A day before Eid-ul-Azha, sales picked up at Gabtoli cattle market, where sellers from other districts accepted near-target prices and many buyers said they were satisfied.
Buyers at the Mirpur 14 Cantonment Board cattle market are choosing small and medium cows, leaving traders with large animals struggling to sell a night before Eid.
In Faridpur, pickups, mini-trucks and nosimon-korimon vehicles are in heavy demand for carrying sacrificial animals to and from cattle markets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
A huge black bull that visitors at the Bhatara cattle market call Kalapahar weighs 1,246 kg, and its owner will sell it for Tk 10 lakh.
Two giant bulls named Rajkumar and Sultan are attracting attention at Moulvibazar's qurbani market, with an asking price of Tk 17 lakh for the pair.
With one day left before Eid-ul-Azha, Kalshi cattle market in Dhaka has few animals and high asking prices, and many buyers leave empty-handed.
With a 10-day Eid-ul-Azha holiday under way, Dhaka is nearly empty, though cattle markets and the main exit points are congested.
A 100kg goat called Tiger, brought from Naogaon to Dhaka for Eid-ul-Azha, draws crowds but no buyer at its Tk 1.7 lakh asking price.
Police in Barishal's Agailjhara arrested four people accused of trying to extort money at a temporary cattle market.
Rain slowed sales at the Shahjahanpur cattle market in Dhaka two days before Eid-ul-Azha, with sellers settling for limited profit and buyers pleased with prices.
Trade at Khulna's cattle markets has yet to pick up, with more visitors than buyers, though traders hope sales will rise in the last days before Eid.
LivestockTwo days before Eid-ul-Azha, on 5 June 2025, small and medium cows priced between Tk 1 lakh and Tk 2 lakh were in greatest demand at Dhaka's Gabtoli cattle market, with four or five cows leaving the market every minute.
The temporary animal market beside Kolkata's Nakhoda Mosque is selling only dumba and goats before Eid-ul-Azha, with some traders complaining of weak demand and low offers.
