola, Kishoreganj and Munshiganj at Dhaka's Kajla and Shonir Akhra markets said many cows had not sold even at a loss, and they were taking them back to their villages.
AgribusinessOn Eid al-Adha, 28 May 2026, traders from Kushtia and Sirajganj at the temporary Kamalapur cattle market in Dhaka said they were taking most of their cows home unsold, and had sold the rest for less than they paid.
Rangamati's biggest bull, a Sahiwal named 'Royal' priced at Tk 6 lakh, sold for Tk 3.37 lakh on Wednesday, leaving its farmer counting a loss.
AgribusinessOn 27 May 2026, the eve of Eid-ul-Azha, buyers at Dhaka's temporary Dholaikhal cattle market bought sacrificial cows for Tk 35,000 to Tk 50,000, while traders facing few buyers said they were selling at a loss.
AgribusinessOn 27 May 2026, the day before Eid-ul-Adha, Pabna trader Bahar Ali sold the bull he had first priced at Tk 16 lakh for Tk 7 lakh at the Sun Valley sand-field market next to Aftabnagar; his second bull, first priced at Tk 15 lakh, was still unsold.
No space under the metro rail station at Diabari in Uttara was leased for a sacrificial animal market, the state minister for local government said.
AgribusinessWith no offer matching its expected price by 27 May 2026, the eve of Eid ul-Adha, Aditmari farm owner Advocate Mojmul Pramanik decided to sacrifice his giant bull 'Zayed Khan' himself.
Traders who brought cattle from Kapasia and Kanchpur to Dhaka's Kajla-Shanir Akhra market on news of high prices found buyers offering well below cost.
